2013

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…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, has expressed concern about the rising fuel consumption bill in Barbados, saying that the country could…

(BBC) Former German President Christian Wulff is going on trial accused of receiving and granting favours in office. He is alleged to have accepted the payment of hotel bills by a film producer in return for lobbying while he was premier…

(BBC) The Obama administration has said barely 27,000 Americans enrolled for health insurance through its troubled federal website in the first month. About 106,000 people were insured in total, most of them through the state-run websites.…

(BBC) The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious will be sent to help people affected by the typhoon in the Philippines, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Speaking on a visit to India, Mr Cameron also said the UK government had now given…

(CUOPM) A Kittitian dies in New York, four days after celebrating her 100th birthday. Gwendolyn Hodge, 100, a devoted homemaker who cherished her family, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze. According to…

(Sports) At Gardens Playing Field Trafalgar Southstars 7 vs Security Forces 0                                  (Half Time 2 - 0) Scoring for Trafalgar Southstars Kayu Hendrickson struck twice in the 24th & 52nd minute Kishawn "Fire"…

(Sports) Results from Tuesday 12th November, 2013. Transformation F.C vs. Cleverly Hill United F.C Referee: Stedroy Douglas Transformation F.C -- 5 Goals, Cleverly Hill United F.C – 4 Goals Scorers for Transformation F.C were Jamal Sutton…