Yearly Archives

2014

Carnival Cruise Lines returns to Grenada after 15 years

St George’s, Grenada -- Carnival Cruise Lines returned to Grenada for the 2014/2015 cruise season on Tuesday, after an absence of 15 years. The Carnival Splendor berthed for the first time from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at Melville Street Cruise…

Dominican Republic quits OAS’s human rights court

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (AP) -- The Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, withdrew as a member of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, leading rights activists to raise concerns about the welfare of migrants in the Caribbean…

Regional leaders meet in Cuba next month to discuss terrorism

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will have “more structured discussions” on a regional response to international terrorism when they meet in Cuba later this year, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister…

WICB to sack all 3 WI international captains

Sports Page -- In a dramatic revelation live on the Mason & Guests show here in Barbados last night, host Andrew Mason revealed that the WICB have decided to sack all three of its international captains. Those captains are Denesh…

Secondary Schools Receive New Dell Latitude 3340 Laptops

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The Minister of Education the Hon. Nigel Carty and Minister of Technology the Hon. Glenn Phillip were met with enormous applause as they traversed around the island distributing the much anticipated laptops…

Banking sector in ECCU to be discussed in St. Lucia

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) – A working session of Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), Financial Secretaries, Attorneys General, International Financial Institutions and the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) to review legislation…

VPL league gets going

Sports Page -- Sunday 2nd November was a big day for the Rawlins community. That is when the Village Premier league (VPL) was launched. The opening ceremony of the league took place at the HardTimes playing field at about 1pm and commenced…

ECCB reports improved fiscal and debt positions in ECCU

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The fiscal and debt positions of the governments of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is estimated to have improved for the year to September 2014 with declines in the primary and overall deficits…

Umpire Hag donates to Umpires

Sports Page -- Retired Cricket umpire, Anthony HAG Browne made a significant donation on Sunday 2nd November. On that day, he presented the umpires at the Village Premier League (VPL) with shirts in memory of the late regional umpire,…

Batsmen, Beams star in big Australia win

Sports Page -- Australia Women took a 2-0 lead in the four-match T20 series after their bowlers backed up strong work by their top three batsmen in setting West Indies Women an imposing target of 161. West Indies never got going and only…

Ramdin Claims Victimization after Captaincy Snub

Sports Page -- Denesh Ramdin believes his axing as captain of the Trinidad & Tobago squad for the forthcoming domestic four-day tournament, is “victimization”. The West Indies Test Captain has now been replaced by allrounder Rayad…

Caribbean leaders adopt 10-point plan on Ebola

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister and other Caribbean leaders have adopted a ten-point plan of action to ensure the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) does not reach the region. Cuba is also expected to…