July 2016

(ZIZ News) -- The Water Department has had to suspend plans to end water rationing for a portion of the island…at least temporarily. On Friday, the Water Department issued a release announcing the end of water rationing from Old Road to…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating the circumstances which led to a jeep going off the road and into the ocean at Old Road Bay. According to the head of the Traffic Department Inspector Phillip Eddy at about 12:30 pm on Saturday…

(ZIZ News) -- The weather system that has been affecting St. Kitts and Nevis is passing to the south of the Federation. According to a report from the National Hurricane Centre showers and thunderstorms associated with a strong and…

Stephan Jaeger shot a 12-under-par 58 on the PGA Tour's secondary Web.com Tour to record the lowest score ever on either of the main US-based circuits. The German, 27, made 12 birdies and six pars at the Ellie Mae Classic to better the 59…

World number 42 Marcos Baghdatis has pulled out of the Olympic Games in Rio with a left elbow injury. The Cypriot, 31, reached the third round at London 2012 and was due to appear in his third Games in Rio. Read more:…

Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. She said the attackers "wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our…

Syrian jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the Nusra Front, has announced it has split from al-Qaeda. Leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani, in his first recorded message, said its new name would be Jabhat Fateh al-Sham . Read more:…

Local church leaders representing various Christian denominations, including Anglicans and Seventh Day Adventists, are putting aside their doctrinal differences and uniting on a campaign to promote what they see as the biblical basis for…

The Cayman Islands government strengthened its efforts to protect residents and visitors from zika, dengue and chikungunya with the launch of additional mosquito controls involving the release of genetically modified insects on Thursday.…

(SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Minister of National Security, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has appealed to the Federation’s families to assist in the fight against crime. At his monthly press conference on July…

(ZIZ News) -- “No one in St. Kitts Nevis can honestly say that the police force is not doing its part in fighting the crime”. That is according to Police Commissioner, Ian Queeley. Commissioner Queeley made the statement in response to a…

(ZIZ News) -- For the first time in the history of the Nevis Soca Monarch Competition, one person has won both the Groovy and Power titles. On Thursday night during the Nevis Soca Monarch Finals Delroy “Delly Ranks” Huggins, dethroned both…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are searching for a man who has been missing for about 5 days. 31 year old Lincoln Liburd of Ponds Pasture has been reported missing by his family and was last seen on the 24th. He is five feet ten inches tall,…

(ZIZ News) -- A decomposing corpse has been found in Fahie’s mountain near Newton Ground. ZIZ understands that the body of a male was found late Friday morning. The details surrounding the discovery are still unclear but the police are…

(ZIZ News) -- Minister of State with Responsibility for Health, The Hon. Wendy Phipps, has credited the St. Kitts Nevis Bureau of Standards for their swift action in discovering the island purified water contamination concern. She spoke on…