May 2014

Bridgetown, Barbados - Leslie Reifer Jr has made another huge step in his quest to become an elite international cricket umpire. The 24-year-old Barbadian left the island last week for Bangladesh, where he will spend the next two weeks as…

The Stoney Grove Ballers went under to champions CG Rebels on Thursday night as the local Basketball league continued. The Stone Grove men held their own in the first quarter with the Rebels leading by just one point.  However, thereafter,…

Junior League At Warner Park S.L. Horsford St. Pauls United 0          vs         Mantab 0 * Nigel Browne missed a penalty for Mantab in the 39th minute Yellow Cards Uzul Hodge (St. Pauls) 34th minute Donyell Francis (St. Pauls) 80th…

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CMC) – The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. “By definition this is an epidemic since it…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman, who thought she was purchasing chicken and cooking oil recently, instead ended up with a box of stones, a bottle of water, and $5,000 out of pocket. The shifty 'salesman' is to be sentenced on May 21, having…

(CNN) -- It is a scene seared forever into the memory of an eyewitness: Masked men drag the bloodied body of a man across a public square, and tie it to a make-shift cross on a metal pole. Green string holds the body's arms outstretched…

(CNN) -- A soldier was killed Friday in a suicide blast at an army checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, state news reported. The blast in the town of El Tur wounded three other soldiers, the MENA news agency said. In an unrelated…

(CNN) -- An explosion in a bus station filled with laborers killed 18 people in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, authorities said Friday. The explosion injured 66 people Thursday night, said Manzo Ezekiel, a spokesman for the National…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- April 29, 2014, will be written in the annals of the Special Education Unit as one of its most memorable days. It will be forever remembered as the day when it was renamed after its founding teacher Cecele…

NIA Charlestown Nevis --The second annual Agriculture Awareness Month commenced on May 1 and will be dotted with a number of activities  under the theme “On the Road to Food Security,” the same theme used for the recently conclude  20th …

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Minister of Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Alexis Jeffers officially declared the second annual Agriculture Awareness Month open in a televised address on May 01, 2014, which will be…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): The stories of young people and how they touch lives will be showcased on Saturday (May 03) when the St. Kitts-based recipients of last year’s 25 Most Remarkable Teen Awards creatively present details of their…

St. Kitts-- When Kittitian Hill opens to guests on 10th July, it will be home to the first major luxury hotel on St. Kitts and will showcase all that is best about our beautiful island. Having been built by 400 Kittitians over the past…

ZIZ News -- Permanent Secretary in the Anti-Crime Unit, Her Excellency Astona Browne, says Tuesday's opening of De Zen House at the Police Training Complex, represents a partnership that will result in the improvement of the physical…

ZIZ News -- The Joseph N. France General Hospital was on Wednesday the recipient of a container filled with medical supplies from the Antioch Baptist Church. The Antioch Baptist Church through its fraternal church, the First Baptist…