January 2015

Kingston, Jamaica -- Students of the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago campus are expected to stage a protest at 10:00 am today over their grades being withheld in an ongoing wage dispute between…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Police are searching for a man in a wheelchair who shot and killed his 19-year-old girlfriend over the weekend. Police said Salma Chadee was shot at her home on Saturday night while in the company of…

Sports Page -- A brief but impressive ceremony took place at the ET Willet Park on Thursday 18th January. That is when the 2015 edition of the kiddies’ cricket program hosted by the West Indies cricket Board and sponsored by Scotia bank,…

Couva, Trinidad, CMC -- A hurricane innings by the powerfully built Rahkeem Cornwall, was the major difference between the two teams as the Leeward Islands Hurricanes and the West Indies under 19 teams faced off on Sunday 18th January.…

Port of Spain, Trinidad, CMC -- Dwayne Bravo cleaned bowled Dave Bernard Jr in the final over of the NAGICO super 50 match between T&T Red force and the Jamaica franchise team, to start wild celebrations. Jamaica needed 18 runs from…

Sports Page -- AB de Villiers ripped up the record books with the fastest century in ODIs, off just 31 balls to beat the previous quickest set by Corey Anderson off 36 balls little more than a year ago, as South Africa beat their own record…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The People Employment Programme (PEP) which was launched by the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in December 2012 is a non-negotiable component of any responsible government’s development strategy as it…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- People Employment Programme’s Road Safety project got off to a flying start on the morning of Friday January 16th when markings on the pedestrian crossing on the road outside the Tucker Clarke Primary School in…

(ZIZ News) -- Electoral boundary changes stand in St. Kitts and Nevis that is the word of Attorney Sylvester Anthony who explained the resolution passed in the National Assembly on Friday. Shortly after Governor General, H.E. Sir Edmund…

(ZIZ News) -- Public information regarding the new St. Kitts and Nevis electoral boundaries has begun in preparation for federal elections. Three constituencies: numbers one and two on St. Kitts and number 11 on Nevis, are unaffected by…

(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas announced on Friday evening, that he has advised the Governor General to dissolve the Parliament with immediate effect. This follows an emergency sitting which saw the passage…

(ZIZ News) -- Geoffrey Hanley, the Project Manager of the People’s Empowerment Programme, or PEP, has praised the young persons who are taking advantage of opportunities that the programme provides. During the launch of the new PEP…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a wounding incident on Sunday that sent two people to the hospital. According to reports, the incident occurred at 11:45 am at Upper Market Street. The police say Valden Valladares and his…

New Delhi, India -- The Central Bank of Suriname presented a session on opportunities in Suriname on the backdrop of the visit of a delegation from the ministry of foreign affairs to India, which was hosted by the Hon. Consul of Suriname,…

Washington, USA (ACN) -- The US Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC), founded a year ago and comprising 25 agricultural organizations, recently held a press conference in Washington DC to explain the importance of lifting the US embargo…