October 2014

Dallas (AP) -- American Airlines and US Airways will combine their frequent flier programmes early next year and, for now, will continue to base free flights on how many miles customers fly. Delta and United, on the other hand, plan to…

Washington (AFP) -- An online retailer in California is making no apologies for marketing Ebola-themed outfits for grown-ups looking to add some shock value to their Halloween party get-ups. Brands On Sale has so far sold "hundreds" of…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Former West Indies Players Association president and current Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board club representative Dinanath Ramnarine called the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board’s condemnation of the West Indies…

Georgetown, Guyana -- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guianas has welcomed Guyana President Donald Ramotar’s announcement of Norway’s 2012 calendar year performance-based payment into the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF). Reducing emissions…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The Barbados government Monday said it would not seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help turn around an ailing economy, insisting that the fiscal programme it has embarked upon is…

Kingston, Jamaica --Medicanja Limited, Jamaica’s first medicinal marijuana company, will unveil its line of products and services at the Eden Gardens Resort and Spa in Kingston, tomorrow (October 29). Medicanja’s Founder and CEO, Dr Henry…

Sports Page -- Dynasty Ballers managed to hold their nerves and edge out home team, Church Ground Massives on Sunday 26th October. The match was the second in the 2014 edition of the Malcolm Guishard Basketball league which officially got…

Sports Page -- It was all over by the shouting. It was not only one fat lady in the huge crowd on hand but several of them. The Rawlins’ team was staring down the proverbial barrel of a gun, with over 30 runs required and just one…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The West Indies Cricket Board, the West Indies Players Association and representatives of the West Indies Squad on the tour of India held an emergency meeting on Sunday evening at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston,…

Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, CMC -- A patient, unbeaten half-century by Jonathan Carter helped pull West Indies A out of trouble on the penultimate day of the third and final four-day “Test” against Sri Lanka A here Monday. In a spot of bother at…

Sports Page -- West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has strongly disagreed with the statement from West Indies ODI captain Dwayne Bravo, who said that the Jamaican had given consent to standing by "any decision taken by the team" including…

All drag racers and other interested persons are invited to an important meeting on Tuesday, October 28; 7 pm at the Department of Youth and Sports Conference Room, upstairs Reliable Motors. Matters including elections and the association…

(ZIZ News) -- The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis continues to prepare for any cases of Ebola in the region. Health Minister, the Hon. Marcella Liburd said during Friday’s National Assembly sitting that her Ministry is training health…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has built on the diplomatic relations established with the Republic of Paraguay in March 2013, by appointing Her Excellency, Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin as…

(ZIZ News) -- Police Investigating Two (2) Separate Suspicious House Fires The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Nevis is investigating a house fire which is considered as suspicious which occurred on about 2:00 a.m on Sunday 26th…