Daily Archives

July 6, 2015

Florida man faces sentencing for having sex on the beach

Bradenton, Florida (AP) -- A man convicted of having sex on a Florida beach in front of families will soon learn how long he must spend in prison. Jose Caballero is scheduled to be sentenced Monday. He faces a possible 15 years in prison,…

CONCACAF details rebuilding plans after FIFA bribery scandal

Geneva (AP) -- Plunged into crisis by a second FIFA bribery scandal in four years, the CONCACAF soccer body wants to pass sweeping new leadership rules to help rebuild. The North and Central American and Caribbean governing body published…

Greeks reject demands for more austerity in key referendum

Athens, Greece (AP) -- Greeks overwhelmingly rejected creditors' demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans in a critical referendum Sunday, backing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who insisted the vote would give him a stronger…

Caribbean leaders undecided on Commonwealth nominee

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Caribbean leaders have still not decided on a consensus candidate for the soon-to-be vacant post of Commonwealth Secretary-General. CARICOM chairman and Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart stated that a decision…

St Lucia government pressed on economic citizenship proposal

Castries, St Lucia -- The Saint Lucia government’s desire to sell thousands of passports abroad in exchange for huge sums of cash through the economic citizenship by investment programme should be of concern to all Saint Lucian citizens who…

Police Updates (July 6, 2015)

(ZIZ News) -- The Violent Crime Unit (VCU) is investigating the fatal shooting of a known businessman and taxi operator which occurred at Dorset Village, Basseterre on Tuesday 30th June 2015 sometime after 11:00 pm. Initial investigations…

Phillip stars in exciting encounter

Sports Page -- Nevisian Adelvin Phillip starred in a match played on Saturday, for his English league club Pannal CC v Ouseburn CC. Ouseburn batted first and scored 270 for 5 from their allotted 45 overs. Phillip bagged 3 for 30 from his…

CG Rebels overpowers Old Skool in a thriller

Sports Page -- Champions CG Rebels had their work cut out on Sunday night as they faced off with the Old Skool team at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball Complex. At half time, there was only a mere difference of 3 points between the two…

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