February 2014

Basseterre, St. Kitts (Customs PRO) - Twenty-five junior officers of the St. Kitts and Nevis Customs Department and Montserrat Customs and Revenue Service will participate in the Tenth Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC)…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Air Journey, an American based world leader in escorted flying journeys, made its inaugural visit to Nevis with the arrival of 12 TBM planes and 34 passengers on January 30, 2014. Manager of the Vance W. Amory…

NIA Charlestown Nevis-- Veterinarian in the Ministry of Agriculture Dr. Patricia Bartlette welcomed the expansion to the Veterinary Clinic at Prospect Estate and deemed it “a good thing” for the continued care of animals. She was at the…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- William ‘Bunny Rugs’ Clarke former lead singer of the popular band Third World has died in a Miami hospital. Clarke who would have turned 66 on Thursday, February 6, had been in intensive care for some time. He missed…

CASTRIES, St.Lucia - The appointment of Dr Gale Rigobert as the country’s new Leader of the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has now been confirmed. Dr. Rigobert was selected a week after Parliamentary Representative for Castries…

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) -- Antigua and Barbuda's Attorney General, Justin Simon QC, remained in hospital late Saturday in stable condition after collapsing at a restaurant, an official source has said. Simon, said to be in his fifties,…

PORT OF SPAIN,Trinidad - Banking giant RBC Financial (Caribbean) Ltd is continuing to streamline its operations, this time sending home 20 employees from its Business Development Unit at a number of branches across the country. The layoffs…

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- The Freeport main road in Montego Bay, St James, is currently being rehabilitated by the National Works Agency (NWA) at a cost of $8 million. State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Richard Azan,…

Moscow (CNN) -- A Moscow high school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held about 20 other pupils hostage in a classroom Monday before he was disarmed and detained, Russian authorities said, just days before Russia hosts…

(CNN) -- A man convicted of four murders from 1993 has escaped from a Michigan prison, and authorities think he abducted a woman, the Michigan Department of Corrections said. Corrections officials said they discovered Michael David Elliot…

(CNN) -- A small plane crashed in South Africa early Monday, killing 3 people, local media reported. The plane, a King Air 90, crashed at Lanseria airport, a privately owned facility situated just to the northwest of Johannesburg. Heavy…

Little Noella Freeman stormed past the finish line at a rapid pace with Tianna Griffin not far behind to beat the previous record for the Junior Girls’ cross country event at the Jocelyn Liburd Primary School. The event was held on Friday…

The final four stage of the local Football competition hosted by the Nevis Football Association continues to heat up as the teams continue their intense struggle for a spot in the coveted finals. There was a very exciting game on Sunday…

On Saturday 1st February Premier Division At Warner Park Stadium Winners Circle Newtown United 3        vs         St. Thomas/Trinity Strikers 2 (Half Time 0 - 2) Scoring for Winners Circle Newtown United Ian "Rumpy" Lake 61st minute…

The dark clouds and rain that loomed ominously over Queen's Park Oval and caused a delayed start to the match were a portent of things to come for the Leeward Islands, who crashed to a historic 160-run defeat at the hands of Combined…