2013

(BBC)--Hundreds of thousands of households in Canada and the northern US are facing a Christmas without electricity after a severe ice storm. Nearly 400,000 customers in eastern Canada and 390,000 in the US are still without power, with…

(BBC)--Thousands have their Christmas travel plans disrupted and 150,000 homes are without power as severe weather continues to batter the UK. Trains have been cancelled, roads flooded and there have been long delays and cancellations at…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Nine months after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that The Bahamas government must “accelerate” the liquidation process, the government has been urged to bring a resolution to the CLICO (Bahamas) case as it…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Come 2014, the government of Jamaica will be strengthening its crime prevention strategies, by focusing on community policing and other measures outlined in the national crime prevention and community safety…

The U.S. State Department has praised initiatives put in place by the local police force as part of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. Commissioner Celvin Walwyn recently returned from a meeting with State Department Representatives…

As the Ministry of Health plans for 2014, officials say they have been focusing on the reality that international donor funds are drying up. National AIDS Programme Coordinator, Gardenia Destang-Richardson says while outside financing has…

The 2013 Soca Monarchs have been crowned for both the groovy and power segments. At the end of the show on Friday night, Mr. Hype was crowned the Power Monarch and Delly Ranks the Groovy Monarch. But some artists believe the results could…

The matches scheduled for Monday 23rd December in the tape ball league hosted by the Nevis Sports Department and sponsored by the Development Bank of St.Kitts and Nevis, were rained out on Monday night. The two scheduled matches promised…

C.C.C Bath United 10       vs          Sandy Point A.F.A 2 (Half Time 3 - 2) Scoring for C.C.C Bath United Carlos Chapman scored a hat trick in the 30th, 87th & 89th minute Justin Claxton 32nd minute Dayle Farrell scored 6 goals in the…

The last time the two teams met, it ended in a virtually embarrassing situation for the more highly rated CCC Bath United team.  They were leading the All Stars team by a margin of 2 goals to nil at half time but the All Stars team came…

The usual official closing ceremony was not held due to certain circumstances but the 2013 edition of the Malcolm Guishard Memorial league was effectively closed off on Saturday 21st December. There was an exciting exhibition match between…

Andrew McGlashan in Hamilton has conceded that careers could be on the line after West Indies' 2-0 series defeat, including his own position as captain. His team's hopes disappeared in a session on the third day in Hamilton as they were…

First they pulled off 438, the highest successful chase in ODIs. Today, faced with a target of 458 on a tricky Wanderers pitch, South Africa came within eight runs of breaking the world record for a chase in Test cricket. At the start of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Over 100 local companies and businesses and thousands of citizens and nationals showed full confidence in the second Reduced VAT Day on Friday. Thousands of persons flocked the 110 businesses ranging from…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Although Caribbean governments have been trying to stave off the ravages of the global economic crisis, this is often easier said than done - since many of the region’s challenges have origins in capitols…