Wynter wants bondholders to use 2016 windfall productively

(Jamaica Observer) Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Brian Wynter is calling on bondholders who will receive $62 billion in repayments in February 2016 to use their cash in ways which will benefit the capital markets and the economy.…

Key to Newtown’s Winning Start

(ZIZ News) – Public Relations Officer, Conrod Senior says the key to the Winners Circle Newtown United’s recent success is the total buy-in by the players of the club’s new programme. “We said listen, we’re going to formulate not only a…

Jackiema Flemming Ready for Ms. World Pageant

(ZIZ News) – Ms. World St. Kitts-Nevis, Jackiema Flemming is well on her way to join more than 100 other contestants at the Ms. World Beauty with a Purpose Pageant in Sanya, China. Speaking exclusively with ZIZ News ahead of her flight on…

Prime Minister Harris Promotes Regional Integration

(ZIZ News) – Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris used the opening of the 62nd OECS Authority Meeting, on Wednesday, to give support to the regional integration movement in the O.E.C.S. and CARICOM. During an address he said,…

Carnival Pageant Contestants to be Launched

(ZIZ News) – Anticipation builds as the National Carnival Committee prepares to launch this year’s pageant contestants, come Friday but, there is particular excitement surrounding the Festival’s two newest shows: the National Mr. GQ Show…

Minneapolis man shot dead by police ‘not handcuffed’

(BBC) The Minneapolis police union has said that an unarmed black man was not handcuffed and was trying to disarm police when he was fatally shot. Protesters have maintained that Jamar Clark, 24, was restrained by police when they shot him…

Two Israelis stabbed to death in Tel Aviv

(BBC) Two Israelis have been killed and one other wounded in a knife attack by a Palestinian man in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, Israeli police say. Witnesses said the stabbings happened at the entrance to a shop in the south of the city…