2013

(CIBC) Basseterre: Activities for cancer month, which saw CIBC FirstCaribbean partnering with Essence of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation (Essence) in St Kitts, came to a climax with a Walk for the Cure on 26th October 2013. Again this year,…

(NIA) CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- Dan McMullen, a member of Operation Future believes that rehabilitation should be a community effort and not solely the business of correctional institutions. His comment came when he delivered brief remarks at…

(CUOPM) St. Kitts and Nevis has done well under its home-grown austerity programme that was implemented two years ago to bring about fiscal discipline and economic growth in the face of a very high public debt. That’s according to the…

(NIA) CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- The official opening of the Creative Youth Academy at Cotton Ground Village on October 26, 2013, signalled the level of seriousness with which the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) continued to deal with…

Westmoreland, Jamaica -- Gunmen went on the rampage in the inner city community of Russia in Savanna- la- Mar, Westmoreland early Tuesday night leaving three people dead and another two injured. Reports are that about 8:30 pm a group of…

Winter Garden, Florida (AP) — The life of a central Florida gas station clerk has been saved by his cellphone. Police say a Hess clerk sustained only minor injuries after a robber fired a bullet at the man's abdomen that was stopped by his…

(CNN) Authorities struggled to explain how a small plane crashed at an international airport, erupted in fire, but evidently went unnoticed for hours. The incident occurred early Tuesday in Nashville. But exactly what time remains a…

(BBC) They are known as the mule women of Melilla. Every day they carry heavy loads across the border between the Spanish enclave and Morocco. Melilla is an important entry point for goods in to North Africa - and if the women can carry…

Beijing (CNN) -- Five suspects have been detained in Monday's deadly crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which has been identified as a terrorist attack, Beijing police said Wednesday. The attack -- in which five people died and dozens…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) – The St Lucia government has denied reports that it is moving to increase fuel prices at a time when the global price for the commodity is on the decrease. A statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS -- An official of the People Employment Programme (PEP) has said that the dedicated work exhibited by supervisors at the Parks and Beaches Unit of the Ministry of Health has contributed to St. Kitts being ranked in the…

St. Vincent and the Grenadines -- “I want to congratulate the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines; this is a real demonstration of the commitment of the government of with respect to the deepening of the functional cooperation…

(ECCB) The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) began hosting the Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture series in 1996, in honour of the memory of Sir Arthur Lewis, Nobel Laureate in Economics, who made a significant contribution to…

(Sports) Kolkata, India – Shane Shillingford was a mere spectator from the sidelines when West Indies visited India two years ago and played three Tests against Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side. He has returned to this south Asian nation for…

(Sports) Mumbai, India, CMC- Opening batsman Chris Gayle says he plans to make a big impression with the bat when West Indies play India in a two-test series starting next week Wednesday. Gayle has never made a Test century against India…