July 2014

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS), within the Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, hosted over 20 persons from the CARIFORUM member states from July 7 to 12,…

(CNN) -- He may have written his name into national folklore less than a week ago but Germany's World Cup winning captain Philipp Lahm has decided to go out at the top by announcing his retirement from international football Friday. The…

(Sports Page)— The 2014 edition of the Basketball clinic hosted by the Youth and Sports Department came to an end on Friday 18th July. The sessions were held at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball Complex under the close supervision of…

(Sports Page)— The summer Cricket clinic for 2014, hosted by the Department of Youth and Sports, came to an end on Friday 18th July. Despite the absence of the regular coaches who were all overseas on official duty, the clinic proceeded…

(Sports Page)— The WICB/Scotia Bank Kiddy Cricket Summer Camp is set to take place in St. Kitts from 21st - 25th July 2014 at the Molyneaux Sporting Complex and in Nevis from 28th July -1st August 2014 at the E.W.P. Leeward Islands…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Leeward Islands Cricket Association is pleased to announce its Under 15 team ahead of the start of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under 15 tournament. The full team reads: Marcus DUBERRY, Captain Jermuel CABEY,…

(Sports Page)— The Caribbean Union of Teachers' Students Athletic Championship will be held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad on the 25th and 26th July, 2014. A team of twelve athletes comprising Malchiel Dore,…

(Sports Page)— One week has been completed with three to go. Commodore of the Nevis Yacht Association, Mark Theron, confirmed last week that one week in the summer sailing program which has been initiated for interested school children by…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor James Garner, whose whimsical style in the 1950s TV Western "Maverick" led to a stellar career in TV and films such as "The Rockford Files" and his Oscar-nominated "Murphy's Romance," has died, police said. He was…

TOREZ, Ukraine (AP) -- Pro-Moscow rebels piled nearly 200 bodies from the downed Malaysian jetliner into four refrigerated boxcars Sunday in eastern Ukraine, and cranes at the crash scene moved big chunks of the Boeing 777, drawing…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) -- Two homosexual sex workers were stabbed to death on the streets of Georgetown in the early hours of Sunday, allegedly by the spurned lover of another. The body of Jason John was found on Leopold Street and that…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Close to $200,000 from ticket sales of upcoming matches in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have been stolen, Police in Trinidad and Tobago have said. The money, for three CPL matches scheduled for this…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – St. Kitts is it for former England cricketer, Sir Ian Botham. In a full length interview headed: “Sir Ian’s Travelling Life,” Sir Ian, who is also a Test team captain, and current cricket commentator, said…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – Norwegian Cruise Line has placed St. Kitts’ Port Zante, on the itineraries of its 93,000-ton Norwegian Gem, the 153,000 ton Norwegian Getaway, the 146,000 ton Norwegian Breakaway, the 76,000-ton, Norwegian…

(ZIZ)-- Chief Executive Officer of the National Housing Corporation (NHC), Judith Rawlins, is working hard to raise awareness of how the corporation is improving upon its programmes and services in order to better serve the public Speaking…