November 2013

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- About sixty banana farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be receiving their IMPREST payments for the 2013 period. Out of the EC$750,000.00 to be paid, about EC$280,000.00 will be paid to the famers who have…

St. Kitts, (EMU) – “All gears will shift to drama” says drama teacher Moses Byron as government primary schools celebrate Drama Week from Sunday November 10 to Saturday November 15. Under the theme “Drama: A Lifelong Learning Tool”, the…

St. John’s, Antigua– LIAT wishes to advise its passengers that due to action taken by its airline pilots’ trade union LIALPA, it is anticipated that the following flights will experience delays: LI 361 –…

(ZIZ) Police are trying to find out what led up to a man being found dead at Frigate Bay. Dead is Brian Liddie of Haynes Smith Village, said to be in his fifties. According to a police statement at about 6:20 AM a construction worker…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS -- The historic Independence Square in Basseterre will be a beehive of activity Friday November 8, when the People Employment Programme (PEP) hosts a festival to showcase the work that it has been doing since it was…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- St. Kitts and Nevis Minister responsible for International Transportation Hon. Richard Skerritt, assured the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) of the Federal Ministry’s close working relationship so that both…

(ZIZ) Dawson France of Tabernacle Village was formally arrested and charged for Wounding with intent to cause Grievous Bodily Harm, (2) Attempted Murder and (3) Battery which were allegedly committed on 29th September, 2013. In other…

(ZIZ) The police need your help as they investigate a robbery this weekend at a store on Fort Street. According to a police statement, on Friday at about 9:45 pm officers responded to a report of a robbery near the junction of Fort and…

St Ann, Jamaica – Police from the St Ann Division yesterday were able to capture two of three prisoners who escaped from the Brown’s Town lock-up in May of last year. The escapees were captured in the Hampstead and Scarlett Hall areas of St…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- The St Vincent and the Grenadines government Monday presented instruments to 185 persons in the Central Leeward town of Barrouallie allowing them to purchase lands at EC$0.10 cents per square foot. Some of…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The People’s Partnership coalition government has suffered yet another defeat in what has been a marathon series of elections in Trinidad and Tobago this year. The closely contested by-election in the marginal…

Florida, United States, (CMC) – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a Jamaican national has pleaded guilty in connection with a Jamaica-based international lottery scheme. The DOJ said that Oneike Mickhale Barnett pleaded…

St. John’s, Antigua – LIAT wishes to advise its passengers that due to action taken by its airline pilots’ trade union LIALPA, pilots who were scheduled to fly this morning, Tuesday, November 5, 2013, have not reported for duty. The company…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- A successful mission by India's Mars orbiter would make the country the first Asian nation to reach the Red Planet -- and provide a symbolic coup as neighboring China steps up its ambitions in space. Tuesday's launch was…

(BBC) A bill banning workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people has passed a critical test of support in the US Senate, 17 years after a similar bill failed by a single vote. The Democratic-led Senate voted 61-30 to open…