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June 5, 2014

Blackwood ton seals HPC Day 3 advantage

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Jermaine Blackwood made a strong case for selection on the West Indies senior team with a powerful century for the West Indies High Performance Centre against Bangladesh A at Kensington Oval here Wednesday. The…

Visitors pull off moral boosting victory

FALMOUTH, Trelawny, (CMC) – New Zealand turned the tables on a Jamaica Select X1 to pull off a 123 run win just after tea on the third and final day of their three-day tour game at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Complex here Wednesday. The…

Carl Tuckett-Nevis ready to defend trophy

(Sports Page)— Former West Indies allrounder and now regional Cricket Umpire, Carl Tuckett, indicated on Wednesday 4th June that the Nevis Masters’ team is ready to defend the trophy that they won last year in St. Kitts. Nevis totally…

South Korea rejects North’s fax request to meet fishermen

Seoul (CNN) -- South Korea has rebuffed North Korea's demand to meet two of its fishermen whose boat strayed into the South's waters. Three North Korean fishermen were found Saturday in a boat off South Korea's eastern coast, according to…

Gunman kills 3 Canadian cops, manhunt on

MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) -- A manhunt for a gunman suspected of killing three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and wounding two others passed the 12-hour mark, with a large section of the usually peaceful city of Moncton under…

5 dead babies found in woman’s apartment

HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish police have arrested a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of manslaughter after finding five dead babies in an apartment building, authorities said Wednesday. Officers found the bodies in "badly smelly packages" Tuesday…

Financial support to Grenada about to flow, says PM

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has assured the nation that better days are coming because the international community has bought into Grenada’s Home Grown Program. He told a constituency forum last week that the…

St Vincent and Jamaica ratify the new Arms Trade Treaty

UNITED NATIONS, (CMC) — St Vincent and the Grenadines and Jamaica have ratified the new Arms Trade Treaty as the Caribbean seeks to play an historic role in helping end the irresponsible, lethal global US$85 billion trade in small arms and…

Cayon Hosts Community Festival despite challenges

(ZIZ)-- The Cayon community will stage its 18th Green Valley community festival this weekend. Although the festival has been around for 18 years the committee continues to face challenges. Chairman of the festival Jerome Isaac spoke about…

Amory full of contempt for the people of Nevis

(ZIZ)-- Former Deputy Premier of Nevis, Hensley Daniel is accusing the present premier, the Hon. Vance Amory, of having great contempt for the people of Nevis. He has also said that Mr. Amory, while coming from a background which ought to…