June 29, 2015

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Eight nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis were announced recently as this year’s beneficiaries of the Cuban scholarship programme. The programme which has benefited citizens for almost two decades has provided…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Department of Labour is strengthening its engagement with the public, as it seeks to educate and inform workers about their rights and increase their productivity. Officials recently partnered with the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The first sitting of The Federal Parliament since the ceremonial opening on May 14 convenes tomorrow June 30 in Basseterre, where members of the house and the gallery will hear a number of bills read for the…

Lisbon, Portugal (AP) -- Spain and Portugal both issued weather alerts Monday, advising residents to take extra care as scorching temperatures were forecast to soar up to 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit) in some southern areas. The…

Paramaribo, Suriname -- On August 25, Brazilian airline giant, GOL will commence twice weekly flights to Paramaribo, the capital of Dutch-speaking Suriname. On the other hand, reliable sources reveal that Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is exiting…

Washington, USA -- The Department of Justice announced on Friday that another offshore bank, Ersparniskasse Schaffhausen AG (EKS), has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank Program, which was…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Official documentation requesting the extradition of Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader and former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.…

Kingston, Jamaica -- A man died yesterday after another man used a 25-pound gas cylinder to hit him in the head. He is Cedric Maxwell, 27, of an address in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Reports are that Maxwell was standing on the roadway…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- Three people, including a 91-year-old man, were killed after the motor vehicle in which they were travelling went over a cliff late Sunday night, police said. The three – Denzil Johnson, an employee of the…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it disagrees with statements that the 15-member regional grouping “has been slow” to deal with the unfolding situation in the Dominican Republic, where people of Haitian…

Sports Page -- Emmanuel Jeffers, originally of Nevis but who currently resides in Anguilla, won big again last weekend in a body building competition held in St. Maarten. This follows hot on the heels of his overpowering win in the…

Sports Page -- The eventual scoreline may serve to belie the intensity of the game but with nine minutes remaining in the final quarter, the Bronx Crisis team was only leading the NEVLEC High Voltage team by a mere nine points. However,…

Sports Page -- President of the Nevis Cricket Association, Denrick Liburd, has confirmed that the Leeward Islands under 17 training camp will take place in Nevis this week. The one week camp will take place at the ET Willet Park and…

Sports Page -- After a hectic round of preliminary matches, the finals of the second division competition in the local cricket league was played on Thursday 25th June at the ET Willet park. The two teams in focus were: Calypso and…

Gros Islet, St Lucia, CMC -- Chris Gayle’s spectacular unbeaten 90 blew away St Lucia Zouks and fired Jamaica Tallawahs to their first win of the 2015 Caribbean Premier League here Sunday. Tallawahs restricted Zouks to a paltry 118 for…