February 2016

On Monday, Dr Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared that clusters of microcephaly and other neurological disorders potentially linked to the spread of the zika virus (ZIKV) represents a public…

The Community of Latin and American States CELAC Parliamentary group has adopted the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) call for reparations for native genocide and the enslavement of African people in the Caribbean through the Trans-Atlantic…

(ZIZ News) -- Officers of the Police Force High Command took to the airwaves on Wednesday to address various issues surrounding crime. The police top brass were the guests on a special edition of Working for You that addressed several…

(ZIZ News) -- The new Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Timothy Antoine, has praised former Governor Sir K. Dwight Venner for his contribution to the institution and the region. During a press conference on Monday, Antoine…

(ZIZ News) -- Small businesses in the Federation are once again being given the opportunity to receive a mini grant award for the purchasing of business equipment. Advisor at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Sybil Welsh described the…

(ZIZ News) -- The Unique Touch Christian Centre is, this year, celebrating its 13th anniversary under the theme “Thirteen Years of Service, To Our God and King” As part of the celebrations, on Sunday, a special service was held in Sandy…

West Indies Under-19 entered the quarter-final of the World Cup in controversial and tense circumstances, as Keemo Paul effected a mankad to claim the last Zimbabwe Under-19 wicket - that of Richard Ngarava - with three runs needed off the…

British Olympians have described the rapid spread of the Zika virus in Brazil as "devastating and "daunting". Brazilian authorities said there was no risk to athletes and spectators, except pregnant women, at the Rio Olympics which runs…

A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US. A patient infected in Dallas, Texas, is likely to have been infected by sexual contact, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)…

Republicans and Democrats vying for their party's ticket for November's US presidential election have been arriving in New Hampshire ahead of the next vote. Monday's caucuses in Iowa were won by Senator Ted Cruz for the Republicans and…

The special mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Haiti, headed by the chair of the Permanent Council, ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Ronald Sanders, arrived in Port-au-Prince on Sunday. The mission has so far met…

Jamaicans will go to the polls on Thursday February 25, 2016, in an early general election announced on Sunday night by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller at a rally of her ruling People’s National Party (PNP). Parliament will be…

(ZIZ News) -- The government is expected to make an announcement on the distribution of homes that were built under the Habitat 30 Housing Scheme shortly. Speaking with the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Services, Minister with…

(ZIZ News) -- On Tuesday, the St. Kitts Nevis National Education Foundation presented monetary scholarships to more than 40 students. The students were honoured at the first ever scholarship ceremony held at the at the Sir Cecil Jacobs…

(ZIZ News) -- On Monday, new Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Timothy Antoine, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister, Dr. The Honourable Timothy Harris, at his office at Government Headquarters. Prime Minister Harris…