Yearly Archives

2016

CFBC to Engage More Adult Learners

(ZIZ News) – The Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College will use the recently launched Prior Learning Asessment Recognition (PLAR) programme to engage more adult learners in the Agri-business course. Program Manager for the School of Access at…

Cayon Man Robbed In Sandy Point

(ZIZ News) – ZIZ News has confirmed that Alonzo Dore, who is a resident of Cayon, was robbed on Monday night, near Sandy Point. According to reports, while driving a rental car toward Sandy Point, Dore was stopped by three armed masked men…

Minister Liburd Updates on Wellington Road Housing Project

(ZIZ News) – Minister of Urban Development, the Hon. Ian Liburd has revealed that construction on the new housing development at Wellington Road, Basseterre is expected to commence this year. In an interview with ZIZ Television, the…

Premier League Resumes

(ZIZ News) – The second round of the SKNFA Premier League competition kicked off on Saturday with three matches. In a battle of the two bottom ranked teams, Rivers of Living Water defeated Bath United for its first win of the 2015/16…

PLAR Workshop Underway

(ZIZ News) – The Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College has partnered with Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Community College to gain support for the Agri-business Programme in the form of the Prior Learning Assessment Recognition or PLAR…

Volcanoes, Red Force Top Groups

(ZIZ News) – The preliminary round of matches in the Nagico Super50 Tournament ended on Sunday, with the Windward Island Volcanoes and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force topping their respective groups. In Group B, which was staged in St.…

Police Remove another Illegal Firearm from Streets

(ZIZ News) – More illegal firearms continue to be seized by the Federation’s police force. During a stop and search operation on Saturday, one 9mm pistol and six rounds of ammunition were seized by officers of the Special Services Unit.…

French Foreign Legionnaires killed in Alps avalanche

(BBC) Five French Foreign Legionnaires have been killed and six injured in an avalanche while on a training exercise in the Alps, officials say. The avalanche came down close to Valfrejus, not far from the Italian border, where some 50…

Germany targets North African migrants in crackdown

The German government says North African countries cannot expect German development aid if they are unwilling to take back failed asylum seekers. Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said he was sending that message to North African leaders.…

NHIS defends national health insurance scheme

(Antigua Observer) The National Health Insurance Secretariat (NHIS) says there has been “much misinformation” about the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bahamas scheme, insisting that its implementation “is a major advancement in moving our…

Former BOE director called for questioning

(Antigua Observer) St. John’s Antigua - The former Board of Education (BOE) Director Beverly Charles is expected to report to police today, as a probe into undisclosed fraud allegations continue. Attorney Leon Chaku Symister, who…

Overturned gas truck shuts down Gorge

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston, Jamaica - The Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine remained closed up to press time last night as a crew worked feverishly to remove a trailer carrying liquid petroleum gas, which fell into the Rio Cobre River,…