2016

Countries all over the world, including in the Caribbean, get a lot from China, whether directly or indirectly. But while clothing and consumer goods are what they usually look to the Asian country for, Jamaica is going after something…

There will be no Disney cruise ship terminal on Egg Island in the Bahamas after all. The company has announced it has scrapped the controversial plan because impact studies have suggested the island’s marine environment could not sustain…

An HIV-positive Malawian man, who says he is paid to have sex with children as part of initiation rites, has been arrested on the president's orders. Eric Aniva, a sex worker known in Malawi as a "hyena", was the subject of a BBC feature…

An 84-year-old priest was killed and four other people taken hostage by two armed men who stormed his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France. The two attackers, who said they were from the so-called Islamic State (IS), slit Fr…

(ZIZ News) -- The police have confiscated another illegal gun and matching ammunition. According to a police statement a search of a property in Needsmust Estates on Monday, (July 25th has resulted in the seizure of the nineteenth firearm…

(SKNIS): The Republic of China (Taiwan) has once again lent its helping hand, through the charitable organization SimplyHelp, to donate a number of items to the Ministry of Education that will benefit children in need. The items were…

(SKNIS): Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Honorable Shawn Richards, announced at the July 25th, 2016 “Discussions for Prosperity”, town hall meeting, held at the Newtown Community Centre, that $10 million have been allocated…

Lewis Hamilton leads the world championship for the first time this season after his dominant victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix, but in some ways events after the race were just as important as what happened on track. Not satisfied with…

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is "disappointed" its recommendation to ban Russia from next month's Olympic Games in Rio has been rejected. Following the country's doping scandal, the International Olympic Committee has left it up to…

A video showing the Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday evening pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State has been found on his phone, says Bavaria's interior minister. Joachim Hermann says two…

US internet firm Yahoo is being acquired by American telecoms giant Verizon Communications for nearly $5bn (£3.8bn) in cash. Yahoo will be combined with AOL, another faded internet star, which Verizon bought last year. Read more:…

The United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is encouraging Virgin Islanders living outside the Territory to come back home to reunite with their loved ones. Newly appointed Director of Marketing Canika John announced the…

The cardiovascular surgery team at Health City Cayman Islands reached an impressive milestone recently by performing more than 150 consecutive surgical procedures without a single surgical mortality. “This is a proud moment for us as this…

(SKNIS): Senator and Minister of State responsible for Health, Honourable Wendy Phipps, has informed that at least 150 individuals have accessed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services provided by the St. Kitts Biomedical Research…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a homicide in Nevis where a fish vendor was shot and killed. ZIZ understands that Gary Claxton was shot in Jessups around 3pm in what was an apparent robbery. The police say he was pronounced…