2016

(ZIZ News) -- The 2015-2016 National Carnival Queen, Orngel Erskine is preparing to host her first major event after winning the title in December 2015. According to Erskine, the event, dubbed Valentine Luncheon aims to show love to the…

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket. After an urgent meeting in New York, the council said it would soon adopt a new sanctions resolution in response. Pyongyang said it fired the…

As President Michel Martelly ended his term in office on Sunday with no successor in place, a transitional government will be installed to rule the country for the next four months, until elections are held in April and a new president…

(ZIZ News) -- The security forces have confiscated several rounds of ammunition and thousands of marijuana seedlings during recent search operations. According to a police statement, on Friday the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police…

(ZIZ News) -- Three steel pan musicians have helped a small-town steel orchestra in Trinidad defy the odds and take second place in the 2016 Panorama Competitions on Saturday night. MJ Byron, Omandy Byron and Kazrano Gumbs played with…

(ZIZ News) -- The Ministry of Youth Empowerment’s 25 Most Remarkable Teens ventured out into the Sandy Point community, to showcase their talents, volunteer projects and achievements in a concert on Saturday. Director of Youth Empowerment,…

A blast that punched a large hole in the fuselage of a passenger plane at Somalia's Mogadishu airport on Tuesday was caused by a bomb, officials say. "It was a bomb that exploded in the Daallo Airlines flight. It was meant to kill all…

Rescuers are searching the rubble of a high-rise residential building in southern Taiwan after an earthquake that killed at least 14 people. Some 30 people are still missing from the 17-storey block, one of several buildings that collapsed…

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his government is continuing to diversify the Barbados economy to ensure that the country is not dependent on any one sector. He made the comments on Wednesday night to a group of tourists attending a…

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 86 pounds (39 kilos) of cocaine found on Wednesday concealed inside the hull of a 26 foot boat. The…

(SKNIS)—The Government and people of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis express solidarity with the Government and people of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the aftermath of a 6.4 earthquake that left a trail of destruction in Tainan…

(ZIZ News) -- The St. Kitts Nevis Defence Force Coast Guard has increased its presence in the Federation's waters with the re-launch of the Coast Guard cutter “Stalwart”. Public Affairs Officer for the Defence Force, Captain Kayode Sutton…

(L-R) Mr. Dave King; Mr. Mark Wilkin; Superintendent Merclyn Hughes; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ian Queeley; Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Stafford Liburd; Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, Permanent…

(ZIZ News) -- Reports produced about the Zika virus by the foreign media are taking a major toll on tourism economies across the region. That’s according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Martin, who says while the effect on newborns on…

(ZIZ Sports) -- 34 athletes from the cruise ship Carnival took part in a marathon this morning at frigate bay. The marathon is part of the cruise adventure dubbed "Southern Caribbean Challenge," where renowned amateur athletes will be…