Yearly Archives

2014

Bahamas PM defends regional financial centres

Nassau, Bahamas -- The prime minister of The Bahamas, Perry Christie, has again come to the defence of international financial centres (IFCs) in the Caribbean, stating that the regimes are far more robust than the ones that exist in…

St Lucia confirms first case of Chikungunya virus

Castries, St Lucia -- Saint Lucia has confirmed its first case of Chikungunya, a mosquito borne disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same vector of dengue fever. Persons infected with the virus present symptoms after three…

Youthful Nevis Team set for Tournament in Antigua

Nevis will be represented at the Jean Pierre under 16 youth tournament which will be held in Antigua from Sunday 6th to Saturday 12th. April. The team will depart Nevis on Friday 4th and return home on Sunday 13th April This was confirmed…

Local League commences this weekend

President of the Nevis Amateur Basketball Association, Ms Wanda Parry has revealed that the annual Basketball league will commence this coming weekend. According to Ms Parry, the league will take place at the Grell Hull-Stevens Netball…

Windies Women go down to India heavily

Sylhet, Bangladesh -- West Indies Women forfeited the top position in Group B after suffering a crushing nine wicket defeat at the hands of India in the Women’s World T20 Tournament at Sylhet Stadium here on Tuesday. A powerful half…

Australia breeze to consolation win

If the destructive power brought to bear by Aaron Finch and David Warner allowed Australia to evade the ignominy of their worst-ever global tournament display, then it also underlined why the sometime favourites will fly home with an…

Results of SKNFA matches played Tuesday 1st April, 2014

Premier Division At Warner Park Stadium Mantab 4       vs           SPD United 1 (Half Time 3 - 1) Scoring for Mantab Kenston Alford 23rd minute Kevin Taylor struck twice in the 27th & 44th minute Kirae Jarvis 67th minute Scoring…

CHEF brings free Chronic Kidney Disease testing to SKN

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): The doors of the Newtown and McKnight Community Centres were opened to a large number of residents who were able to receive free chronic kidney disease testing courtesy of the Caribbean Health and Education…

Upcoming SKNFA Matches:

(Sports Page) Tuesday 1st April Division I At Cayon Playing Field 5:00pm - Cayon vs. Security Forces United Officials: James Matthew, Len Harris & Jamaluh Lowry At Lime Kiln Playing Field 6:00pm - Trafalgar Southstars vs. Rivers of…

Windies women progress to T-20 semis

(Sports Page)— The four semi-finalists for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 have now been confirmed with a day remaining in the group stage matches, which are being played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Squads…

Netherlands humiliate England

(Sports Page)— There is a great deal of competition for the lowest point in the history of English cricket. They have been defeated by Ireland and Netherlands, bowled out by a chicken farmer in Zimbabwe and whitewashed by India, West Indies…

Herath spins New Zealand out of WT20 with 5 for 3

(Sports Page)— Rangana Herath sprung from Sri Lanka's dugout, watched his team-mates collapse, then crafted a Twenty20 spell of astounding quality to slam New Zealand into a wall, claiming five wickets for three runs as Sri Lanka defended…

Another Trinidad minister quits

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has accepted the resignation of Minister of Tourism, Chandresh Sharma, just one week after she fired former minister of the people Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh…

T&T wrap up easy 10-wicket win over CCC

Port of Spain, Trinidad, (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago needed just 34 deliveries to complete an emphatic ten wicket win over Combined Campuses and Colleges here Monday evening. Resuming on the final day of their fifth round contest in the…