July 8, 2015

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris was warmly received (yesterday) in London by a diverse audience of Property Developers, Tax Advisers, Lawyers, Asset Managers, Residential Planners and…

Athens, Greece (AFP) -- Greece on Wednesday promised it would start pension and tax reforms next week, as demanded by creditors, in return for a three-year eurozone loan to drag its financial system back from the brink of collapse. "We…

Miami, Florida (CMC) -- A United States federal court has barred three Haitian men from preparing federal tax returns for others. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said that Geto Dorlizier, Lival Gourdet and Jourmel Thomas consented to…

Miami, United States (CMC) -- CONCACAF has announced sweeping changes to the way it does business in a desperate attempt to salvage its reputation after some of its leading officials were placed at the centre of a FIFA corruption scandal.…

Charleston, South Carolina (AP) -- An F-16 fighter jet and a small plane collided in midair Tuesday over South Carolina, raining down plane parts and debris. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the fighter jet…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Baha Mar’s contractor, China Construction America (CCA), said in a statement that the Bahamas megaresort’s decision to file for bankruptcy protection in Delaware is the direct result of its failure to secure adequate…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Phillip Alexander, a candidate for the Diego Martin West constituency for the new “Third Force Movement”, has taken issue with the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT), accusing it of hypocrisy and…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Customs (Amendment) Act, which seeks to facilitate implementation of best practices and standards by Jamaica Customs, has been sent to a Joint Select Committee of Parliament for consideration. The Bill was…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Ministry of Health, through the National Strategic and Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of non-communicable diseases (2013-2018), plans to reduce the harmful consumption of alcohol by three per cent…

(Football) Sports Page -- C.C.C Bath United 0         vs.       Gordon's St. Thomas/Trinity Strikers 0 * Officials were Walter James, Steadroy Techeira, Rasheem Hopkins & Caldon Duncan Match 2 SOL Island Auto Conaree 1       vs.…

Sports Page -- A British Tamil batsman has died after being struck in the chest by a ball while playing in a residential suburb in Surrey over the weekend. Bavalan Pathmanathan turned out for Manipay Parish Sports Club (UK) in division…

Scarborough, Tobago -- Leewards 207 off 49.4 overs (Jerrilous Louis 65, Michael Lewis 53; Kirstan Kallicharran 2-29, Nathaniel McDavid 2-48). T&T 208 for six off 35.5 overs (Nathaniel McDavid 52 not out, Keegan Simmons 51, Siba…

Sports Page -- It was the Peter Charles show. The powerfully built right-handed batsman from the VOJN Primary School took center stage on Tuesday in a match versus the Maude Cross Preparatory school. This as the action continued in the TDC…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS -- With only one person coordinating activities of 714 People Employment Programme (PEP) workers under the Parks and Beaches Unit of the Ministry of Health divided into 50 groups around the island of St. Kitts, there…

(ZIZ News) The UNESCO Sub-Regional Slave Route Seminar has begun at the St Kitts Marriott, concentrating on reparations for Caribbean people where slavery is concerned. “Beyond Reparations: Strengthening The Slave Route Project In The…