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March 2014

Badree, Santokie, Smith floor Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh -- West Indies eased concerns about their defence of the World Twenty20 title when they shrugged off their lethargy, to stroll to a convincing 73-run victory over Bangladesh here Tuesday. Sent in, they tallied 171 for…

Queen’s Baton Expected in Nevis Shortly

Sports Page -- The usual build up to the Commonwealth games is well and truly on the way with the traditional passing of the Queen’s baton. The Glasgow 2014 Queen’s baton relay officially started on October 9th 2013 and the baton is…

Coach Caines refers to ‘The Big Bad Wolf’

Sports Page -- Instead of focusing on the chances of his athletes at the upcoming Inter Primary sports meet set for April 2nd Coach of the joint champions school, the St.Thomas’ Primary school, Eddy Caines, seemed more bent on sending a…

Ivor Walters Low Keyed

Sports Page -- Coach at the Ivor Walters Primary School, Mrs. Govanie Manners-Hendrickson in a recent interview pertaining to her team’s preparations for the upcoming Inter Primary sports meet on April 2nd , appeared somewhat low keyed and…

Inter Primary 2014 officially Launched

Sports Page -- The much anticipated Inter Primary sports meet for 2014 which is hosted by the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association (NAAA) and the Education Department was officially launched on Tuesday 25th March. The significant now annual…

Bahamas announces 24-member reparations committee

Nassau, Bahamas -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell has appointed The Bahamas’ National Reparations Committee ahead of a formal push by CARICOM heads to get reparations, debt cancellation, and an apology from former…

St Kitts conducts tsunami readiness drill

Kingston, Jamaica -- The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in St Kitts and Nevis says it is making preparations to test the readiness of public and private sector entities, in the event of a tsunami in the Caribbean islands.…

Pope accepts resignation of German ‘Bling Bishop’

(CNN) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a German bishop who was under investigation for spending $42 million on the renovation of his residence. Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is known as the "Bling Bishop" because of…

Copenhagen Zoo kills 4 lions, weeks after shooting giraffe

(CNN) -- A Danish zoo that made international headlines last month when it killed a healthy giraffe is once again in the news after it killed four lions to make way for a new male. The lions were killed Monday, said Tobias Stenbaek Bro, a…

Hon. Mark Brantley makes donation to Ministry of Health

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The Environmental Work Programme and the Environmental Health Department in the Ministry of Health on the island of Nevis received 50 reflective vests on March 24, 2014. The vests were a donation made by the Hon.…