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St. Kitts Music Festival begins Thursday, First Press Conference held
(ZIZ News) -- Thursday will mark the start of the St. Kitts Music Festival and the organisers are confident that the first concert will be a success.
On Thursday morning, ZIZ Radio and ZIZ Online provided live coverage of a press…
Antigua-Barbuda PM calls on EU Commission to apologize and withdraw tax haven list
St John’s, Antigua -- In a strongly worded letter to Ambassador Mikael Barford, head of the Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has documented his government’s impassioned…
PEP is not closing but needs to be revamped and redirected, says DeSuza
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, who also has responsibility for the People Employment Programme (PEP), Mr Osbert DeSuza, advised Wednesday June 24 that the programme is not being stopped as many…
German Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis pays courtesy call on Nevis Dep. Premier
NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Foreign Affairs Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Deputy Premier of Nevis Hon. Mark Brantley on Wednesday 24 June, 2015, accepted a courtesy visit from Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to St. Kitts…
CBI Amendment Bill 2015 and Banking Bill 2015 to be debated in Parliament Next Week
(ZIZ News) – The Citizenship by Investment Amendment Bill 2015 and the Banking Bill 2015 will be up for debate next Tuesday when the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis meets for its second sitting under the Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris-led…
St. Kitts Music Festival Tickets on Sale
(ZIZ News) – Tickets are now available for purchase for the 19th annual St. Kitts Music Festival.
The festival’s Marketing Co-Coordinator Saju Ng’alla, in speaking with ZIZ News, revealed the ticket outlets.
“In St. Kitts, you can buy…
One and Two Cent Coins Will Remain Legal Tender until June 30th 2020, Says Sybil Welsh
(ZIZ News) – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank wants residents of St. Kitts and Nevis to know that although it will stop distributing one and two cent coins to commercial banks next week, those coins will remain legal tender until June…
Sports Notice
Sports Page -- The general public is cordially invited to the Nevis Little League Baseball Home Run Derby 2015. The event will be held at the Ramsbury Play Field on Friday June 26th from 10am -11am.
The Nevis Little League Baseball…
High Voltage edges out Dynasty
Sports Page -- Nevlec High Voltage continues to defy the odds after losing all of their matches in the first round of the NABA league.
In second round action on Tuesday night, the High Voltage team powered their way to a 6 points margin of…
Electric England sweep to victory
Sports Page -- England continued their remarkable resurgence in limited-overs cricket with the third largest victory in their history over New Zealand in the one-off T20 at Old Trafford.
England had won only three of their previous 12 T20…
CARICOM single market on the march, says Barbados PM
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The single market component of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy is “on the march”, says Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, while the single economy element has been a little more challenging because…
Antigua PM calls for EU to apologize for and withdraw tax haven list
St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua and Barbuda has written to the European Union’s representative in the Caribbean, strongly objecting to the twin-island nation being named a tax haven and calling on the EU to apologize and withdraw…
Prime Minister Skerrit condemns Dominican Republic
Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Tuesday condemned the decision by the Dominican Republic to deport people of Haitian descent, describing the situation as a “major human rights issues”.
The Dominican Republic gave…
Caricom calls on Dominican Republic to halt deportation policy
Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- The Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping Tuesday called on the Dominican Republic to halt its policy of deporting people of Haitian descent and “avoid creating a humanitarian crisis in region”.
The Dominican…
UPDATE: US issuing visas again
Washington, United States (AFP) -- The United States has begun to fix a hardware problem that crashed its visa processing system, issuing 45,000 permits in the past day as it works through a big backlog.
Some 33 embassies and consulates…