Yearly Archives

2014

Voting ends in Afghan presidential runoff

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghans have finished casting their ballots to pick a president in a runoff election between former Cabinet ministers. Saturday's runoff between former Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah Abdullah and former…

Virgin Airline cuts staff in Caribbean

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - - At least 14 Virgin Airline employees based in the Caribbean will soon lose their jobs. The airline said Thursday that the job losses will be as a result of consolidation of its Caribbean operations into its…

69-y-o man charged for murder of 70-y-o

ST MARY, Jamaica -- Headley Coleman, a 69-year-old labourer of Alleppo Heights, St Mary has been arrested and charged for the murder of 70-year-old Denzil Dill, a barber of also of Alleppo Heights, St Mary. Dill’s body was discovered with…

ZIZ Congratulates ABLP

(ZIZ)-- ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation has congratulated the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) on its victory in Thursday’s general election. The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party won fourteen of the seventeen seats. On Friday…

SKNLP’s Maynard Spreads Message of Service

(ZIZ)-- The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Candidate for Constituency Three, Konris Maynard, continues to spread his campaign message of service. Earlier this week, Maynard listed a number of programmes he had been involved in to further…

OECS Export Development Unit Hosts Workshop in St. Kitts

(ZIZ)-- Persons working in the creative and cultural industries took part in a National Training Workshop in Business Management for the Creative Industries Sector It formed part of a series of interventions that the OECS Export…

Win $10,000 Cash in “It Pays to Use LIME!” Promotion

Basseterre, St. Kitts –Since its launch, LIME’s “It Pays to Use LIME. Activate & Win” promotion has seen over 90 winners of its $100 daily cash prize and some 8 winners of its $1,000 weekly cash prize; all from simply activating and…

National appointed Chief Financial Officer at Kittitian Hill

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Belmont Resorts Limited has named its Chief Financial Officer. He is Clive Armbrister, who was born of Kittitian parents and took up residence in Nevis in the 1960s. An accountant by profession, Ambrister…

St. Kitts to Host Freewinds’ 25th Anniversary Celebration

Basseterre: On Saturday Port Zante will come alive with music, dancing and a magnificent display of fireworks to celebrate Freewinds’ 25thAnniversary of sailing in the Caribbean. Since 1989 the Freewinds has visited the Federation hosting…

Police Updates (June 13, 2014)

(ZIZ)-- Vaughn Parris of New Castle was formally arrested and charged for Throwing Missiles, which was committed on 7th June 2014. Latisha Joshua of New Castle was formally arrested and charged for Battery on Police, which was…

Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray falter on bad day for big stars

(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal, the man who stood on top of the tennis world after winning his ninth French Open title last weekend, was brought back to earth with a bump Thursday. The world No.1, so dominant on the clay at Roland Garros, was…

Dhoni only cricketer on Forbes’ high-earners’ list

(Sports Page)— MS Dhoni, the India captain, is the only cricketer on the list of 100 highest-paid athletes in the world. He is also, obviously, the only Indian on the list. At 22, he has fallen six places from the list released in 2013,…