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March 2014

EPPS confident of repeat win

(Sports Page)— Coach Adelvin Phillip and his support crew of parents are confident that the Elizabeth Pemberton Primary School will win the B division once again and even upset some of the A division teams in the process as the Inter…

Nevis Football Association hosts Press Briefing

(Sports Page)— The Nevis Football Association hosted a press briefing on Wednesday 19th March at the Nevis Sports Department. The session was chaired by President George BRIGO Meade who noted that the main purpose of the briefing was to…

Dottin leads Women to second warm-up win

Savar, Bangladesh - West Indies Women defeated Australia Women by 16 runs in their second warm-up match of the ICC Women's World Twenty20. Summarized Scores: West Indies Women Innings: 144/3 (20 Overs). Deandra Dottin 78*, Kyshona Knight…

SDA Jets crash out to South Warriors

(Sports Page)— The action continued in the local second division fixtures on Thursday as SDA Jets and South Warriors engaged each other at the ET Willet Park. South Warriors won the toss and were soon in trouble at 40 for 5 but Rakeesh…

Michelle Obama arrives in China for official visit

(CNN) -- First lady Michelle Obama is in China for an official visit to expand Sino-American relations, but she will refrain from talking about political differences. Mrs. Obama, who flew Wednesday from Washington, D.C., is making a…

Gunmen kill 5 at football match in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduran police say they are looking for three men who opened fire at a foorball game in a village near the capital city of Tegucigalpa, killing five people. Police said in a statement Thursday that the masked…

Tracy Robinson is new IACHR chairman

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies Tracy Robinson was on Thursday elected chairman of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at its 150th Regular Session, held in…

UN agency in Haiti distributes food amid drought

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Aid workers in Haiti have begun distributing food to help some of the Caribbean nation's poorest people cope with a severe drought, an official with a United Nations agency said Thursday. The World Food Program…

St. Kitts-Nevis hosts successful CCLEC EXCO Meeting

Basseterre, St. Kitts-- The Executive Committee of the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC) met in Basseterre over the two day period, March 12 and 13, 2014, for the first of its biannual sessions. The Executive Committee also…