June 2014

(CNN) -- Former F1 driver Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has been transferred from a hospital in Grenoble, France, where he had been admitted after a skiing accident last year, his management said in a statement Monday.…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Since the alert for the chikungunya disease began some weeks ago, the ministry of health in Guyana has sent over 1,000 samples to be tested at the regional laboratory run by Caribbean Public Health Agency…

Castries, St Lucia -- In commenting on the outcome of last Thursday’s general election results in Antigua and Barbuda, the leader of the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM), Therold Prudent, said that regional constitutions should be changed to…

St Catherine, Jamaica -- The police have reported the seizure of a 9mm pistol and 64 rounds of ammunition on Sunday in Portmore, St Catherine. Three people were taken into custody in connection with the seizure which occurred about 5:20pm,…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval on Monday. The Black Caps have made one change to their XI from the first Test,…

Sports Page – * St. Thomas/Trinity Strikers will remain in the SKNFA Premier Division for 2014 - 15 season after defeating Trafalgar Southstars, second in Division 1 in the one match playoff Played at Warner Park On Saturday. St.…

(CNN) -- It was the moment the world had been waiting for, and as he has so often in his glittering career, Lionel Messi delivered. After a frantic opening to the World Cup in Brazil with entertainment and goals aplenty, one of its…

Sports Page -- Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Robin Uthappa made fifties as India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets after a nearly three-hour rain interruption during their chase. Bangladesh rustled up 272 for 9 after choosing to bat on a slow…

Sports Page -- Such had been the mastery of bat against ball at Lord's that few would have quibbled at the notion that Gary Ballance might complete the fourth day with a maiden Test century to his name. This Test surface has not been short…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica's cricket coach Junior Bennett says the selection of batsman Jermaine Blackwood in the West Indies squad to face New Zealand in the second Test match comes as no surprise. The 22-year-old Blackwood, uncapped at…

Sports Page -- There was SKNABA action at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball Complex on Saturday 15th June. That’s when IREP Challengers engaged home team, PJ’S. It was a one sided affair as the home team started badly in the first quarter and…

Sports Page -- ‘I will behave myself. I am going to be calm. I won’t raise my voice. It’s WILD CANDY—it’s Mr. Big Pepe It’s WILD CANDY—It’s Mr. Big Pepe— it’s WILD CANDY!’ The last words came out almost like a groan, as President of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Patrice Nisbett is among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers to meet this week with their British counterpart in London. The two-day…

Charlestown, Nevis -- A leading early childhood educator on Nevis, while supporting a stipulation by the Early Childhood Unit that a certain threshold in terms of student-staff ratio is maintained, is hailing the People Employment Programme…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), His Excellency, Ma Ying-jeou says that the ROC is a sovereign state and the future of Taiwan is for its 23 million people to decide under the framework of the…