Yearly Archives

2014

West Indies Squad for T20 Series vs New Zealand

Bridgetown, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel today named the 13-man squad for the two-match Twenty20 International Series against New Zealand. The matches will be played at Windsor Park, Dominica on Saturday, July…

CPS and Ivor Walters secure wins

Sports Page -- There were comfortable wins for the Charlestown Primary and Ivor Walters Primary Schools, as the 2014 edition of the Primary Schools Cricket league continued on Friday 27th June. There were two matches played at the ET…

World Cup: Costa Rica sets up Dutch quarterfinal

(CNN) -- Nobody gave them a chance -- nobody. Perhaps nobody was listening. Perhaps they didn't want to. For all of the joking and laughing that Costa Rica would simply turn up in Brazil to make up the numbers, there were those who knew…

Final Match Postponed

Sports Page -- The word from the Nevis Amateur Basketball Association (NABA) is that the grand final game to determine the Basketball champions on Nevis for 2014, has been postponed. The final match in the best of three series was…

Diverse Finale for Music Fest

ZIZ News -- Jazz, rap, R&B and reggae filled the air on Saturday night for the final night of the eighteenth annual St.Kitts Music Festival at Warner Park. Saturday night normally boasts a diverse international lineup and this year was…

Parry sets record straight on NRP- SKNLP relationship

ZIZ News -- Former Premier of Nevis the Honorable Joseph Parry has sought to end speculations of his party’s relationship with the country’s Prime Minister, The Right Honorable Dr. Denzil Douglas. Parry, the leader of Nevis’ Opposition,…

“Eat Local” Message Spreading

ZIZ News -- Eight years ago the Department of Agriculture started its innovative “Eat Local Day” event to help spread the word of the importance of eating food grown and produced in St. Kitts and Nevis. Now, the man behind the project,…

Sashia Godet graduates

Sashia Godet, a Nevisian and a past state scholar in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis graduated last week with honours and received the Economics Achievement Award that is awarded to the top students graduating with an Economics degree…

Rain limits play to just 33.2 overs

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — Steady rainfall limited play on the second day of the third and final Test between the West Indies and New Zealand to just 33.2 overs, with the home side reaching 169 for two in reply to the tourists' first…

Speedy striker Robben starring at World Cup

FORTALEZA, Brazil (AP) — Arjen Robben just seems to get quicker and quicker. The 30-year-old Bayern Munich winger has out-sprinted every defender he has faced at the World Cup so far and is scoring goals, too. It is a far cry from the…

Lester Bird to be named Antigua National Hero

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – Former Antigua prime minister, Lester Bird, 76, was sworn in as a senior minister in the new Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) administration Friday with Prime Minister Gaston Browne indicating that his…