Yearly Archives

2014

Obama State of the Union speech to act on income inequality

(BBC) -- US President Barack Obama will bypass a fractured Congress to act on income inequality as he delivers his annual State of the Union address later. The White House said Mr Obama would unveil an executive order to raise the minimum…

South Africa’s Mamphela Ramphele joins DA

(BBC) -- South Africa's main opposition party has announced anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele will be its presidential candidate this year. Ms Ramphele, the companion of late black consciousness leader Steve Biko, only formed her…

Philippine police condemned over ‘torture wheel’

(BBC) -- Human rights groups have criticised police in the Philippines for the alleged use of a 'torture wheel' at a detention facility. Police reportedly spun the wheel to select abuse for detainees. Punishments included "bat position",…

Leewards complete practice exercises

The Leeward Islands practice squad, wrapped up practice and training sessions on Sunday 26th January with two one day trial matches played over the weekend Here are the summarized scores of the two matches played: Saturday 25th January:…

Willet and Liburd out of Leewards Squad

The Leeward Islands Cricket Association on Monday 27th January, announced that the following players have been selected for the upcoming NAGICO Super50 tournament in Trinidad. Kieran POWELL Devon THOMAS Justin ATHANAZE Lionel BAKER…

Scarborough optimistic over sponsorship

Nevis’ Cricket chief Keith Scarborough on Monday revealed that talks have been going well with a few of the potential sponsors of the Nevis Cricket Association competitions planned for 2014. ‘Some of them sound really promising and we will…

Thompson returned as President

Allister Thompson was unanimously returned as President of the Nevis Turf and Jockey Club on the evening of Saturday 25th January.  As a matter of fact, the membership agreed that the entire board of directors were doing a great job and…