May 2014

ZIZ News -- The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force continues to record appreciation to its partners as together, they seek to reduce crime in the Federation. Vic De Zen and the Royal St. Kitts Beach Resort Limited are the most…

One of the chief organizers of the second annual round the island relay, James Weekes, on Wednesday evening indicated that everything is pretty much set for the event which is scheduled for Monday 5th May. According to Weekes, some ten…

ZIZ News -- Elquemedo Tonito Willet, the man who is known to be the first Leeward Islander to make it into the West Indies team, turns 61 today. The quiet, unassuming local hero was born on the 1st May 1953 and made his test debut for the…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Mumbai Indians have signed West Indies opener Lendl Simmons in an effort to rekindle their struggling campaign in the 2014 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The IPL technical committee approved…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- A blistering half century from West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard brought Mumbai Indians to the brink of victory over Darren Sammy’s Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday. However…

On a day Michael Clarke called the most satisfying of his career, Australia returned to the No.1 Test ranking for the first time in nearly five years, after the ICC's annual rankings update. Despite not having played a Test since their…

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukraine has ordered the expulsion of a Russian naval diplomat after alleged spying this week, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on its Facebook page. The statement said the attache was detained "while he was committing…

Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Gerry Adams' arrest in connection with the 1972 abduction and killing of a mother of 10 by the Irish Republican Army is being praised by the family of the victim. "The McConville family is glad to see…

(CNN) -- Part of the Escambia County, Florida, jail collapsed after an apparent gas explosion, killing two inmates and injuring about 100 others. The explosion happened late Wednesday night in the Pensacola jail's central booking area,…

(CNN) -- Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said he is taking a break from his re-election campaign to seek help for alcohol abuse -- hours after a local newspaper reported on a new video that allegedly shows him smoking crack cocaine. "It's…

Montego Bay, Jamaica -- Nathan Robb was returned as president of the influential Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) following elections at the Chambers Annual General Meeting Wednesday afternoon. Robb survived a challenge…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Preliminary figures have provided evidence of a significant economic slowdown in The Bahamas last year, showing that real growth in gross domestic product (GDP) missed earlier projections and fell to just under 0.7…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Opposition Leader Andrew Holness responding to Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell’s controversial handling of the bidding process for a 381 MW plant, has written to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller imploring her to…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states are mapping out a legal and strategic plan of action that is designed to persuade slave-trading European nations to “come to the table” and begin the…