Browsing Category
ZIZ App
Postal Day Cricket Tournament rescheduled for this coming Weekend
Sports Page -- The World Post Day Cricket Tournament will be held this Saturday December 6th at the ET Willet Park starting at 5 pm sharp.
The tournament was previously scheduled for an earlier date but was rained out.
The four…
Adrian Williams grabs Federation Record
Sports Page -- Adrian Williams, the noted Javelin thrower on Nevis, recently completed a personal best throw and in the process established a new Federation record in the javelin throw,
Williams was part of a contingent of athletes from…
t Vincent gov’t offers tax break on end-of-year bonuses
Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says it will give a tax break to any firm or individual employer who pays their workers an end-of-year bonuses of EC$250 (One EC Dollar=US$0.37 cents) or more.…
Caribbean Tourism Organisation welcomes changes in British air passenger duty
Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) welcomed Wednesday’s announcement by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, of further changes to the air passenger duty (APD) from next May.
The chancellor…
Guyana government says all flights followed procedures, after private jet seized in Puerto Rico
Georgetown, Guyana -- In responding to speculation over the government’s link to the jet operated by Exec Jet Club LLC that was seized by Puerto Rican officials last month, minister of public works Robeson Benn said that all of the charter…
Guyana president cancels attendance at UNASUR summit in Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador -- Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar will remain at home due to political turmoil after he suspended the national assembly last month to avoid a vote on a motion of no confidence brought by the combined opposition parties, as…
British ‘two-card trick’ alleged over Commonwealth post
London, England -- In addition to hosting the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat and having Queen Elizabeth II as the organisation’s head, the British government, in defiance of long standing conventions, is alleged to be using…
South Africans remember Mandela, one year on
Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP) -- One year after the death of former president and Nobel peace laureate Nelson Mandela, South Africans are remembering his life through prayer, walks -- and cricket.
Official commemorations on the…
PEP workers lauded as office relocates to Church Street
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The People Employment Programme’s (PEP) Secretariat has moved from Dorset Village to downtown Basseterre on Church Street, and Project Manager Mr Geoffrey Hanley is pleased with the renovation work done by PEP…
Falling Fuel Prices
(ZIZ News) -- The price of fuel is at its lowest in two months.
At SOL Gas Stations, fuel now costs $12.67 per gallon. And according to a release from the Ministry of Finance, fuel has been slowly trending downwards from a cost of $14.84…
Vessel search comes up empty
(ZIZ News) -- The Guyana-registered vessel, and its crew, which was stuck off the coast of Dieppe Bay for four days, has been given the green light to return home once repair work is completed.
Officers of the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force…
Azilla Clarke to Motivate Students at Excellence Awards Ceremony
(ZIZ News) -- The Director of Community and Social Development, Azilla Clarke is set to motivate some of the Federation’s brightest young minds this week.
Clarke will be the featured speaker at the 28th Academic Excellence Recognition…
Astro reacts to placing first in National Calypso Eliminations
(ZIZ News) -- Nevisian Calypsonian Oscar “Astro” Browne topped Sunday night’s calypso eliminations for Sugar Mas 43.
On Tuesday, ZIZ News spoke with the veteran calypsonian who shared his feelings.
“It’s a good feeling but I’m not really…
National Bank registers an operating income of EC$99.5 million
Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank, Ms. Dawn Williams says the financial institution recorded another successful year for the period ending June 2014.…
National Bank CEO Reports increases in customers’ deposits and private sector loans and advances
Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank is reporting that although total loans and advances fell in 2014 as a result of the restructuring of a portion of the public sector debt, private sector loans and…