January 7, 2016

(ZIZ News) – Chief Retail Banking Officer at the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank, Donald Thompson says persons collecting cheques as part of the Bank of Commerce payout, must present two pieces of government-issued identification…

(ZIZ News) – It’s been a few days since the official opening of the new temporary site of Basseterre High School and Principal Ron Collins says the staff and students have been settling in well. He declared having most of the students on…

(BBC) The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court has urged judges in his state to deny marriage licences to same-sex couples. Roy Moore's administrative order defies a US Supreme Court ruling from June that legalised gay marriage…

(BBC) Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of damaging its embassy and injuring staff in an air strike on Yemen's capital, Sanaa. State media quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying planes had deliberately targeted the…

(BBC) The leader of a Mexican drug cartel, Edgar Valdez Villareal, has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in a US court. Valdez, a US citizen better known as "Barbie" for his light eyes, was arrested in Mexico in 2010 and extradited to the US…

(Caribbean News Now) Haiti - Following a working meeting on Tuesday with President Michel Martelly, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has confirmed in a letter signed by its president, Pierre-Louis Opont, "that it is able to…

(Antigua Observer) St. Vincent, Jan 6, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says too many taxpayers, including large and medium-sized taxpayers, “simply do not pay their taxes as required under the law”. He said the situation exists…

(Dominica News Online) The Ministry of Tourism is expected to intensify the marketing of Dominica as an ideal tourist destination in 2016. Hon Minister for Tourism, Senator Robert Tonge told GIS News last week that the whole idea of…

(ZIZ News) – Local cricket stakeholders joined staff of NAGICO Insurances and representatives of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, on Tuesday, for the official launch of the 2016 NAGICO Super50…

(ZIZ News) – Hashim Amla has resigned as South Africa’s Test Captain, immediately after his side drew the second test against England. The 32-year-old had been in poor form but made a double century to inspire his side's fight back after…

(ZIZ News) – Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris has high expectations for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. In his 2016 New Year's Day address, he said there would be stimulation of activity and…

(ZIZ News) – Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris is predicting that this year will be a “bumper year for the Federation in terms of tourism development.” He told the nation that the growth will come as a result of “advances in…

(ZIZ News) -- Canada’s recently elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is currently in St. Kitts and Nevis. A photo has been circulating on social media which sees the popular leader posing with well known Nevisian chef and entrepreneur,…