November 2013

(Sports) It was a day when the main focus was on a possible century for the star of the show, Sachin Tendulkar but to the chagrin of the partisan crowd, he was well caught by Captain Sammy off the bowling of Deonarine for 74. However,…

(Sports) The Pennyless All Stars cricket club resumed the series of matches normally played between their senior and junior teams on Sunday 10th November. The match was played at the ET Willet Park. The Junior team batted first and scored…

(CUOPM) The St. Kitts and Nevis Federal Government’s People’s Employment Programme (PEP) has turned its training focus on the island of Nevis. The PEP in a statement Friday said that the first batch of 40 trainees have started courses in…

(CUOPM) The 64-room Frigate Bay Beach Hotel has been closed for renovation and will have 12 additional rooms when it is reopened. It closed on November 1st. “The property will be completely refurbished. The conference room will be…

(Sports) The Lyn Jeffers Primary School was pulled down from their high on Thursday as they came up against a spirited VOJN team. This as action in the Primary Schools’ Football tournament continued. The VOJ team which has shown vast…

Mantab 3 vs KFC Trinity/Challengers United 3           (Half Time 3 - 1) Scoring for Mantab Kevil Seaton 2nd minute Eldean Huggins 28th minute Kirea Jarvis 39th minute (penalty) Scoring for KFC Trinity/Challengers United Javier Sutton 9th…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the West Indies Under-19 team for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh where they will play seven 50-over matches against the Bangladesh Under-19 team. The West Indies will be…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica remains on course for a second drawdown of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and supporting financial inflows from the World Bank and Inter-American Development (IDB), totalling some…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- At just after 4:00 pm on Wednesday, a private aircraft with president of Haiti, Michel Martelly on board, landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. Martelly and a 11-member delegation are…

(BBC) US President Barack Obama has announced a one-year reprieve for millions of Americans facing cancelled insurance coverage under his healthcare law. A contrite Mr Obama said his administration "fumbled the rollout" of his flagship…

(BBC) David Cameron has said his symbolic visit to the north of Sri Lanka has "drawn attention to the plight" of the Tamil minority in the country. The Tamils' treatment at the end of the country's civil war dominated the run-up to the…

(BBC) China is to relax its policy of restricting most couples to having only a single child, state media say. In future, families will be allowed two children if one parent is an only child, says the Xinhua news agency. The one-child…

(NIA) Charlestown Nevis -- Club Med marked the opening of the 2013-2014 Nevis cruise season, when the vessel arrived on November 09 with 386 passengers. The vessel will make two more visits to Nevis from the 29 calls expected from a total…

(CUOPM) Hundreds of persons who visited last Friday’s People Employment Programme (PEP) Festival at Independence have a message for the opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM), the People’s Labour Party (PLP) and the so-called Unity…

Roseau, Dominica -- Dominica’s drive to become the first carbon negative economy is this hemisphere has moved to the next level. This as the development of geothermal energy on island entered a new phase with the commencement of drilling of…