2015

David Cameron has outlined his four goals for reforming the UK's membership of the EU, including restrictions on benefits for people coming to the UK. He said Britain faced a "huge decision" in the in/out referendum promised before the end…

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has completed construction of a 3 MW Solar Photovoltaic Farm meant to reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels, the Caribbean Community announced Tuesday. CARICOM said on its website that the…

The Prime Minister of Curacao, Dr. Ben Whiteman, has tendered his resignation to the Governor in Willemstad. On Friday, his four-party coalition lost its majority in parliament. Whiteman has been Prime Minister for just one month.…

(ZIZ News) -- Assistant Commissioner of Police with Responsibility for Crime, Ian Queeley was among policymakers from various police forces in San Francisco last week at the Cogent User Group International Educational Conference. Held from…

(ZIZ News) -- Parliamentarians from across the OECS are meeting at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, this week, to develop policies, plans and projects that focus on children’s rights. The event is dubbed the “First Children’s Rights…

(ZIZ News) -- The Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris, the country’s Prime Minister and Minister Responsible for National Security, was obviously passionate when he addressed the opening ceremony of the National Dialogue on Sustainable Human…

(ZIZ News) -- A team from Teranov Exploration Consultants is in the Federation working with the Government in the pursuit of Geothermal Energy sources on St. Kitts. On Tuesday, the team met with Minister of Energy, the Hon. Ian Liburd, and…

(BBC) US prosecutors have charged three men in connection with the largest cyber-attack in US history. Details of 100 million people were accessed by cyberthieves between 2012 and the summer of 2015. At a press conference on Tuesday, US…

(BBC) Some 11 million children are at risk from hunger, disease and water shortages in east and southern Africa because of the strengthening El Nino weather phenomenon, the UN children's charity has said. It has caused the worst drought in…

(BBC) The mayor of Concepcion, an Argentine town in northern Tucuman province, says he is trapped in the town hall. Mayor Roberto Sanchez said the building was surrounded on Monday night by demonstrators who burned tyres. Mr Sanchez says…

(Caribbean360) Against the backdrop of suspicions that an explosive device brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt on October 31, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has voiced concerns that flights from Puerto Rico to…

(Nation News) Scores of curious onlookers continue to gather at the doors of the Wildey Gymnasium as family and friends pay their last respects to Shakira and Shameka Shepherd and Wavenie Johnson. The three young women were among four who…

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Centre for Investigations of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) has commenced a probe into an apparent rape video posted to Facebook yesterday. The user who posted the video has come under…

(ZIZ News) – The National Carnival Committee is being praised for its work in helping to further develop the calypso artform in St. Kitts and Nevis. This follows the successful completion of the first development seminar for calypsonians,…

(ZIZ News) – On Monday, UNDP Barbados and the OECS and the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis partnered to host a National Dialogue on Sustainable Human Development and the Citizen Security Agenda. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of…