Yearly Archives

2016

Chartered director 3 day programme

(ZIZ News) -- Directors of Caribbean organizations are learning to effectively supervise their organizations through a 3-day training programme hosted by the Caribbean Governance Training Institute in collaboration with the Financial…

Children’s Home Break-In

(ZIZ News) -- The staff and patrons of the St. Christopher’s Children Home are grieving after having discovered their most recent donations were stolen. The Home’s Administrator, Margaret Stevens said she found out about the theft after…

Cayon High School launches Champions for Change Club

(ZIZ News) -- The Federation’s pilot Champions for Change Club was officially launched on Monday. Launched at the Cayon High School, the CARICOM initiative is sponsored by the government of Spain, and aims to reduce youth on youth…

Re-opening of Schools for Third Term

(EMU): Filled with optimism and bursting with school pride, most schools within the Federation were re-opened today as students filed into their respective schools. As the third term for school began many students were excited and a few a…

Afghanistan earthquake shakes major cities

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has been felt across a number of major cities across south-west Asia. The earthquake struck in Afghanistan, close to its border with Tajikistan, at 10:28 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Read…

Jamaica diplomats implicated in suppressing press freedom

The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), a government agency tasked with promoting foreign inward investment to Jamaica, may have implicated the Jamaican diplomatic corps in Washington, DC, in what appears to be a blatant attempt to…

St. Kitts Music Festival Lineup Launched

(ZIZ News) -- Twenty four acts were announced on Friday as confirmed performers for the 20th annual st. Kitts music festival. A press conference was held at the palms court gardens and featured remarks from tourism minister hon. Lindsay…