August 2014

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- The governments of Guyana and Panama have signed an agreement that will see Panama purchasing approximately 5,000 tonnes of rice per month from Guyana, following a recent meeting between delegations from both…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- There will be no backing down on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2014. In fact, the People’s Partnership Government led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar herself will hit the ground from today in a bid to…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- The St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) says the Ralph Gonsalves government “must reiterate its stance on job security” in light of the government’s undertakings with the International…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Prison officials in Britain are currently investigating how a convicted murderer was able to access social media and post photos of his 31st birthday celebration. According to the Daily Mail, Liam Whitnell – who is…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- What would in the past have been viewed as a nightmare by any loving parent will soon become a thing of the past thanks to the People Employment Programme (PEP). It is the dream of every parent to bring up a…

CNN -- Reigning English Premier League champions Manchester City began the new season as they ended the last, at the top of the table. But City was made to work hard for their 2-0 victory against a lively Newcastle United side. The match…

CNN -- World number one Serena Williams won her first ever Cincinnati Open, and her 62nd career WTA title, by brushing aside Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-1. Williams needed just 62 minutes to dispatch her Serbian rival and win her second title in a…

Sports Page -- India might have been transported to another world, a world so unfamiliar that their senses were befuddled, their physical prowess lost, their lifetime's knowledge entirely inadequate. One by one their batsmen came and went…

Grenville, Grenada, CMC -- Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah warmed up for the higher intensity battles with West Indies, when they set the Bangladeshis up for a 95-run victory over Grenada with purposeful batting in a 50 overs-a-side tour match…

Sports Page -- In a final plagued with rain interruptions, Barbados Tridents won the Caribbean Premier League 2014 by a slender margin of eight runs on Duckworth-Lewis, leaving Guyana Amazon Warriors with yet another disappointment at the…

Sports Page -- Local Netball icon on Nevis, Ms Jeannette Hull has been reelected as President of the St.Kitts-Nevis Netball Association. This was done at a meeting on July 19th. The outspoken former top Netballer and administrator stated…

ZIZ News -- Minister of Sport, Hon. Glenn Phillip, has thanked the various participants who helped make the staging of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League tournament a reality. In a video statement Minister Phillip thanked everyone from…

ZIZ News -- The Barbados Tridents are the 2014 Limacol Caribbean Premier League Champions. It was a festive atmosphere at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium on Saturday as a sold out crowd watched the final of the 2014 edition of the Limacol…

ZIZ News -- The Barbados Tridents team has gone down in history as the winner of the Second Limacol Caribbean Premier League Tournament. The anticlimactic end to the tournament however, caught both fans and players off guard. When the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Good evening, citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis, I seek your indulgence as I make this very important, in fact, life-changing, announcement of interest to all citizens and nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis, and in…