Yearly Archives

2014

Windies Under-19s start pre-World Cup camp

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The West Indies Under-19 team started their camp in Barbados on Wednesday as they get ready for next month's start of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The 15 players are under the…

Upcoming SKCA Nagico Insurance Semi Finals

Game 2 of the SKCA Nagico  Insurance  Limited  Overs (50)  Semi Final will be Played on Sunday 26th January at the Edgar Gilbert Cricket Complex in Molineaux at 10:00am. Eye Care Express Sandy Point vs Len Harris Cricket Academy Umpires:…

Grenada not in favour of decriminalising marijuana

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Grenada has thrown cold water on plans to decriminalise marijuana insisting that the cultivation and use of the drug on the island were illegal. “Government’s position on this issue is very clear. The…

Dominica to become full CCJ member

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Britain has given Dominica its stamp of approval to adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the island's final court of appeal. On Thursday, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit disclosed that he received a…

Andre Love wanted by police

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- The St Catherine South Police have named 24-year-old Andre Love of Portmore Terrace, St Catherine as wanted. He is wanted in connection with the double murder of Franklin Robinson and Dane Cross in Washington Mews,…

St Lucia ousted Opposition leader feels betrayed

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) -- Ousted St Lucian Opposition leader, Stephenson King, says he feels betrayed but nevertheless humbled and inspired by the level of support from the public. On Thursday, one day after he was voted out of office by…

Fire at Quebec seniors’ home leaves 5 dead, 30 missing

(CNN) -- A fire swept through an apartment complex for the elderly in the small Quebec town of L'Isle-Verte early Thursday, killing at least five and leaving roughly 30 others unaccounted for, police said. Frigid temperatures have made…

Thai court says election can be postponed

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- A Thai court ruled Friday that elections scheduled for next month in the Asian nation could be postponed, a decision likely to please anti-government demonstrators who've taken to the streets of Bangkok. The…

The Beach Allen Primary School – “Meet the Parents”

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- The Beach Allen Primary School has embarked upon a series of Parents/Teachers Meeting dubbed “Meet the Parents”.  The idea behind this initiative was to go into the communities that serve the school to meet with the…

One man arrested for embassy fire

(ZIZ News) The Police have arrested a man from Phillips Village for the fire at the Venezuelan Embassy early this month. Police Commissioner CG Walwyn told ZiZ News that Andrew Mcharold Wilson, better known as “Chico” has been charged…

Woman gang-raped on orders of ‘kangaroo court’

(BBC) -- Police in India's West Bengal state have arrested 13 men in connection with a gang rape of a woman, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man. The 20-year-old woman has been admitted to a…

Ukraine protests: Crisis talks after day of bloodshed

(BBC) -- Ukrainian opposition leaders are due to meet President Viktor Yanukovych, a day after the first deaths in protests that have gripped Kiev for two months. One of them, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, has said he will lead pro-EU…

Deadly fire at Quebec home for the elderly

(BBC) -- At least three people have died and 30 more are reported missing after a fire tore through an old people's home in Quebec, according to media reports. The fire at the 52-unit residence in L'Isle-Verte, 140 miles (225km) east of…