October 2013

MUMBAI, India, - India’s cricket Icon Sachin Tendulkar says he will call it a day in his international career when he plays his 200th test during next month’s home series against West Indies. Tendulkar, 40, announced an end to a…

St John’s, Antigua – Cricket fans across the Caribbean will get to see live action from the first ever international women’s tri-nation series hosted in the region. The WICB announced today that it will produce and make available for…

Kingston, Jamaica – Stafanie Taylor made an unbeaten century and took four wickets in another superb allround display which led West Indies Women to a series triumph over New Zealand Women on Thursday. West Indies won the third and final…

(Sports Page) An official from the Nevis Football Association has revealed that the regular local Football league will commence this weekend at the ET Willet Park. This follows hot on the heels of the Legends’ Cup series which produced…

(Sports Page) The scoreline does not give a true indication as to the intensity of the game, but the small crowd on hand, was highly entertained. This as the action in the Dynamics Sports Club Netball and Basketball tournament continued on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – The Federation’s Minister of Tourism, Sen. the Hon. Richard “Ricky” Skerritt, is leading a high-powered delegation from the private and public sector of the local tourism industry to attend a series of…

(NIA) Charlestown, Nevis – A large Federal delegation, jointly led by Federal Tourism Minister Hon. Richard Skerritt and Nevis’ Minister of Tourism Hon. Mark Brantley is currently visiting the United Kingdom (UK). The trip, a partnership…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) – The St. Kitts-born President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, says a conscious and forthright statement of dedication to achieving diversity should be noted when the Trinidad-based…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) – The High Court in St. Kitts and Nevis has ordered the opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM)-owned The Democrat newspaper to pay the Federation’s Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas…

(ZIZ) American Airlines has chosen two charities to donate several items to. Every year the employees select a different Island to be the recipient of their "Adopt-An-Island" project. 22 employees of the American Airlines Caribbean…

(ZIZ) On Tuesday 8th October 2013 about 8:30 am at Kim Collins High Way, a local businessman held a brief Handing Over Ceremony of thirty (30) gallons of paint which he donated to The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. Lennox…

TAIPEI -- Two artisans from the Federation of Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) and Nevis arrived in Taiwan on October 4, 2013, to attend training courses in pottery and leather craft, courtesy of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Twenty-seven members of the security forces in St. Kitts and Nevis are better equipped to execute their duties, after completing a four-day Drug Enforcement Administration Training. Much of the hands-on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts: The Department of Probation & Child Protection Services hosted a two-day informational workshop at the Ocean Terrance Inn on October 7th and 8th, 2013. The objective of this workshop was to facilitate information…

Charlestown, Nevis -- Following great reviews of last year’s Business League, the Executive Body of the Nevis Netball Association is making plans to host another business league. According to the association’s secretary Ms. Tricia…