Yearly Archives

2014

WAHS gets better of CSS

(Sports Page)-- The action continued in the Federation High Schools Netball championship on Wednesday 12th November. The Charlestown Secondary School team travelled to St. Kitts to engage the Washington Archibald High School. The CSS girls…

Teams released as Empire Club Celebrates

(Sports Page)-- As the Empire Cricket club celebrates another significant anniversary, a match will be played shortly between the 35 and over club members and their junior counterparts. Both teams for the big T-20 clash were released on…

Team revised for Big Bash

(Sports Page)-- The big Postal services T-10 clashes will take place at the ET Willet Park tomorrow Saturday evening -15th November, starting at 5 pm. The three teams involved will be the Postal Services team; Public Works and Water…

General update on critical matters

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board provides to the media and public a general update on the following matters. 1. The WICB is pleased to report that the parties are making progress with regard to the premature end to the…

Rohit Sharma Hits Record Score

Cricinfo -- Rohit Sharma’s first ODI in 10-weeks began with a touch of nerves. He was even kept scoreless in one Angelo Mathews maiden. By the end of the innings, his batting had become cartoonish. There was no shot he had not played. No…

Florida man executed for killing stepdaughter in 1992

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A man convicted of fatally shooting his sleeping wife, then raping and murdering her 10-year-old daughter, was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison after spending almost half…

Trinidad not Ebola ready — US-based specialist

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — A US-based infectious disease specialist says hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago would not be prepared if there is an outbreak of the deadly Ebola here. “I’ve seen what San Fernando General Hospital looks like, I’m…

LED Street Lighting Programme affects energy and safety

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): A project to replace all street lights in the federation with energy-saving Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs is expanding as scheduled. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities,…

Less rainfall means increasingly hotter and drier Caribbean

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A Jamaican researcher has warned that the Caribbean will have to take steps to respond to climate change, as predictions are that the region will become increasingly hotter and drier if global temperature…

JNF Staff Complete Ebola Preparedness Training

(ZIZ News)-- The Ministry of Health has continued taking steps to prepare health care workers to respond to an Ebola case and possibly an outbreak. A series of training sessions for JNF Hospital staff wrapped up on Thursday . It was the…

Diabetes Health Fair Set for Friday

(ZIZ News)-- Activities for World Diabetes Week continued today with free screenings at Independence Square. Public Relations Officer for the St. Kitts Diabetes Association, Dr. Reginald O’loughlin said their goal is to get as much…

F.I.M.’s Bargain Sale Fund Raiser Slated For Saturday

(ZIZ News)-- A fund raising activity that was scheduled for Financial Information Month 2014 will now be held on Saturday in Basseterre. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank's Sybil Welsh is encouraging the general public to support the…