Yearly Archives

2015

Pakistan finally break epic rearguard

(ESPN Cricinfo) - Nobody expected it to be cut this fine. England produced one of the finest stonewalling efforts in their history only to concede the second Test in Dubai to Pakistan with only 6.3 overs remaining on the final day. Six…

St. Croix proposed as venue for next Masters’ Tournament

(Sports Page) - The Antigua Masters’ Cricket Association has opted out of hosting the 2016 edition of the Leeward Islands masters’ cricket tournament. The Antiguans had already accepted the task of hosting the next tournament but in a…

Labour Department Inspecting Construction Sites

(ZIZ News) -- The government is taking seriously cases of illegal foreign workers being employed in St. Kitts and Nevis to work on construction sites. That issue was addressed by Labour Minister Hon. Vance Amory during the most recent…

PM Harris Congratulates St. Vincent and the Grenadines

(ZIZ News) -- Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris has extended congratulations on behalf of the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis to Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on his country’s…

Cabinet Approves More Concessions

(ZIZ News) – Several small businesses are set to benefit from a decision taken during Thursday’s meeting of the Federal Cabinet. In a press release from the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service, it was revealed that Cabinet approved…

Establishing Centres of Excellence in Healthcare in the OECS

(ZIZ News) – OECS Health Ministers are taking a serious look at the establishment of Centres of Excellence in Healthcare throughout the sub-region. That was disclosed by Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Health, the Hon. Molwyn Joseph, at…

PM Harris Announces One VAT- Free Day for December

(ZIZ News) – The two customary VAT-free days which are offered, in December of each year, were discussed during Thursday’s National Consultation on the Economy. President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Damion Hobson appealed to…

Labour Minister Amory Calls for Improved Workforce

(ZIZ News) – The number of labour officers in St. Kitts is expected to increase as government works to promote improved relations between employees and employers in the interest of national development. Minister of Labour in the Federal…

Mega-storm Patricia drenches Mexico as it weakens

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia pushed rapidly inland over mountainous western Mexico early Saturday, weakening to tropical storm force while dumping torrential rains that authorities warned could cause…

UN calls for calm ahead of elections in Haiti

(Caribbean360) - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations (UN) is calling on political parties and their supporters carry out their voting activities peacefully when the first round of presidential elections, the second round of…

JetBlue increases flights to Barbados

(Caribbean360) - NEW YORK, United States – JetBlue today announced its intent to expand the airline’s service to Barbados by adding a daily roundtrip flight between Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL) and Grantley Adams…

Can Flow get back its mojo?

(Caribbean360) - BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Like the snake (I am not using that term pejoratively) that swallowed the possum, Cable & Wireless is taking a long time to digest Columbus/Flow. Except that, come to think of it, in the case of…

Brathwaite bags 6 in fightback

(ZIZ Sports) - He kept in skipper Jason Holder’s ear all the time, telling him he can get the breakthrough, well he got more than that and ended with half a dozen wickets to give the West Indies a chance of squaring the Sobers/Tissera Test…