February 2015

ZIZ News) -- Queen's Counsel, Anthony Astaphan says the allegations of gerrymandering now being brought forward by Hon. Mark Brantley are preposterous. Astaphan reiterated that that allegation had been dismissed in the Courts and had never…

(ZIZ News) -- The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force is expected to benefit significantly from the addition of 25 new Island Constables. Ross University, Urban Development Corporation, SCASPA, A+ Security, Government Headquarters…

(ZIZ News) -- Telecommunications company Lime is giving back to its customers on St. Kitts and Nevis through a two-week in store promotion titled “Heart’s on Fire.” The promotion began on Monday 2nd February and will run until February…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Africa loses at least $50 billion (44 billion euros) a year to illicit practices like tax fraud, corruption and organised crime, a worrying situation that is hurting the continent's economies, a UN-mandated…

Cairo, Egypt (AFP) -- An Egyptian policeman was arrested Sunday for having shot dead an Islamist detained in a Cairo hospital with injuries from his arrest, the interior ministry said. The ministry, on its Facebook page, said the victim…

Kano, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's military on Sunday repelled a Boko Haram assault on the key city of Maiduguri as violence raged across the country's northeast just two weeks before national elections. The hours-long attack on the…

St John’s, Antigua -- Armand Arton, has been appointed special economic envoy to the Gulf Cooperation Council by Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Arton joins the likes of Hollywood icon Robert De Niro and billionaire…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago Anand Ramlogan remained in office over the weekend, even as calls continued for him to resign. But the question remains if he will be fired or resign shortly, as Prime…

Nassau, Bahamas -- A recent report by the Tribune newspaper in The Bahamas stating that US Secretary of State John Kerry certified the integrity of an American company bidding for a multimillion dollar management contract from the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Police are advising members of the public that a section of the Michael Manley Boulevard is now impassable due to an overturned oil tanker in the vicinity of the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) power plant in…

Sports Page -- The annual sports meet for the Maude Smith pre- school, was held on Friday 30th January under the patronage of past student, Miss Leanissa Thomas. A brief ceremony preceded the on track events which was chaired by…

Sports Page -- Australia served one final ominous warning before the World Cup with a demolition of England's challenge in the final of the triangular series. It is all the more ominous because England had them down at 4 for 60 on an…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad CMC -- All-rounder Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from Test cricket, after four years in the wilderness and just weeks after being sacked from the one-day squad. The 31-year-old has played 40 Tests but…

CNN -- Novak Djokovic once again showed his powers of recovery as he came out on top in a grueling match against Andy Murray to win his fifth Australian Open tennis title. Djokovic’s 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0 win at Rod Laver Arena in…

CNN -- Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title and continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals by extending her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova. She struggled with a hacking cough, she was sick, and she…