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April 2015

Windies set 438 for victory after Ballance hundred

North Sound, Antigua, CMC -- West Indies, set 438 for victory, reached 98 for two at the close of the penultimate day of the first Test against England at the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium here Thursday. Gary Balance converted his lunch…

CFBC Gets New Nurses Clinical Simulation Laboratory

(ZIZ News) -- Government officials joined the staff of the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College on Thursday morning for the official launch of the CFBC Nurses Clinical Simulation Laboratory. Following a series of assessments, the existing…

PM Harris Endorses Careers In Construction

(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris says the Government is taking steps to ensure that nationals can capitalize on the growing construction sector. Speaking during a tour of the ongoing Koi Resort Project, Prime…

Agriculture Workers Urged To Train Colleagues

(ZIZ News) -- Permanent Secretary in Nevis' Ministry of Agriculture, Eric Evelyn is urging persons in the agriculture sector to use the training they have received through the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture .…

Aaron Hernandez guilty of murder in death of Odin Lloyd

Fall River, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez looked on impassively Wednesday as he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, a new low for a young man who once enjoyed a $40 million…

US to lift Cuba’s state sponsor of terrorism designation

Washington, USA -- US President Barack Obama on Tuesday submitted to Congress the statutorily required report and certifications indicating the administration’s intent to rescind Cuba’s state sponsor of terrorism designation. Cuba’s…

St Lucia installs test tower for potential wind farm

Castries, St Lucia -- The government of Saint Lucia, in collaboration with LUCELEC and WindTex Energy, a US-based company, have erected a test tower that will help assess the potential for the construction of a 12 megawatt wind farm in…

Ganja not for schoolchildren, Thwaites warns

Kingston, Jamaica -- “Ganja is not for schoolchildren and smoking it is not to be encouraged,” Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites cautioned Parliament yesterday. Thwaites, speaking in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives…

NY Heart doctor tried to have rival killed

Mineola, New York (AP) -- A Long Island heart doctor had another doctor's office torched, then hired people who turned out to be undercover officers in a failed attempt to have him hurt or killed, authorities said Wednesday. Dr Anthony J…