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December 17, 2014

Police Updates (December 17, 2014)

(ZIZ News) -- Mark Powell of The Alley, Sandy Point was formally arrested and charged for Refusing to Give Name, which was committed on 12th December 2014. Ashley Parris of Bath Village was formally arrested and charged for Possession of…

SKNFA Tuesday’s Division 1 matches called off

Sports Page -- Heavy rain and a water Logged field prevented both matches, Sandy Point FA vs Youth & Experience at Verchilds and Molineaux vs Davis Conaree Fireball Int'l at Ottleys to be played on Tuesday 16th December, 20014.3

Dilshan stars as England thrashed

Sports Page -- The full-house crowd might have come to bid farewell to Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, but it was another member of the trio of senior Sri Lankan batsman, Tillakaratne Dilshan, who led the home side to a crushing…

T&T quartet in Nagico Super50 squad

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Darren Bravo, Ravi Rampaul, Sunil Narine and Kevon Cooper have been included in the T&T training squad in preparation for the Nagico Super50 which is carded to take place in T&T from January 15 to 25.…

Finalists determined in VPL League

(Sports Page) -- The semi finals in the inaugural Village Premier league (VPL) were played on Sunday 14th December at the Hard Times playing field. Match one, proved to be an upset of sorts, as the Butlers team, with the addition of Merlin…

Dozen injured in American Airlines turbulence

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) -- An American Airlines flight from Seoul to Dallas was forced to make an emergency landing in Tokyo early Wednesday after a dozen people were injured during turbulence, a report said. Flight AA280, carrying 240…

Cosby won’t be charged over decades-old sex claim

Los Angeles, United States (AFP) -- US prosecutors said Tuesday they will not charge veteran comedian Bill Cosby over allegations that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1974. About 20 women have accused the…

Church of England names first woman bishop

Stockport, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The Church of England on Wednesday named vicar Libby Lane as its first woman bishop, following a historic change in its rules. Lane was named as the next bishop of Stockport, in a dramatic new step for…

St Lucia moves ahead with geothermal development

Castries, St Lucia -- Saint Lucia’s ministry of sustainable development, energy, science and technology last week hosted a delegation of technical experts from the World Bank, the United Kingdom Department for International Development…

Grenada PM hails a new chapter of integration through ALBA

St George's, Grenada (GIS) -- Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell says a new chapter in hemispheric integration has begun with the final two independent Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries becoming full members…

Barbados Ebola rumours untrue, says health ministry

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Any rumour of an Ebola case in Barbados is untrue, the ministry of health stated in response to persistent rumours of a suspected case of Ebola at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. According to chief medical…

Anti-corruption bill finally passed in Trinidad’s Parliament

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Legislation to curb corruption in this country was finally passed yesterday in the Senate. However, the procurement legis­­lation will take around six months before it is proclaimed by President Antho­ny Carmona…

St Catherine woman fined $50,000 for stealing electricity

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A woman accused of stealing electricity was fined $50,000 after pleading guilty Tuesday to a charge of abstracting electricity when she appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court. Donna Francis will…

Nevis Premier presents 2015 tax-free $165million Budget

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- There will be no new taxes for the budgetary period 2015. Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance Hon. Vance Amory made that disclosure when he presented the Nevis Island Administration’s just over $165 million…

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