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January 11, 2014

Small plane crashes in Guyana; 3 injured

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A small plane has crashed in the South American country of Guyana, injuring three people. Civil aviation chief Zulfikar Mohamed says the Cessna 206 crashed Saturday while taking off from a small airport near the…

Search still on for missing undertaker

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Owners of several funeral homes downtown Kingston are fearing the worst after their colleague Jennifer Hardy Edwards went missing on Monday. Parlour owners gathered outside a funeral home Friday awaiting the outcome of…

Israel’s former Prime Minister Sharon dies at 85

JERUSALEM (AP) — Ariel Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, eight years after a stroke left him in a…

Konris Presents Scholarships to Students

(ZIZ)-- Labour Party candidate for Constituency #3, Konris Maynard has already started to make a difference in his area. In a short ceremony held on Friday at the Verchilds High School, Renisha Wilkinson who attended the Bronte Welsh…

Beautifying the Basseterre High School

(ZIZ)-- Students from Colgate University in New York have teamed up with the Basseterre High School to help spruce up the school. Principal at Basseterre High, Carlene Henry- Morton said a project of this nature was well needed at the…

Plans for Sugar Mas 43 Underway

(ZIZ)-- This weekend marks the official end of Sugar Mas 42 and the carnival committee is already planning for Sugar Mas 43. In an interview with ZIZ News, Chairman of the Carnival Committee Sylvester Anthony said that Sugar Mas 42 was…

Community Helping to Reduce Crime

(ZIZ)-- The police are crediting the community with the fifteen percent drop in crime in 2013, compared to 2012. Police Commissioner Celvin Walwyn said their community policing programme has built up a stronger relationship with…