September 2016

Major League Baseball's New York Mets have signed former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow on a minor league contract. Tebow, winner of the 2007 Heisman Trophy for best college footballer, will play in the Mets Instructional League. Read more:…

Defending champion Thomas Pieters has been forced to withdraw from the KLM Open in the Netherlands after suffering an allergic reaction to a bee sting. The Belgian, 24, who was named as one of Europe's three Ryder Cup wildcard picks last…

(ZIZ News) — The management team of The People’s Employment Programme (PEP) is seeking to eliminate some loopholes that have been uncovered after evaluating the programme. Speaking on the most recent edition of “Working For You” on ZIZ…

NIA -- Dezjorn Jeffers of Prospect Village and Kyle Liburd of Hickmans Village will leave Nevis September 10, 2016, to pursue four-year degrees in Agriculture at Earth University in Costa Rica. They will be joining three other students who…

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Mr Erdogan said US counterpart Barack Obama floated the idea of joint action against…

Mexican Finance Minister Luis Videgaray has resigned following the visit of Donald Trump last week. Mr Videgaray was seen as the main organiser of the controversial meeting between Mr Trump and President Enrique Pena Nieto. Read more:…

For the second time this year, Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas sailed into weather that rocked the boat and upset passengers in every sense of the term. The massive cruise ship reportedly sailed near some of the stormiest sections of…

One of the two young people fatally shot during Monday’s J’Ouvert parade was a 17-year-old Trinidadian, Tyreke Borel. And his mother said she had cautioned him to stay home, but the teen had insisted on joining the revelry. Read more:…

Warren Gatland has been named British and Irish Lions coach for the second time and will lead them on the 2017 tour of New Zealand. The Kiwi will step down from his job with Wales and be replaced on a temporary basis by Rob Howley. Read…

Kell Brook believes beating Gennady Golovkin would be the greatest ever victory by a British boxer. Brook, the IBF welterweight champion, is jumping two weights to challenge for Golovkin's WBC and IBF middleweight titles on Saturday. Read…

(ZIZ News) -- Registration is still open at the Adult and Continuing Education (A.C.E) division of the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College. The division which caters primarily to the working class is accepting applicants throughout the month…

(PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, during the first segment of WINN FM’s Voices radio program today, Wednesday, September 7th, addressed the substantial payout to former sugar workers and legal representatives…

(SKNIS): The need for consistent customer service excellence was stressed by Minister of Health, Hon. Eugene Hamilton at the re-opening of the Mary Charles Hospital last week. Minister Hamilton emphasized that the Ministry of Health would…

In its efforts to support the advancement of healthcare, the CIBC First Caribbean International Bank donated a cheque for more than two thousand three hundred dollars to the Alexandra Hospital during a ceremony at the hospital’s conference…

Two judges have been asked to leave a panel that picks the Nobel prize for medicine in a scandal surrounding a disgraced Italian transplant surgeon. The decision to drop Harriet Wallberg and Anders Hamsten came after the Swedish government…