July 2016

The statement is as follows: Today, exactly thirty days before the world’s greatest sporting event is scheduled to begin, Brazil can say with confidence: we are ready to host the first Olympic and Paralympic Games to take place in South…

(ZIZ News) -- A quick response by the sentry on duty and the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services was key in containing a fire at Government House on Monday morning. The fire in a back bedroom was discovered by the sentry during…

(ZIZ News) -- After initially announcing last month that he would donate $5000 , to the competing football clubs in his constituency, who were at the time vying for the 2016 SKNFA Championship, The Hon. Eugene Hamilton offered an EC$10,000…

(ZIZ News) -- It was an out of this world experience for police officers in Nevis on Sunday when they discovered debris of a space shuttle washed up at White Bay. The fragments have been identified as pieces of a Russian rocket that fell…

Cabral Douglas, the son of former prime minister of Dominica, Rosie Douglas, is to file a lawsuit in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) against the island’s government over the forced cancellation of a 2014 concert by Jamaican recording…

The Iraqi government has declared three days of national mourning after a huge bomb in the capital Baghdad killed at least 125 people and wounded about 150. Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36699562

Five people have been shot dead and at least 20 injured in a cafe in northeastern Serbia. Police say the gunman killed his wife and another woman, before randomly shooting at other customers at the cafe. Read more at:…

The FBI has questioned US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her use of emails while she was Secretary of State, her campaign says. The FBI is investigating Mrs. Clinton and her aides over whether they mishandled classified…

(PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris today extended condolences to Prime Minister Manning’s wife, Hazel, and their two sons, Brian and David, and other loved ones, as well as to the…

(ZIZ News) -- Attorney General, the Hon Vincent Byron says the government has begun measures to tackle the backlog of cases at the Court. Responding to a question at the prime minister’s press conference this past week, Minister Byron said…

(ZIZ News) -- In efforts to promote community tourism and foster community pride, the McKnight On The Rise community group officially opened the McKnight Community Garden at a launch ceremony on Friday July 1. Community Tourism Officer,…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning died early Saturday after being diagnosed with blood cancer. He was 69. Read more:…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- When Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government meet in Georgetown, Guyana, next week, they will do so against the background of a number of threats to the region’s financial and economic stability. Read more:…

(ZIZ News) -- July 1st marked the 20th anniversary of Self Employed Coverage offered by the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board. In commemoration of the occasion, Minister of Social Security Hon. Vance Amory made an address to…

(ZIZ News) -- Chairman of the artist selection committee, Jonel Powell says local artists will not have any issues about being paid for their performance on the 20th annual St. Kitts Music Festival. In an interview with ZIZ, Powell said…