2014

(CUOPM) – The Ministry of Home Affairs in Bermuda was set to holds a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss a Citizenship by Investment Programme. The Bermuda Government had announced during the Throne Speech last year that it would be…

(NIA)– Certified Urologist, Dr. Dwayne Thwaites urged men on Nevis to take advantage of the annual prostate cancer screening clinics being offered to them. The advice came at the 6th annual Prostate Cancer Screening drive on Saturday 11,…

Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- Police were on Tuesday searching for the killers of two men, who were murdered on Monday, the first killings the island reported for the new year. Police public relations officer, Inspector John Carbon, said that…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Lottery Scam Taskforce on Monday secured its first conviction in the Circuit Court after 21-year-old Marlon Davis of Grange Pen, Lilliput in St James, who was arrested for breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — For decades, the baying of hounds and a cacophony of shotgun blasts echoed across the hinterlands of northern Trinidad, where hunters chased deer, armadillo and agouti, a cat-sized rodent. But since October,…

St George’s, Grenada (CMC) – Grenadian authorities were clamping down on the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages at school functions amid reports that students were concealing them in bottles which carry other labels. In addition,…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government has extended by 18 days, the deadline for laying off public servants following talks with labour unions on Monday. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said the delay would allow the Ministry…

Juba, South Sudan (AP) — A military spokesman in South Sudan says 200 people fleeing warfare died after a boat crossing the Nile River sank. Colonel Philip Aguer said Tuesday that the boat was mostly carrying women and children. Tens of…

Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators on Tuesday continued anti-government protests in Bangkok intended to drive Thailand's Prime Minister out of office. The protesters have laid siege to major intersections in…

(CNN) -- It started with a father sending text messages to his daughter during the previews of a movie. It ended with the 43-year-old man shot dead amid the theater seats, and a 71-year-old retired police officer in custody. That man was…

(CNN) -- Between 200 and 300 women and children who were fleeing fighting in South Sudan drowned when an overloaded ferry overturned on a river, a South Sudanese army spokesman said Tuesday. The accident happened Saturday on the White Nile…

London (CNN) -- Russia has expelled an American journalist and author critical of President Vladimir Putin in one of the first such cases since the Cold War. David Satter, a former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times and author of…

The experienced Empire Cricket team comfortably defeated the Police team on Monday night in a crucial ‘must win’ game, to secure a semi final spot in the Nevis Sports Department / Development Bank of Nevis tape ball cricket league. Empire…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board on Monday announced that Deandra Dottin has received a suspension. This follows an incident during last year’s Women’s Tri-Nation T20 Series in Barbados. The charge was that under Rule No.…

President of the local Football Association, George BRIGO Meade has indicated that his Association is making grand preparations for the big game set for this evening, Tuesday 14th January. Meade indicated on Monday that the scheduled match…