November 2013

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - England Women defeated West Indies Women by seven wickets to take a one nil lead in their three match One Day International series (ODI) on Friday after their opening encounter on Tuesday was abandoned because of…

(Sports Page) Matches continued in the Malcolm Guishard Basketball league over the weekend. The Dynamics team not only won their first game but won quite convincingly. There were two matches on Saturday 2nd November and in the first game,…

(Sports Page) It would appear as if the statements made by Errol JABAL Tyson, one of the Coaches for the Brantley Bronx Crisis team, are holding their weight in gold. After an initial lack luster performance in their earlier games, the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- A local teenager grabbed a cruise ship worker's purse as she walked near the Garden Housing in Mc Knight on Friday 1 November 2013. According the worker, the youth ran up behind her and grabbed her purse which she…

Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Dr Earl Asim Martin, has said that the opening on Friday November 1 of the PEP School of Cosmetology and Salon at the Newtown Community Centre was a clear indication that the People Employment Programme (PEP)…

(ZIZ) On Thursday 24 October 2013 a wanted poster was sent to the various media houses in the Federation informing them that Jermaine Iqubal Niles was wanted for the offences of Wounding and Obstruction which were committed on 1 July 2013.…

Charlestown, Nevis -- The Nevis Renal Society hosted its second annual Gala awards dinner at the OCCASIONS on the evening of Saturday 2nd November. President Alexa Pemberton noted that her Association has been lobbying for a Dialysis Unit…

(Sports Page) Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels, two batsmen who failed in the first innings, found form in the second, hitting half-centuries on the final day of the drawn three-day game in Kolkata. The West Indians finished on 199 for 5…

Basseterre, St Kitts – Brazilian, Glemerson Martins combines his day job at the Brazilian Embassy in St. Kitts with volunteering as a coach at local soccer clubs just for the pleasure of experiencing the game. Born in Goianesia and raised…

(ZIZ) Videl Walters of Boyd's Village was formally arrested and charged for Disorderly Conduct by Fighting, which was committed on 27th October 2013 at Boyds Village. Two (2) juveniles were formally arrested and charged for Battery,…

(CUOPM) Minister of Health, the Hon. Marcella Liburd says the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Government’s efforts to roll out a National Health Insurance Scheme are well advanced and will benefit all who are not covered by medical insurance. In…

(NIA) Charlestown Nevis – A Beach Monitoring Programme, which allows the Nevis Island’s Administration’s Department of Physical Planning, Environment and Natural Resources to collect data from the main beaches on Nevis and assess the…

(BBC) The German government says it is keen to hear directly from the fugitive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about the US spy agency's activities. "If the message is that Mr Snowden wants to give us information then we'll gladly accept…

Roseau, Dominica -- The annual cabinet meeting with overseas-based Dominicans held on Wednesday focused on the all important topic of “Investment and Entrepreneurship”. The meeting, which was held in Roseau, allowed a wide cross section…

St George's, Grenada -- As expected, the income tax threshold is being lowered in Grenada as the country prepares to usher in a home grown structural adjustment programme, part of broader plans to revamp the economy. Meanwhile, the…