February 2016

An aid convoy has reached one of several besieged towns in Syria, as the UN takes advantage of a partial truce brokered by the US and Russia. The UN and its partners are stepping up deliveries of food, water and medicine, and plan to reach…

One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries. It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has…

Bahamas Bar Association president Elsworth Johnson on Friday joined calls for the attorney general to provide answers to lingering questions regarding the release into the general population of two Cubans previously held for three years at…

The Ministry of Health is reporting a second death linked to H1N1, commonly referred to as swine flu, this month. The latest victim is a 49-year-old woman who died on February 23 at the University Hospital of the West Indies, acting chief…

(SKNIS): The lighting project at the New Sandy Point Recreation Ground costs the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis approximately EC$1.8 million and Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Shawn Richards, said it was a worthwhile investment in the…

(ZIZ News) -- “Diabetes and The Eye” was the topic of discussion on Sunday at the St. Kitts Diabetes Association’s general meeting. Diabetics and interested persons were informed of the effects of diabetes on the eye by Kittitian…

(ZIZ News) -- Minister of Agriculture the Honourable Eugene Hamilton says there is a lot of work to be done in agriculture to reduce threats posed by drought and other climate related hazards. While speaking at the Department of…

An official recount of votes following last Thursday’s general election has given the People’s National Party (PNP) an additional seat, leaving the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with the slimmest majority possible – one seat. The 33-30…

Anti-government rebels and Russia have both reported breaches of the fragile truce in Syria - now in its second day. Russian planes have attacked several sites in northern Syria, activists say. Read more at:…

(RSCNPF): Two illegal firearms with matching ammunition were found during Combined Search Operations Friday night (February 27) in the Newtown and St. Peters area. The search teams comprising of members of the Royal St. Christopher and…

(ZIZ News) -- Nineteen year old Trevis Belle has been nominated as a Queen’s Young Leader for St. Kitts and Nevis. ZIZ sat down with Belle who said that the Queen Young Leader Programme is actually an online course conducted by a London…

(SKNIS): The Launch of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)/CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Standby Facility for Capacity Building Projects, held on Thursday morning at the Ocean Terrace Inn, has been described as a momentous…

The electoral observation mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) to the February 25 general parliamentary elections in Jamaica highlighted good practices and formulated recommendations to further assist the country in its…

The number of confirmed laboratory cases of the H1N1 “swine flu” virus has increased from 74 to 81 but there has been only one Zika case, Trinidad’s Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has disclosed. Deyalsingh was speaking at a news…

The first major temporary truce in Syria's five-year civil war has come into effect. The "cessation of hostilities" began at midnight (22:00 GMT Friday) with early reports saying front lines were silent. However, Syrian state television…