FIFA plans Oct 20 crisis talks

Zurich, Switzerland (AFP) -- FIFA announced that an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee would meet in Zurich on October 20th. Some senior FIFA members had suggested the meeting could discuss postponing the election to replace…

Guyana seeks US help to fight drug trafficking at airport

Georgetown, Guyana (AP) -- Guyana is asking the US government for help in cracking down on drug smuggling at the South American country's main airport. US Ambassador Perry Holloway says talks are ongoing with Guyana officials to loan…

PM recommits to ending corruption in Antigua-Barbuda

St John’s, Antigua -- Acknowledging that corruption charges brought last week in New York against former Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, John Ashe, while he was president of the UN General Assembly, have “cast a pall of gloom over all of us…

Murders up 30 percent in Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas -- Murders in The Bahamas increased 30 percent between January 1st and October 7th, 2015 compared to the same period in 2014. There were 90 murders recorded during this period last year, compared to the 117 murders recorded…

CTO gets firsthand look at Montserrat’s tourism potential

Brades, Montserrat -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) paid a visit to Montserrat on Friday. Richard Sealy, minister of tourism and international transport of Barbados and also chairman of CTO, and Hugh Riley, secretary general of…

Football

(Sports Page) -- The 2015 Primary Schools Football tournament started in earnest on Friday 9th October. There was no official opening ceremony but at least one match was played. At the St.Thomas’ Primary Schools ground, the Charlestown…

Siriwardana 105* in drawn warm-up game

Sports Page -- Milinda Siriwardana's unbeaten 105 from 149 deliveries was the highlight of the third and final day of the West Indians' warm-up encounter at the SSC. Siriwardana is in line for a Test debut on Wednesday, when the first Test…