Yearly Archives

2014

Ronchi fifty seals series win

Luke Ronchi played a second consecutive match-winning innings to not only win the Twenty20 series for New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium but also indicate that his flagging international career might have turned a corner. His 51 off 28…

Hector to lay foundation for future

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Newly-elected President of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA), Auckland Hector has identified laying the foundation for future development of cricket as one of his targets during his tenure. Hector, a…

Nevis Culture Minister welcomes new Culturama Chairman

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Deputy Premier and Minister of Culture Hon. Mark Brantley formally welcomed new Chairman, Ms. Deborah Tyrell, who will head the 40th anniversary of  Nevis’ Culturama Festival, the most prominent cultural event on…

Sports administrator C Lloyd Allen is dead

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Former Chairman of the Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) and President of the Jamaica Boxing Board, C Lloyd Allen has died, OBSERVER ONLINE has learned. Details surrounding Allen’s passing are unconfirmed at this time.…

German shot dead, wife receives head injury in Antigua

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Police are investigating the murder of a German who was shot and killed at his home on Tuesday. They said Horst Scherping, 63, was found with a single gunshot wound to his head, while his wife, whose name was not…

Guatemala’s vice president hit in face with flour

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Guatemalan authorities have detained two women who threw flour on vice president Roxana Baldetti's face at the end of the president's state of the nation speech. Baldetti was about to leave the Teatro National on…