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September 15, 2014

Hurricane Odile weakens, but torrential rains expected

(CNN) -- Hurricane Odile was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane Monday morning, hours after making landfall at the southernmost tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, according to that country's National Meteorology Service. Odile is…

British man, woman found dead on Thai beach

(CNN) -- A British man and woman were found dead on a beach on a popular resort island in Thailand, police said Monday. The two victims were found on the island of Koh Tao, and police are investigating their deaths as murder, authorities…

Caribbean Export supports Start Up Jamaica

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has pledged financial support towards the launch of Start Up Jamaica, as part of the regional private sector development programme (RPSDP) funded by the…

Trinidad opposition leader responds to budget proposals

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley responded to the Trinidad and Tobago government’s budget proposals in Parliament on Friday. In a two-hour statement, he criticised what he described as the increasing annual…

St Lucia opposition party leader faces new challenge

Castries, St Lucia -- Allen Chastanet, the embattled political leader of the opposition United Workers party (UWP) in Saint Lucia, may be facing a new challenge at the party’s convention next month. Local economist Dr Claudius Preville, a…

Roger Federer takes Switzerland into the Davis Cup final

(CNN) -- The Davis Cup is the just about the only major honor in tennis to elude Roger Federer and the Swiss maestro took another big step to righting that omission Sunday as he led his country into November's final against France. Federer…

Roach 5-for sends Bangladesh sinking

Gros Islet, St Lucia, CMC -- Speedster Kemar Roach rocked Bangladesh with a devastating five-wicket haul to leave their innings in ruins as West Indies kept their stranglehold on the second and final Test here Sunday. The right-armer…

Dottin and Mohammed Sink Kiwis

Sports Page -- Deandra Dottin and Anisa Mohammed teamed up to be the key players in ensuring a second consecutive win for the Windies women’s Cricket team in their ongoing one day series versus the New Zealand women’s team. The match was…

Windies Women win first One Dayer

Sports Page -- The West Indies women’s Cricket team, virtually strolled to a comfortable victory at Warner Park on Friday 12th September, versus the New Zealand women’s team. This in the first one dayer in their current series versus the…

Nevis Players square off on the Weekend

Sports Page -- The members of the Nevis Cricket squad faced off over the weekend in two trial matches which will serve to select the final squad for this year’s Leeward Islands cricket tournament, which is set to bowl off on the 25th…

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