February 2015

St George’s, Grenada -- Dr Michael Freudenberg, deputy head of mission of the German embassy in Port-of-Spain with responsibility for Grenada, made a special visit to Grenada from February 4 to February 9. Aside from participating in…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- As part of the Guyana government’s preparations for the oil and gas sector, efforts to engage international partners and countries continue. Last week, minister of natural resources and the environment, Robert…

St John’s, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda’s ministry of trade, industry and commerce hosted meetings last Friday, 6 February, as part of a series of public education outreach activities currently being held in Antigua. The outreach is led…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The University of the West Indies chapter of Generation 2000 (G2K), the Mona Campus Youth League (MCYL) on Thursday condemned the Tuesday attack of a female student on the campus. It described the attack on the student…

Hamilton, Bermuda -- Bermuda's well-documented financial services regulation, international partnership treaties, and lack of bank secrecy legislation ought to be recognised by the UK Labour Party, the Bermuda Business Development Agency…

Washington, USA -- The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released a report this week revealing billions of dollars held in nearly 60,000 internal Swiss bank documents from 2006 to 2007 leaked by whistleblower Hervé…

Taipei, Taiwan (AFP) -- Six prisoners at a southern Taiwan jail committed suicide on Thursday, ending a standoff after they took several staff hostage to complain about unfair trials and demand their freedom, officials said. The prisoners…

Mississauga (CMC) -- Canadian police are hunting for the trafficker of five kilograms of cocaine imported on a flight that came from St Maarten on Sunday. The seizure was made by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), as officers…

Paris, France (AFP) -- Media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation…

Sports Page -- The local inter High schools Cricket championships on Nevis commenced on Wednesday 11th February at the ET Willet Park. The first match was preceded by a brief opening ceremony chaired by Sports coordinator Carl Tuckett who…

(Cricinfo) -- Scotland nearly upset West Indies in their chase of 314 in the warm-up match at the SCG, but fell short by three runs despite needing 14 runs from the last two overs with four wickets in hand. Opener Kyle Coetzer led…

Sports Page -- Leshan Moore of Green house, ran away from the pack to secure first place in the senior boys’ cross country event at the Jocelyn Liburd Primary School. The event was held on Wednesday 11th February. The route which started…

At St. Pauls Playing Field Trafalgar Southstars 3 vs Newton Ground 2 * Officials were Stedroy Douglas, Lloyd Rouse & Tyrone Nisbett At Verchilds Playing Field * Sandy Point F.A did not show up for their game against Youth &…

(ZIZ News) -- Hon. Glenn Phillip says when it comes down to it, he thinks the decision that electors in Constituency Four will make will be based on which candidate they can trust. Phillip, the St. Kitts Nevis Labour Party candidate for…

(ZIZ News) -- Federal Parliamentarian Hon. Patrice Nisbett is continuing to thank the persons who have been instrumental to his political success. Nisbett, a Senior Minister within the Federal Government, recently said during a radio…