May 2016

(ZIZ News) -- In the most recent episode of ECCB’s weekly podcast entitled “ECCB CONNECTS”, The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s Governor, Timothy Antoine expressed concern “about the increase in commercial banks’ fees and charges across…

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts and Nevis has secured thirteen million dollars in projects from The Republic Of China Taiwan covering various fields. That’s the word from Prime Minister Dr The Hon Timothy Harris as he addressed the media at his…

Tropical Storm Bonnie became the second named tropical system of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season yesterday evening, posing no threat to the Caribbean. But hours later, it weakened to a depression. Read more:…

The parents of a seven-year-old boy missing in the mountains of northern Japan have admitted that they left him alone in the woods as a punishment. The child has not been seen for two days, since his parents abandoned him in northern…

(PRESS RELEASE) It was not to be. In spite of the pressure placed on FLOW 4G Cayon Rockets, the defending Final Four champion S L Horsford St. Paul’s United could not secure their entry into the 2016 finals of the competition – The Best of…

(RSCNPF) -- Two persons have been charged for an Armed Robbery committed at the MoneyGram Office in Basseterre on Friday, (May 20). Charged for the offence are: Inebo Ibo Hendrickson, of Sandy Point and Reynauldo Jarvis…

(ZIZ News) -- As 15 civilians in the Police Force set out to use newly acquired computer skills, senior officials have challenged them to commit their abilities to the improvement of the Force. During the closing ceremony of the training…

(ZIZ News) -- During an Internal Strategic Meeting with The Acting Minister Of National Security Hon Ian Patches Liburd, Members Of The Police High Command, and The St. Kitts Nevis Defence Force on Monday, Deputy Commissioner Of Police,…

Nine-time winner Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the French Open because of a wrist injury. The Spaniard had progressed to the third round with a straight-sets win over Facundo Bagnis on Thursday Read more:…

Olympic chiefs have announced 23 competitors at the London 2012 Games have failed retrospective doping tests. Those athletes are from five different sports and six different countries. Read more:…

Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media. The girl, 16, believes she was doped after going to her boyfriend's house on Saturday…

More than 100 leading scientists say the Rio Olympics should be moved or postponed over the Zika outbreak. The group says new findings about the virus make it "unethical" for the games to go ahead in an open letter to the World Health…

Insel Air, the national airline of Curaçao, will begin flying between Guyana and Brazil from July 4. The airline said it will operate three weekly flights between Boa Vista, Brazil, and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana,…

It’s becoming even more likely that Tropical Storm Bonnie could form in the Atlantic over the weekend. The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said the area of low pressure northeast of the Bahamas has a 90 per cent chance of developing into a…

(ZIZ News) -- Local teacher, Empress Stanley launched her new book “An Insight into Life” at a ceremony at the University Of The West Indies, Open Campus, on Thursday. Measurement And Testing Coordinator at the Curriculum Development Unit,…