Yearly Archives

2014

Press Release 21102014(3)

(ZIZ News) -- Shavaughn Hendricks of Lime Kilm was formally arrested and charged for Possession of Firearm and Possession of Ammunition, which were committed on 12th October 2014. Tishana Collins of Cole Hill was formally arrested and…

Pistorius gets 5 years for girlfriend’s killing

Pretoria, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van with barred windows Tuesday to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Delivering her sentence, Judge Thokozile Masipa…

Spain nurse definitively cured of Ebola: doctors

Madrid, Spain (AFP) -- A Spanish nurse who was the first person to catch Ebola outside Africa has been cured of the deadly virus according to definitive test results, doctors said Tuesday. "The criteria set by the World Health Organization…

Jamaican wins Miss Divali Nagar 2014

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Jamaican beauty Rachel Biesray has won the Miss Divali Nagar 2014 crown. Biesray got the judges’ nod over 11 other delegates who participated in the show at the National Council of Indian…

IWPS dominates JLPS

Sports Page -- Two golden strikes by the Ivor Walters Primary school in the first half, put them in a clear lead versus the Jocelyn Liburd Primary School. This as the action continued on Monday 20th October in the Giant Malt Primary School…

Hitters and Rebels in Do or Die Encounter

(Sports Page) -- President of the local Basketball Association, Wanda Parry is again appealing to the general public on Nevis, to come out in their numbers to witness what she promises will be an enthralling game, this Saturday night. The…

Brathwaite stars but Windies A collapse

Matara, Sri Lanka, CMC – Part-time off-spinner Jermaine Blackwood snapped up two late wickets to peg back Sri Lanka A, and set up a tense finish to the second four-day “Test” on Tuesday’s final day. With Sri Lanka building a lead at 63 for…

BCCI suspends all bilateral tours to West Indies

Sports Page -- The BCCI working committee has decided to suspend all bilateral tours to West Indies, in response to the visitors pulling out of their India tour. While a BCCI release made no specific mention of any claim for damages, the…

PM Douglas chairs special meeting of CDB in Barbados

(ZIZ News) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has chaired a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, reviewed CDB’s…