SKELEC Prepared For Hurricane Danny

(ZIZ News) -- Bertill Browne, an Engineer attached to the St. Kitts Electric Company (SKELEC), says the company has no intention of disconnecting electricity supply during the storm but, if the storm causes an outage, power would remain…

Police Force Holds Town Hall With Residents of Sandy Point

(ZIZ New) -- Residents of Sandy Point weighed in on the country’s current level of safety and security when they were invited to a town hall meeting at the Sandy Point Community Centre. Held on Thursday night, the town hall saw members of…

Military Training Closing Ceremony

(ZIZ News) -- Two weeks of military training for local security forces wrapped up on Thursday afternoon with the closing ceremony of the Subject Matter Expert Exchange. Members of the Florida Army National Guard have been working with the…

FIFA reform body sets date for first meeting

Paris, France (AFP) -- FIFA's Reform Committee, which has been tasked with cleaning up football's corruption-hit world governing body, will meet for the first time on September 2-3. The committee, created by outgoing FIFA president Sepp…

Greece’s Tsipras resigns, calls snap polls

Athens, Greece (AFP) -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his resignation and called for snap elections on Thursday, as he went on the offensive to defend the country's massive bailout after it triggered a rebellion within his…

Danny strengthens into first hurricane of 2015 season

Miami, USA -- Tropical cyclone Danny strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season on Thursday; however, its impact on the Caribbean remained uncertain. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, at…

Ministry denies Bunting announced new prison

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Ministry of National Security has denied that Minister of National Security Peter Bunting announced plans for the construction of a new maximum security prison on Wednesday. Responding to the front page story…