2015

(Caribbean360) The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has confirmed five cases of Zika virus in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nation, but it has not identified the country or given no details about the infected individuals. In a…

(Caribbean360) Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has expressed outrage over reports that a 97-year-old woman was raped earlier this week. He described the crime as a despicable act that not only violated an elderly citizen, but the entire…

(Dominica News Online) As part of the recovery effort post-Erika, a delegation from Anguilla on Thursday presented cash donation amounting to $17,000 to two churches and one organization on the island. The delegation led by Pastor of the…

(ZIZ News) – The St. Kitts and Nevis National Football team or “Sugar Boyz” got its European friendly campaign off to a winning start on Thursday when it defeated Andorra, 1-nil. St. Kitts and Nevis exhibited a strong defensive performance…

(ZIZ News) – Five bills and seven resolutions are expected to be presented in National Assembly, next week, when the country’s parliament convenes. While the names of those bills and resolutions have not yet been revealed, the general…

(ZIZ News) – Banking officials and related service providers are in St. Kitts this week for the Caribbean Association of Banks Conference, taking a look at the future of the industry and issues to be addressed. The event began with an…

(ZIZ News) – The United States Government and British High Commission Criminal Justice Advisor, who is working with the local government, says that a partnership which extends to the US Federal Bureau of Investigations can see a number of…

(ZIZ News) – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to host another Child Protection Workshop for coaches involved in the WICB Grassroots and Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket programmes.…

Minister Kuo-Yen Wei Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan) November 2015 During the 1970s, British scholar James Lovelock put forward the Gaia hypothesis, which proposes that the Earth is a…

(BBC) Protests against racial injustice have spread beyond the University of Missouri as students at least two other US campuses have walked out of classes. Rallies were held on Wednesday at Ithaca College in New York and Smith College in…

(BBC) At least 37 people have been killed and 181 injured in two explosions in the Lebanese capital Beirut, officials say. The blasts hit the southern suburb of Burj el-Barajneh, a stronghold of the Shia Hezbollah movement. The blasts…

(BBC) Apple has apologised to six schoolboys asked to leave one of their shops in Australia, in what the students described as a racist incident. Footage of the incident at Melbourne's Highpoint shopping centre emerged on Tuesday sparking…

(Antigua Observer) Antigua and Barbuda’s Shamere Yearwood is the region’s top CAPE student in Information Technology. The second year Antigua State College student not only recorded the best score in Unit 2 IT, but also the sixth highest…

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica - Newly appointed Health Minister Horace Dally says that he will be meeting with the mothers of the 19 babies who died from health care-associated infections at the University Hospital of the West Indies…

(Bahamas Local) Nassau, Bahamas - A teacher at Queen's College was shot dead at the intersection of Parkgate Road and Village Road around 8 o'clock last night. This was the first of two murders police reported. The other happened nearby off…