June 2014

(CNN) -- Greece is through to the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time in its history after a dramatic 2-1 win against Ivory Coast in Group C. Georgios Samaras kept a cool head to net from the penalty spot in injury time to…

(CNN) -- Luis Suarez may have bitten off more than he can chew this time. Already banned twice in his career for biting an opponent, the Uruguay striker was seemingly at it again in his country's key World Cup victory over Italy. Just…

(Sports Page)-- Cayon FC 2 vs SPD United 0                                     (Half Time 1 - 0) Scoring for Cayon FC Vince Nelson 31st minute Shavon Boston 75th minute Yellow Cards Xavier Henry (SPD) 35th minute Stephen Rawlins (SPD)…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Having achieved a hard-fought, series-levelling win in the second Test match, West Indies Head Coach Ottis Gibson is urging his team continue the good work against New Zealand in the third and final match. Gibson…

(Sports Page)-- Sri Lanka won when they had almost abandoned hope. From the penultimate ball of a gripping final day, Shaminda Eranga found a hostile delivery to bring their first series win in England. James Anderson, who could only fend…

(Sports Page)-- The Nevis under 17 team completed a clean sweep of the exchanges versus their Kittitian counterparts on Sunday 22nd June. The final of the four trial matches which will serve to select players to the Leeward Islands under…

(Sports Page)-- Who say that miracles don’t happen anymore? It was game two in the best of three finals in the NABA local Basketball championship on Nevis. The game was played on the evening of Tuesday 24th June in front of the largest…

Moscow (CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Wednesday to revoke the right of President Vladimir Putin to use Russian troops in Ukraine, as efforts to calm a separatist uprising in Ukraine's east continue. The Federation…

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) -- As Washington State prepares to issue the first licences for marijuana retail stores, Governor Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced a coordinated campaign to make sure pot stays out of the…

MIAMI (CMC) -- A Jamaican standing trial in Miami on sex-trafficking charges of pimping women around the world has denied the allegations. Damion St Patrick Baston, 37, who is also accused of beating a string of women from South Florida to…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- President Raul Castro headed a meeting of Cuba's Council of Ministers last Saturday in which he called for deeper analysis of the challenges that continue to affect the country’s economic growth. "We have a huge…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Organisations wishing to employ individuals with trained-teacher qualification now have access to a database containing over 800 resumes, the Ministry of Education has reported The web application at…

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis--Forty Grade-Six Introduction to Tourism students from St. Thomas and VOJN Primary Schools last week enjoyed a fun-packed, educational outing to Reggae Beach in St. Kitts to experience our hospitality as tourists in their…

NIA Charlestown Nevis– Premier of Nevis and Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Vance Amory, while delivering brief remarks at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Prospective Teachers Course, warned the future…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Would-be first time home owners on Nevis, still have the opportunity to take advantage of a Federal programme offered through the Nevis Island Administration (NIA). The extension which will be terminated on December…