March 2016

(ZIZ News) -- The Black San’ Committee continued its festive celebrations with a fun filled day dedicated to the elderly from the Fig Tree to Sandy Point region earlier this week. The committee travelled through the communities, presenting…

Belgian officials have named the second suicide bomber in Tuesday's attack at Brussels airport as Najim Laachraoui, and said that his DNA was found at sites of the November Paris attacks. The news came as three people were arrested in…

Netflix has acknowledged that it restricts the quality of its video streams when it sends them over some mobile data networks. The firm blogged that it did this "globally". A spokesman confirmed that this included streams sent via UK…

Following a recent claim by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Grenada that three young children had died at the General Hospital, reportedly from gastroenteritis, and a denial by the ministry of health, a local radio talk…

Following the recent dismissal of Trinidad and Tobago's minister of housing and urban development, Marlene McDonald, for misbehaviour in public office, by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, yet more questions have arisen over parliamentary…

West Indies secured their spot in the World T20 2016 semi-finals with a third successive win but made hard work of chasing a small target of 123. With just a shave over a run-a-ball needed, West Indies were routinely dragged back, to a…

Roger Federer has pulled out of his comeback match against Juan Martin Del Potro at the Miami Open with a stomach bug. The 34-year-old was due to make his return on Friday after suffering a knee injury in January while running a bath for…

(ZIZ News) -- Members of the Cuban Alumni Association have been brightening up the Easter season for several elderly persons in the Lodge and Ottley’s communities. On Wednesday the group distributed Easter baskets to 7 elderly persons as…

(ZIZ News) -- Three football clubs in the Constituency 8 region will soon be receiving several pieces of football gear courtesy of the President of the Football Federation in Italy. Constituency Representative, The Hon. Eugene Hamilton…

On Wednesday, in the National Assembly, St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris explained the motivation behind his administration’s push for the repeal of the section in the National Assembly Elections Act…

(ZIZ News) -- Renovations at the Mary Charles Hospital located in Molineux are well underway. That’s according to Senator in the Ministry of Health Hon. Wendy Phipps who gave an update on the progress during the sitting of national…

(SKNIS): Premier of Nevis and Senior Minister in the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Vance Amory, has endorsed the passage of the National Assembly Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which repeals the provision for…

(ZIZ News) -- The St. Kitts Nevis Defence Force issued berets with the SKNDF cap badges to recruits, during a ceremony at the Parade Square, Camp Springfield on Thursday 24th March. Commander of the St. Kitts Nevis Defence Force, Lt.…

(ZIZ News) -- On Thursday morning the Government of the Republic of China Taiwan handed over a new solar farm that had been built along the Frigate Bay Road near the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Several government dignitaries attended a…

(ZIZ News) -- Chief Medical Officer, Dr Patrick Martin says there are no confirmed cases of zika in the Federation at this time. According to a statement issued today, over the past 3 - 4 weeks, several suspect samples were sent to CARPHA…