January 2014

ZIZ News -- The Police Credit Union has donated One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars to the Cardin Home in recognition of the organisation’s 30th anniversary activities. President, Matthew McGuire says the credit union is happy to assist the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) -- The new Haemodialysis Unit at the Joseph N. France General Hospital is a response to deal with the incidence of chronic kidney failure. In highlighting the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Administration’s…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Law enforcement officers have seized arms and ammunition hidden among soap detergent. According to reports, a barrel recently cleared at the port facility at SCASPA’s Customs baggage was searched at a home…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) - The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has approved the formation of a reparations committee. Minister of Information, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty in the first Cabinet Briefing for Monday, said noted that in…

Basseterre, St. Kitts – On a warm, sunny Saturday morning members of the Rotary Club of Liamuiga (RCL) gathered to kick-off what is probably the Club's most heart-warming and rewarding project. Each year the Rotarians of RCL canvass the…

Sports Page -- Andy Flower has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement that describes as "totally inaccurate" reports that he has told the ECB he will resign as coach unless Kevin Pietersen is dropped. In the wake of the 5-0 Ashes…

Georgetown, Guyana - Ex-West Indies ODI batsman Leon Johnson stroked a solid half-century to lead his team- Johnson’s XI- to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Barnwell’s XI in the first warm-up game for the senior national cricketers…

Hamilton, New Zealand - A fan in Hamilton has pocketed $100,000 from a day out at the cricket after grabbing a one-handed catch in the crowd. Michael Morton claimed the catch from Kieran Powell's bat in the sixth over of the final…

(Sports Page) The foundation was laid by an impressive opening partnership between Kieran Powell and Johnson Charles. Powell not only returned to the team after his drop in the previous game but also returned to impressive form to slam his…

(Sports Page) The domineering SL Horsfords Highlights Int Football team continued its unbeaten run in the local Football league on Tuesday 7th January. The powerful Highlights line up engaged the more lowly placed Hard times team who in…

Rio De Janeiro (AP) -- The head of World Cup projects for Brazil's far-western Mato Grosso state has acknowledged a light railway system in the city of Cuiaba meant to help football fans move around the city during World Cup matches there,…

North Carolina (CMC) -- The United States Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) agency says a former religious minister has been jailed for 25 years for engaging in illicit sexual conduct while on mission trips in Haiti. ICE said Larry Michael…

Washington (AP) -- The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says there has been a big jump in thieves stealing Social Security numbers to fraudulently claim tax refunds. The agency said it launched 1,492 criminal investigations…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Turks and Caicos SUN on Tuesday reported that former premier Michael Misick was denied bail by the Magistrate’s Court in Grand Turk. The newspaper reported that an appeal is to be lodged by his lawyers in the…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - West Indies One Day International (ODI) captain Dwayne Bravo is set to become the new skipper of Trinidad and Tobago for the upcoming Super 50 tournament. Media reports from Port-of Spain say Bravo,…