June 2016

Gareth Bale says Wales have lifted their game to "another level" before their European Championship quarter-final against Belgium. Bale, 26, scored the winner as Wales beat Belgium 1-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier on their way to reaching a…

Australian Olympic 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson will miss August's Rio Games after tearing a hamstring. Pearson, 29, who won gold at London 2012 and silver at Beijing 2008, suffered the injury in training. Read more:…

Seventeen members of the Colombian security forces have died in a helicopter crash north-west of Bogota, the army has said. The wreckage of the army helicopter was found on Monday in Pensilvania in the central province of Caldas, a day…

The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) is significant to Jamaica’s tourism industry, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says, but there’s no need to panic as every effort will be made to secure the UK market. Last…

A pair of studies published last week focused on Zika’s complex relationship with dengue, which is closely related and spread by the same Aedes mosquito as Zika. In paper published in Nature Immunology on Thursday, researchers found that…

(ZIZ News) -- Minister of State with Responsibility for Health, the Hon Wendy Phipps has cleared the air on the nature of the research project at the JNF General Hospital. She made the comments during the Prime Minister’s press conference…

(PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris announced today, Wednesday, June 29th, 2016, that the Government of National Unity intends to nominate Senator the Honourable Anthony Michael Perkins as Speaker of the St. Kitts…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a shooting incident in St. Paul’s that has left 19 year old male resident of Willet’s wounded. The shooting occurred at around 11.50pm on Tuesday. According to a police statement initial…

(ZIZ News) — In response to the controversy surrounding alleged stem cell research at the Joseph N. France General Hospital, newly appointed Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. Cameron Wilkinson made a statement on ZIZ radio and television on…

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts Nevis has gone viral. According to an article written by ZIZ correspondent Patrice Harris, St. Kitts and Nevis made global headlines for arresting American rapper 50 Cent for indecent language following his…

(ZIZ News) -- Minister of Tourism, The Hon. Lindsay Grant says he's impressed with the staging of the 20th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival. During Saturday’s final performances by the various International Artistes at Warner Park, Minister…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a shooting incident at frigate bay, early Monday morning that left two persons wounded. According to reports, shots were fired near Breeze Bar at Frigate Bay sometime after 2 am. Two persons…

(PRESS SEC) – At a historic investiture ceremony on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris will pay tribute to Dr. the Rt. Excellent and the Rt. Honourable Sir Kennedy Simmonds, as well as Officer of the Most Excellent…

(ZIZ News) -- A senior Music Festival official has shed some light on allegations surrounding fifty cent’s performance and his arrest. Chairman of the Artists Selection Committee, Jonel Powell told ziz that 50 Cent, whose real name is…

NIA -- Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister of Culture Hon. Mark Brantley is calling on animal owners whose cows have been grazing freely at the site of the proposed park at Pinney’s to tether their animals elsewhere. In an interview with…