April 2015

Catania, Italy (AFP) -- The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the disaster. "We can say that 800 are dead," said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for…

Washington, United States (CMC) -- Financial experts and policy makers have warned Caribbean countries that in the absence of reforms, members of the growing middle class may be vulnerable to poverty in their old age. The experts were…

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-Koo was left in political limbo Tuesday after offering to resign over a scandal involving bribery allegations against senior members of President Park Geun-Hye's…

Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has accused the outgoing principal of the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles of presiding over an “alternative government”. Addressing…

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, CMC -- Trinidad and Tobago was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on Monday, the second tremor to affect the oil-rich twin island Republic within six days. The Seismic Unit of the University of the…

Kingstown, St. Vincent, CMC -- A second student has consumed a poisonous substance less than two weeks after a 13-year-old student died from a similar incident. Health officials at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) were battling to…

Sports Page -- Speaking of walking in the footsteps of their dads: Leeward Islands under 19 players, Saeed Williams and Ross Powell, created history on Tuesday 14th April when they featured in an amazing opening partnership for their…

St. John’s, Antigua -- The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 14-member squad on Saturday for the second Test against England, starting on Tuesday at the Grenada National Stadium: Full Squad Denesh Ramdin (Captain) Kraigg Brathwaite…

On Friday 17th April Elvis Star Browne Women's League SOL Island Auto Conaree 5 vs C.C.C Bath United 0                                      (Half Time 2 - 0) Scoring for SOL Island Auto Conaree Kerrise Hanley 27th minute Dovanna Claxton…

Charlottesville, Va. -- For the fourth consecutive year, the UMass women's tennis team has earned a berth to the Atlantic 10 Championship Semifinals after the Minute women defeated Duquesne 4-1 on Friday afternoon at the Boar's Head Sports…

St George’s, Grenada (CMC) -- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the CARICOM committee on cricket governance say they have ended a “productive” meeting where an agreement has been reached on “the way forward” for West Indies cricket.…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS -- Parents, teachers and members of the wider community have been called upon to come together, stand up and fight the widespread negativity and challenging behaviour being exhibited by school children, and more so the…

(ZIZ News) -- The Nevis Island Administration and tourism investors broke ground, on Friday, to mark the start of construction on HTRIP Candy Resort. The hotel will be located at Liburd Estate in Liburd Hill, a decision that is welcomed…

(ZIZ News) -- “It has been a real busy and challenging period but I am up to the task and with your support, the task will be completed," were the words of Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Five, Hon. Shawn Richards who spoke to…

(ZIZ News) -- Two community organisations stand to receive a significant boost from Pelican Bay, St. Kitts. On Monday, ZIZ News caught up with Director of Sales and Marketing for Pelican Bay, Don Lockman who spoke of a contest that his…