January 2014

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the 15-member squad for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The team will be led Jamaican off-spinning allrounder Ramaal Lewis. The vice captain…

The Nevis Football Association local league continued at the ET Willet Park on Sunday 19th January with a double header. The sizeable crowd was in for a treat as both games were very intense. In the first game, Hard Times competed stoutly…

On Saturday 18th January Digicel Premier Division At Warner Park Football Stadium S. L. Horsford St. Pauls United 3       vs            KFC Trinity/ Challengers United 0 (Half Time 1 - 0) Scoring for S. L. Horsford St. Pauls United…

It was as unexpected an upset as you'll see at this Australian Open, with favorite Serena Williams losing to Ana Ivanovic, someone she had beaten in four previous meetings, on Sunday in Melbourne. Williams, the No. 1 seed and favorite at…

(BBC)-- Credit card details from almost half of all South Koreans have been stolen and sold to marketing firms. The data was stolen by a computer contractor working for a company called the Korea Credit Bureau that produces credit scores.…

(BBC)-- Jobless migrants from within the European Union will be denied access to housing benefit from April this year, senior government ministers have said. Home Secretary Theresa May and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith told…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- As the People Employment Programme (PEP) continues with its innovative ways of ensuring that the talents of young people in the Federation are utilised appropriately, members of the teaching fraternity have hailed…

(ZIZ)-- For 2014 the ministry of culture wants to boost awareness about the creative and cultural industry. Research and documentation specialist, Marlene Phillips, said the ministry intends to inform the public about what services they…

(ZIZ)-- St Kitts and Nevis and the rest of region have been given some financial assistance in developing Marine Managed Areas (MMA’s) to help protect the region's marine resources. The German Federal Ministry of Environment has allocated…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Residents of the New Road community in Central Basseterre have learned that a family park like no other in the region will be built in their area and will be delivered to them early April. Area Parliamentary…

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- “The A Ganar program has been a changing point in my life and I am very grateful and proud of myself for making such a life changing decision. This program has helped to mold me to become more independent, a people’s…

Ocho Rios, St Ann -- Stacey Ann Nelson was a far away from Hinds Town, St Ann, when she got the terrifying news that her family home was on fire. Shocked, she ran all the way home, but everything was already burnt to a crisp "Mi reach long…

St John’s, Antigua -- An investigation is under way into why 84-year old Charles Erskine died in the departure lounge at VC Bird International Airport, while awaiting a Virgin Atlantic flight to Gatwick, London, in the UK. Police spokesman…

Mandeville, Manchester -- Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister AJ Nicholson says relations with CARICOM partner Trinidad and Tobago “is a work in progress” following bitter controversy late last year over the deportation of Jamaicans…

Clarendon, Jamaica -- Omar Campbell, otherwise called ‘Wingy’, and George Morgan, otherwise called ‘Breezy’ two of six men who escaped from the Chapelton Police lockup in Clarendon on Wednesday, January 15, have been recaptured. This brings…