June 2, 2014

Charlestown, Nevis -- Chasing for the Leeward Islands Masters Cricket Tournament trophy, St. Kitts team is travelling to sister island, Nevis, on Thursday June 5 determined to wrestle the championship that was snatched by Nevis when the…

NIA Charlestown Nevis --The construction of a multi-purpose building for the delivery of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), was high on the agenda of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) officials who met with Premier of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A call has been made for the People’s Action Movement (PAM) Parliamentary Representative in St. Christopher 8, the Hon. Eugene Hamilton, to apologise and resign for remarks he made about the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport is to get an additional flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) this summer. The St. Kitts Tourism Authority announced Monday …

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The 27-member Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), has appointed the Federation’s Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas as the new Chairman of regional lending…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Last year’s International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8, which was a Friday, was a turning point for women in small businesses in the Federation. Among those benefitting was Ms Miriam Altagracia, granddaughter…

Sports Page -- The playoffs in the local Basketball league are well and truly ion the way. Two matches were played at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball Complex on Sunday 1st June Bronx Crisis won over neighbours PJ’S with a score line of 80…

Sports Page -- * S. L. Horsford St. Pauls defeated Rams Village Superstars by 2 goals to 1 on Sunday 1st June at Warner Park Stadium in game 2 of the Best of 3 Finals to capture the SKNFA Premier Division Championship for 2013 - 2014. A…

Cave Hill, Barbados -- The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Sunday a 13-member Sagicor West Indies High Performance team to face Bangladesh-A in the second 4-Day match, starting on Monday at Kensington Oval in the Barbados capital of…

Bangalore, India -- Sunil Narine’s Kolkata Knight Riders won their second Indian Premier League title when they beat Kings XI Punjab by three wickets in a thrilling, high-scoring final here Sunday. Chasing 200 for victory at the M…

Sports Page -- The St. Kitts Cricket Masters continues its preparation for the 2014 Leeward Islands Cricket Masters Tournament to be held in Nevis from the 6th to 8th June 2014. On Sunday 1st June 2014 at 2pm a 20/20 game was played at the…

Sports Page -- Set 161 for victory by the Bath Hotel Blazers, the Saddle Hill Rangers were off to a shaky start when the pace of Nelson Boland had them rocked back at 6 runs for 2 wickets. The ‘big fish,’ Carlon Smithen had been…

(CNN) -- Prominent Australian-Chinese artist Guo Jian has been detained by Chinese authorities ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, according to friends. His arrest came soon after the artist was profiled in a…

(CNN) -- After months of infighting within the Pakistan Taliban, a major faction of the deadly militant group has apparently had enough. The Mehsud faction has announced it's parting ways with the central leadership of the group, known…

Katra village, India (CNN) -- Three brothers have confessed to involvement in the gang rape of two teenage girls in India, a police officer told CNN. The men have pleaded guilty to the rape charges but have not admitted to killing the…