December 2015

(BBC) Shia Muslims are protesting in six northern Nigerian cities against a military crackdown they allege has left hundreds of their members dead. Many businesses have shut in Kaduna, one of the cities worst-affected by the…

(Caribbean360) A 26-year-old Bahamian man received serious injuries when he was attacked by a shark while fishing in the Bahamas on Friday, according to the US Coast Guard. Richard Pinder of Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, was reportedly diving…

(Antigua Observer) Kingston, Jamaica – A 59-year-old teacher will appear in court on January 5 next year after she was charged with beating a student with a ruler at a prestigious St Richard’s Primary School in St Andrew. The Jamaica…

(Antigua Observer) Trinidad and Tobago is among oil-producing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean severely affected by the sharp drop in petroleum prices, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced. It says exports…

(ZIZ News) -- Eyes and ears are expected to be glued to ZIZ Radio, television and or online, on Tuesday, when Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris delivers his first Budget Address as Prime Minister. Officially called The Appropriation (2016) Bill,…

(ZIZ News) -- Following a request for an office to be given to the Leader of the Opposition, the government has announced it will be approved as according to Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Timothy Harris, “that action is in accordance with his…

(ZIZ News) -- Construction is almost completed at the temporary site for the Basseterre High School . On Friday, representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Public Works Department and other stakeholders were given a walkthrough of…

(ZIZ News) -- On Sunday, we reported that a young man was shot at Taylor’s Range. We have since learnt that that person was Jeshawn Mayers of Newtown. He was reportedly killed at around 11am. According to a police statement, Mayers, who…

(BBC) US and other diplomats joined a rally in Hungary against a planned statue honouring a pro-Nazi minister who fomented anti-Semitism in the 1930s. The diplomats were with several hundred Hungarians at a candle-lit protest in…

(BBC) Nigeria's main Shia Muslim sect says the wife and son of its leader have been killed in clashes with the military in the northern Kaduna state. The clashes came after allegations that members of the sect had attempted to assassinate…

(BBC) The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has described the migrant crisis as a "historic test" for Europe. Defending her policy on migrants at the annual conference of her CDU party, Mrs Merkel said that Germany was standing by its…

(Antigua Observer) Prison sources are still complaining that, despite the alleged outbreak of chicken pox at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), not much has been done to ensure that the virus does not affect more people who either work there or…

(Caribbean360) St. George’s, Grenada - The search for missing Canadian Linnea Moore Veinotte has apparently come to a tragic end. A partially decomposed body believed to be that of the 36-year-old was found in the south of the island…

(Jamaica Observer) NASSAU, Bahamas – The Grand Bahamas Human Rights Association (GBHRA) has criticized the Bahamas government over the continued detention of a Jamaican “for the better part of a decade”. The GBHRA said that it was also…

(ZIZ News) -- The police are investigating a homicide in Basseterre that occurred on Sunday. Details surrounding the incident are unclear but Grell Browne from the Force's Public Relations Department confirmed that a man was shot and…