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January 2016

Nisbet Plantation Beach Club Honoured…Again!

(ZIZ News) – Nevis’ Nisbet Plantation Beach Club has added another accolade under its belt. The editors of Condé Nast Traveler have named it one of their favourite hotels in the world in the 2016 Gold List. The intimate 36-room resort is…

Police Investigating Shooting in Shadwell Estate

(ZIZ News) – Two males escaped death on Sunday night after they were shot at approximately 8:10 at a home in Shadwell Estate. The victims have been identified as 26 year old Glenroy Rawlins of Buckley’s Estate and 27 year old Allan Phipps…

Aid convoy sets off for besieged town

(BBC) Aid lorries are heading to the besieged Syrian town of Madaya with enough food to last 40,000 people for a month, as well as medicine and blankets. Residents have been trapped there for six months by a government blockade and have…

Kenya’s Garissa University restarts teaching after attack

(BBC) Teaching has resumed at the Kenyan university where 148 students died in a gun attack last April but only a few students have turned up for its reopening. Security has been tightened at Garissa University College nine months after…

Migrant crisis: New camps to open in northern France

(BBC) Plans to move thousands of migrants into more permanent camps in northern France are expected to be given the go-ahead later on Monday. Several thousand people are staying in the camps in Calais and Dunkirk, popular spots for those…

Power outage delays flights

(Antigua Observer) Airport officials were kept busy dealing with the effects of a power outage, on Sunday, which caused a temporary halt to some of the operations at VC Bird International Airport. The loss of electricity supplied by the…

Bodies of yachtsman and dog found at sea towed to shore

(Antigua Observer) Guyana – The police are continuing to probe circumstances surrounding the death of a man and his dog aboard a French flagged yacht found in Guyanese waters. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard reports that a…

Health Ministry issues Zika Virus warning

(Antigua Observer) TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The Ministry of Health has warned the public to be on the alert in the event that the mosquito born Zika Virus reaches the British overseas territory. According to the Health Ministry,…

PM Hopeful for Improved Relations With Canada

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris says he is optimistic that his government will repair the relationship between the Federation and Canada. Speaking shortly after the departure of Canadian Prime…

Community Says Thanks To Atiba Harris

(ZIZ News) -- On Saturday, the sporting community in St. Peter's came together to say thanks to a national player, for his contribution to sports and the community on a whole. It started out as a presentation ceremony where national…