October 29, 2014

Geneva, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Liberia may be seeing a decline in the spread of Ebola, with falls in the number of burials and new admissions as well as a plateau in laboratory-confirmed cases, the World Health Organization said on…

Lusaka, Zambia (AFP) -- Zambian President Michael Sata, 77, has died in London where he was receiving medical treatment, local media reported Wednesday. There was no immediate confirmation from Zambian officials in the capital Lusaka. The…

London (CMC) -- An inquest has been told that a Royal Navy veteran died after drinking a mouthful from a pear drink shipped from the Caribbean that contained cocaine in a concentration at least 20 times the lethal level. Joromie Lewis, 33,…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The steering committees of the CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME) and CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) standby facilities will consider a combined eight project proposals for funding when they meet…

Castries, St Lucia -- A "SWAT" (special weapons and tactics) team is being considered in order to respond swiftly to any suspected case of Ebola in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) region should the need arise. This was…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Four-time Olympic medallist Ato Boldon has said reports of a sex scandal involving him and Nova Peris, Australia’s first indigenous Olympic gold medallist and senator, were a gross fabrication. The report,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Four people were killed in separate incidents by unknown assailants in Clarendon, St Catherine and St Andrew on Tuesday, sources close to OBSERVER ONLINE have disclosed. Preliminary reports are that two people were…

Sports Page -- The action continued in the Giant Malt Primary School Football league on Wednesday 28th October. In the first match, the Elizabeth Pemberton Primary team engaged the Ivor Walters Primary in an exciting encounter. IWPS took…

Sports Page -- The match which was scheduled for last evening—Wednesday 28th October in the Malcolm Guishard Basketball league was postponed. The two teams scheduled to play were: Old Skool and SG Ballers. However, the Association was…

Sports Page -- The 20th Annual Nevis Sports Fishing tournament was held on Saturday 25th October at the Oualie Beach. According to one of the main organizers, Alistair Yearwood, quite a number of the boats originally down to participate in…

Sports Page -- A press release from the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, has indicated that Anguilla has withdrawn from playing the finals in the three day competition, scheduled versus Antigua and Barbuda in Montserrat later this week.…

Sports Page -- Organisers are confident West Indies will take part at the World Cup early next year despite the crisis caused by their withdrawal from the tour of India earlier this month. Caribbean cricket was plunged into turmoil on…

Sports Page -- South Africa has reclaimed the number-one ranking on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings following the conclusion of its series against New Zealand in New Zealand. South Africa had entered the three-match ODI series trailing…

At Lime Kiln Playing Field Trafalgar Southstars 2 vs Security Forces United 0                                 (Half Time 1 - 0) Scoring for Trafalgar Southstars Lionel Isaac 20th minute Jason Jacobs 71st minute Yellow Cards Gavin White…

(ZIZ News) -- The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has realised the need to have a better mechanism in place for dealing with complaints against police. During Friday’s National Assembly sitting, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil…