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Tourism Officials Plan Way Forward for Industry
(ZIZ News) – Stakeholders in the Tourism Industry met on Wednesday to discuss the goals and objectives necessary in charting the way forward for Tourism in the Federation.
The annual Stakeholders’ Meeting saw Minister of Tourism, Hon.…
West Indies End Tour of Sri Lanka with a T20 Win
(ZIZ News) – The West Indies Cricket Team picked up a win in the second and final Twenty20 International, to end what had become a disheartening tour of Sri Lanka, on a positive note.
West Indies, winning the toss and batting, reached 162…
Lewis explains the Link between Sports and Beauty Pageants
(ZIZ News) – Jaheida Lewis is set to use her platform as a contestant in the upcoming National Carnival Queen Pageant to be an advocate for the development of women’s football.
Lewis is an avid footballer who has represented St. Kitts and…
Teacher shot dead
(Bahamas Local) Nassau, Bahamas - A teacher at Queen's College was shot dead at the intersection of Parkgate Road and Village Road around 8 o'clock last night. This was the first of two murders police reported. The other happened nearby off…
Dalley to meet with mothers of dead babies tomorrow
(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica - Newly appointed Health Minister Horace Dally says that he will be meeting with the mothers of the 19 babies who died from health care-associated infections at the University Hospital of the West Indies…
Antiguans among top regional students
(Antigua Observer) Antigua and Barbuda’s Shamere Yearwood is the region’s top CAPE student in Information Technology.
The second year Antigua State College student not only recorded the best score in Unit 2 IT, but also the sixth highest…
Apple apologises after allegations of racism by Australia schoolboys
(BBC) Apple has apologised to six schoolboys asked to leave one of their shops in Australia, in what the students described as a racist incident.
Footage of the incident at Melbourne's Highpoint shopping centre emerged on Tuesday sparking…
Deadly Beirut blasts hit Hezbollah stronghold
(BBC) At least 37 people have been killed and 181 injured in two explosions in the Lebanese capital Beirut, officials say.
The blasts hit the southern suburb of Burj el-Barajneh, a stronghold of the Shia Hezbollah movement.
The blasts…
Protests over racial issues spread to more US campuses
(BBC) Protests against racial injustice have spread beyond the University of Missouri as students at least two other US campuses have walked out of classes.
Rallies were held on Wednesday at Ithaca College in New York and Smith College in…
Support Taiwan’s Meaningful Participation of UNFCCC
Minister Kuo-Yen Wei
Environmental Protection Administration
Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)
November 2015
During the 1970s, British scholar James Lovelock put forward the Gaia hypothesis, which proposes that the Earth is a…
Geothermal Exploration Underway
(ZIZ News) -- A team from Teranov Exploration Consultants is in the Federation working with the Government in the pursuit of Geothermal Energy sources on St. Kitts.
On Tuesday, the team met with Minister of Energy, the Hon. Ian Liburd, and…
National Security Minister Empowers Police; No Nonsense Approach To Fighting Crime
(ZIZ News) -- The Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris, the country’s Prime Minister and Minister Responsible for National Security, was obviously passionate when he addressed the opening ceremony of the National Dialogue on Sustainable Human…
Child Rights Symposium Underway
(ZIZ News) -- Parliamentarians from across the OECS are meeting at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, this week, to develop policies, plans and projects that focus on children’s rights.
The event is dubbed the “First Children’s Rights…
ACP Queeley Returns From International Educational Conference
(ZIZ News) -- Assistant Commissioner of Police with Responsibility for Crime, Ian Queeley was among policymakers from various police forces in San Francisco last week at the Cogent User Group International Educational Conference.
Held from…
Curacao Government Resigns
The Prime Minister of Curacao, Dr. Ben Whiteman, has tendered his resignation to the Governor in Willemstad. On Friday, his four-party coalition lost its majority in parliament. Whiteman has been Prime Minister for just one month.…