Bolt at London Games

Jamaica's Usain Bolt will prepare for the Rio Olympics by competing at the 2016 London Anniversary Games. The six-time Olympic champion returns to the track where he won triple gold at the 2012 London Olympics to take part in the event…

Streaming Unites Nationals

(ZIZ News) -- As ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation continues to provide live streaming of Sugar Mas events on our website, residents living abroad say they feel more connected to the Federation during the Carnival season. ZIZ Radio Personality,…

Prime Minister Harris Delivers 2016 Budget Address

(ZIZ News) -- The country’s first Prime Minister, Dr. the Rt. Excellent Sir Kennedy Simmonds; Former Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas; and other notable past and present government officials were among the dignitaries in National…

ZIZ Partners With ECCO

(ZIZ News) -- ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation will be ensuring that artistes get proper compensation for their work, when the company signs up with the Eastern Caribbean Collection Organisation, or ECCO, next year. Starting in 2016, ZIZ will…

Cooler- Fete Replaces Lady Saw On Line-Up

(ZIZ News) — With social media abuzz with the news of Jamaican DJ Lady Saw’s newfound faith, fans of what is being described as “The Biggest Sugar Mas Privilege” Cooler Fete have been asking what will happen this Saturday. Lead Organiser…

Bill Cosby sues women who accused him of sexual assault

(BBC) Bill Cosby, accused by more than 40 women of sexual assault, has filed a lawsuit claiming that several of them lied about him for financial gain. Mr Cosby, 78, is seeking unspecified monetary damages and said the women inflicted…

Los Angeles schools shut over email threat to students

(BBC) Los Angeles schools have been closed as an unspecified threat emailed to the school district is being investigated. The threat against the second largest school system in the US led to 640,000 pupils being told to stay away, while…

Nigerian Shia Muslims protest over military crackdown

(BBC) Shia Muslims are protesting in six northern Nigerian cities against a military crackdown they allege has left hundreds of their members dead. Many businesses have shut in Kaduna, one of the cities worst-affected by the…

Bahamas shark attack victim rescued by US Coast Guard

(Caribbean360) A 26-year-old Bahamian man received serious injuries when he was attacked by a shark while fishing in the Bahamas on Friday, according to the US Coast Guard. Richard Pinder of Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, was reportedly diving…

Teacher charged for beating pupil with ruler

(Antigua Observer) Kingston, Jamaica – A 59-year-old teacher will appear in court on January 5 next year after she was charged with beating a student with a ruler at a prestigious St Richard’s Primary School in St Andrew. The Jamaica…