February 2016

Scrapping FA Cup replays and playing midweek rounds are among a range of measures being considered to trim the fixture list in English football. With two domestic cups added to an intense Premier League, top-flight clubs fear a congested…

The Canadian government has confirmed that the number of missing or murdered indigenous women in the country may be higher than the previously cited 1,200. Ministers recently spoke to survivors across Canada to begin a government inquiry…

President Barack Obama has urged the US Senate to act after he nominates a replacement on the Supreme Court for Justice Antonin Scalia. "I expect them to do their job", he said, and consider the candidate as required by the US…

(SKNIS)—Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris is praising and thanking his Government and people for making St. Kitts and Nevis a more prosperous and democratic country to live in on the 1st anniversary since the Government swept…

It was one year ago on February 14th that the Hon. Sam Condor and a group of young people journeyed through the West Basseterre area on the “Love Train” that stopped at different communities, sharing tidings of love, peace and joy. This…

(ZIZ News) -- A group of local steel pan musicians got a hero’s welcome on Monday when they returned from placing in the top 2 of the Panorama competition in Trinidad. MJ Byron, Omandy Byron and Kazrano Gumbs formed part of Supernovas and…

(ZIZ News) -- Almost sixty persons are now better equipped to assist in drug abuse prevention after graduating from a training and certification programme. A graduation ceremony was held on Saturday night at Ocean Terrace Inn which saw 57…

Former world number one Rafael Nadal said he is "not scared'' of the Zika virus before this week's Rio Open. The top seed and his fellow Spaniard David Ferrer claimed they were confident all was being done to control the mosquitoes that…

The principal shareholder of Paris St-Germain is in talks to buy a stake in David Beckham's Miami Major League Soccer franchise. Miami Beckham United (MBU), the ownership vehicle behind the proposed MLS team, has been seeking a financial…

France and Turkey have said that air strikes on hospitals in northern Syria constitute war crimes. Up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on schools and hospitals in the region, the UN said. Read more at:…

Pope Francis has asked Mexican indigenous people in Chiapas state for forgiveness over they way they have been excluded from society. He made his appeal while celebrating Mass in three native languages after a new Vatican decree approved…

Ahead of Monday night’s opening of the CARICOM heads of government inter-sessional meeting in Belize, finance ministers deliberated in the morning on a regional response to a threat to the banking sector in member states. The issue is the…

Police in Guyana are said to be seeking the whereabouts of a local journalist against whom an allegation of commercial fraud has been made. Gary Eleazer, a reporter attached to a local private publication in Guyana, is accused of using the…

(ZIZ News) -- In an effort to form better relationships between the public and the Police Force, Commissioner Ian Queeley addressed police officers last Wednesday encouraging them to be more result oriented. “From day one the Prime…

(SKNIS): Renovations at the Mary Charles Hospital in Molineux, St. Kitts are on schedule for completion on March 31, according to Keith James, who was awarded the contract to complete the work which commenced January, 2016. Prime Minister…