2015

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) will be working with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to implement a drug treatment and prevention programme within the penal system. The aim is to reduce…

Sports Page -- It is down to the final four in the Nevis Amateur Basketball Association 2015 league. After an exciting series of Preliminary Matches which saw a number of closely fought games, it is now down to the final four playoffs.…

Sports Page -- The 2015 edition of the TDC sponsored Cricket league got on the way last week. Here is a summary of matches played so far: St. Thomas’ Primary vs. Charlestown Primary STPS: 74 Seamus O’Flaherty 15; Shahid Bertie 15;…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB) is pleased to announce its team for the West Indies under 17 tournaments, which will be played from 7th to 15th July, 2015 in Tobago. Team: Dimitri Adams Michael Lewis…

Sports Page -- Another massive crowd showed up at the Warner Park Cricket stadium last evening—July 6th to witness another exciting encounter in the ongoing CPL series. Local team the St.Kitts and Nevis Patriots faced off with the Barbados…

Couva, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s top cricket umpire Joel Wilson has been warmly congratulated on his appointment to officiate in the First Test between Bangladesh and South Africa from July 21 to July 25 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury…

Registration is now open for the Department of Youth and Sports Summer Camp 2015 for children 6 to 16 years old. Forms are now available at the Department.

(ZIZ News) With three more matches scheduled at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium for the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Minister of Sports the Hon. Shawn Richards has come in for high praise for ensuring the matches are held here.…

(ZIZ News) Two instruments of accession to two important international fisheries agreements were, on Monday, signed by the Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources & Cooperatives, Hon. Eugene Hamilton. The two instruments are the U.N.…

(ZIZ News) Representatives from the Agriculture Department are discussing strategies to preserve the soil in the Federation during a week-long workshop on soil management. Oswald Browne, Project Coordinator noted the importance of…

Bradenton, Florida (AP) -- A man convicted of having sex on a Florida beach in front of families will soon learn how long he must spend in prison. Jose Caballero is scheduled to be sentenced Monday. He faces a possible 15 years in prison,…

Geneva (AP) -- Plunged into crisis by a second FIFA bribery scandal in four years, the CONCACAF soccer body wants to pass sweeping new leadership rules to help rebuild. The North and Central American and Caribbean governing body published…

Athens, Greece (AP) -- Greeks overwhelmingly rejected creditors' demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans in a critical referendum Sunday, backing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who insisted the vote would give him a stronger…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Caribbean leaders have still not decided on a consensus candidate for the soon-to-be vacant post of Commonwealth Secretary-General. CARICOM chairman and Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart stated that a decision…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Claims by Trinidad and Tobago opposition leader, Dr Keith Rowley that the 2015 general election date of September 7 is illegal have been dismissed as misleading and inaccurate, according to a statement issued by…