July 2016

(SKNIS): Because the growing number of monkeys has resulted in increasing conflicts with humans, the Ministry of Agriculture is undertaking a new initiative to address the problem. A three-day summit is currently taking place at the…

(PRESS SEC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, including Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris of St. Kitts and Nevis, are meeting again today in caucus at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Georgetown, Guyana. One…

(ZIZ News) -- Premier of Nevis the Hon Vance Amory has been released from a Canadian hospital after being admitted for severe pains in his abdomen on Tuesday. According to a statement on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dr. The Honourable Timothy…

Barcelona have exercised a buy-back clause to re-sign midfielder Denis Suarez from Villarreal. Suarez, 22, has signed a four-year contract with an option of extending it for a further year after the Spanish champions agreed to pay a £2.73m…

England one-day captain Eoin Morgan is concerned about the security situation in Bangladesh, where the team are due to play five times in October. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is monitoring events after an attack by Islamic…

FBI Director James Comey said "no reasonable prosecutor" would pursue a case but said the likely Democratic presidential nominee was "extremely careless" with classified information. The decision ends the legal uncertainty that has dogged…

Saudi Arabia's highest religious body has denounced the three suicide attacks in the kingdom on Monday, including one near Islam's second holiest site. The Senior Council of Ulema said the bombers had "violated everything that is sacred".…

Moody’s Investors Service has put the BAA2 bond and issuer ratings of the government of the Bahamas on review for downgrade. The respected international credit rating agency said on Friday that the decision was prompted by the continuing…

Jamaica’s Commissioner of Police Dr. Carl Williams is out of his depth and should resign. That is the position of Government Senator Charles Sinclair in response to Commissioner Williams’ rejection of a proposal to impose a state of…

(ZIZ News) -- The case where an officer was shot in the line of duty near Greenlands is still before the Office of Professional Standards. Meanwhile, ZIZ has learnt that the injured officer, Brian Pacquette has had his left leg amputated…

(SKNIS) - As the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis continues to make strides in promoting human development through education, it has once again partnered with the Cuban Government, who has awarded students of the Federation the opportunity…

Manchester City have signed 19-year-old Ukraine midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko from FC Ufa. The teenager played for Ukraine at Euro 2016, featuring in all three group games before his country's elimination. Read more:…

American sprinter Justin Gatlin ran the fastest 100m time of the year at the US Olympic trials for Rio 2016. The 2012 bronze medallist, 34, finished in 9.80 seconds, beating 20-year-old Trayvon Bromell who qualified for his first Olympics.…

The fake bomb detectors, some based on cheap devices for finding golf balls, were sold in large numbers to Iraq by fraudsters. One British businessman, who was jailed for 10 years, sold more than 6,000 devices to Iraq for up to $40,000…

More than 180 people have been killed in flooding along the Yangtze River in China following torrential rain, officials say. Between 10cm and 50cm of rain has fallen in seven provinces, and storms stretching 1,600km (1,000 miles) are…