September 2015

Kingston, Jamaica -- West Indies Cricket Board will donate all proceeds of a Twenty20 charity match to be played on Saturday, September 26th, in Barbados to the Dominica Emergency Relief Fund. Admission is US $10 for adults and $5 for…

Kingston, Jamaica (CMC) -- West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has urged support for the Twenty20 celebrity charity match which will be played in Barbados later this month to raise funds for the Dominica Emergency Relief…

(ZIZ News) – The police are investigating Thursday’s shooting incident in Cayon which has left a young man dead. According to reports, 20-year old Jason Morton of Hermitage, Cayon was shot and killed on Thursday morning, just outside his…

(ZIZ News) – The Law Year 2015-2016 of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court opened on September 17th and many countries marked the occasion with special ceremonies. The differences in the observance ended at 10am when they participated in a…

(ZIZ News) – The country’s Prime Minister has slammed the Opposition for not supporting the Foreign Account Tax Compliance (United States of America) (Implementation and Enforcement of Inter-Governmental Agreement) Bill 2015. During…

(ZIZ News) – Building a museum at the residence of National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, and a National Heroes Park are on the agenda of the Team Unity-led government. That is according to Prime Minister, the…

(ZIZ News) – As part of its commitment to inform and educate the community, ZIZ’s latest edition of The Round Table focused on Alzheimer’s disease. The show was hosted by the company’s General Manager Clement O’Garro and among the guests…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- At least six chefs, resident in St. Kitts and Nevis, have accepted the challenge to take part in the 2015 Independence Cook-Off which takes place in Independence Square, Friday, September 18th, starting at 9…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has taken additional steps to bring relief to energy consumers in the Federation, as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Geothermal Exploration in St. Kitts was…

Washington, United States (CMC) -- The World Bank says a shortage of long-term financing since the 2008 crisis is choking the investment-backed growth of companies in the Caribbean and other developing countries. In a new report, the…

Santiago, Chile (AFP) -- A strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Chile on Wednesday, local seismologists said, triggering a tsunami alert, sparking panic and shaking buildings. The quake had a shallow depth of 11 kilometers…

Röszke, Hungary (AFP) -- Hungarian police clashed Wednesday with several hundred migrants furious at being blocked from crossing the border with Serbia, as desperate refugees opened up a new route into Croatia to get round Budapest's…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite says Barbados is not refusing to pay the legal fees for attorneys who represented Shanique Myrie in the case she won against this government. But he says there are queries about…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Sworn-in as Attorney General just last week following the People’s National Movement victory in the September 7th General Elections, Faris Al-Rawi has asked for more time to make a decision on signing the document…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware dealt embattled developer Sarkis Izmirlian and Baha Mar Ltd a brutal blow on Tuesday when the court threw out Chapter 11 cases for all the Baha Mar companies based in The Bahamas,…