January 2016

The government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the US$15 million Japan-Caribbean climate change partnership (J-CCCP) on Thursday, in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, to keep global…

(ZIZ Sports) – Former Trinidad and Tobago football star, Dwight Yorke has endorsed UEFA General Secretary, Gianni Infantino, for the post of FIFA president. Yorke was part on Infantino’s delegation that visited St. Kitts and Nevis on…

(ZIZ News) – Genelle Lake, Michelle Demming, Brenda Allen and Shanicia Dyer are in Ocho Rios, Jamaica where they will represent St. Kitts and Nevis in the Women’s Beach Volleyball 2nd Round North, Central America And Caribbean Volleyball…

(ZIZ News) -- Members of government met with officials of Range Developments and Park Hyatt on Friday to receive a progress update on a hotel construction project at the South East Peninsular. Range Developments is overseeing the…

(ZIZ News) – The health sector in St. Kitts and Nevis will be taking a significant step forward with the expansion of the ongoing Health Smart Card Project. According a news release, the smart cards is being expanded to cover all public…

(ZIZ News) – St. Kitts and Nevis is “doing excellently at a macroeconomic level”. This is according to the federation’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris who said the country is moving on in a way that makes it…

(ZIZ News) – The Sparkle Art Competition gave students from schools across the federation to showcase their talents on Friday. The Second Annual “Unlocking the Creativity in Me” Sparkle Art Competition hosted by the St. Kitts Bottling…

(ZIZ News) – Visiting officials from the University of the West Indies have been ensuring that prospective students understood that scholarships are readily available to them upon being recruited to UWI campuses. ZIZ sat down with the…

French police have arrested a man carrying two guns at an entrance to a hotel at Disneyland Paris. The man, reportedly aged 28 and not known to security services, was also discovered with a copy of the Koran and a box of ammunition, police…

Three to four million people could be infected with Zika virus in the Americas this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts. Most will not develop symptoms, but the virus, spread by mosquitoes, has been linked to brain defects…

The Organization of American States (OAS) will send a special mission to assess the situation in Haiti in response to a request by Haitian President Michel Martelly, according to an agreement reached on Wednesday by the Permanent Council of…

Trinidad and Tobago is one of six Caribbean countries to benefit from a US$800,000 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) grant to develop and implement a regional tourism health information, monitoring and response system. The other…

(ZIZ News) – Opening batsman Chris Gayle and all-rounder Andre Russell have both been included in the 15-man West Indies Squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in India. Media reports coming out of Trinidad and Tobago Wednesday suggested that…

(ZIZ News) – FIFA’s presidential candidate Gianni Infantino visited the Federation on Thursday, where he met with representatives of the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association (SKNFA). Infantino, who is the current UEFA General…

(ZIZ News) -- The Fire Department has gotten a major boost with the acquisition of two new fire trucks. Fire officials and other government representatives gathered at the Basseterre Fire Station for a ceremony to officially commission the…