January 13, 2015

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Leinae Tross, Diquanja Williams, Veonn Caines and Ordell Griffin are the 2015 recipients of the Alexander Hamilton Scholarships. They were presented with certificates of recognition by Deputy Governor General His…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has weighed in on the recent statement on WINNFM which singled out Nigerian residents in St. Kitts and Nevis. Describing it as…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (CUOPM) -- The Government and People of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis have congratulated St. Maarten’s new Prime Minister the Hon. Marcel Gumbs. In his congratulatory message, the St. Kitts and Nevis Prime…

Paris (AP) -- The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo is publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover of its first issue since Islamic extremists killed 12 people at its offices. The newspaper Liberation hosted Charlie Hebdo…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- A woman died and dozens of people were injured after thick smoke filled a subway tunnel in the US capital Monday during the evening rush, officials said. A spokeswoman for the Washington Metropolitan Area…

Washington (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden plans to convene heads of state from Caribbean nations in Washington to discuss energy issues. The first Caribbean Energy Security Summit will be held on January 26. Biden's office says prime…

New York (AP) -- Facebook users in the US will soon receive Amber Alerts to help find missing children who may be located near them. Facebook Inc is working with the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children to send the alerts to…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- A number of Nigerian students, who are currently being accommodated at a hotel in Babrados, have been neither isolated nor quarantined, said chief medical officer, Dr Joy St John, who confirmed that one of the…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- At least five children have died following an accident that occurred shortly before 7:00 am on Monday in the Kamacrou area (between Owia and Fancy) in the northeast of mainland St Vincent. Seventeen people were…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Bahamas says it intends to place on the agenda of the next Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government meeting, the attacks by the Boko Haram militant Islamist group on Nigeria. Bahamas Prime Minister…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the region to “move expeditiously” towards building resilience amid predictions of the Caribbean being hit with an…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Professor Brendan Bain's case against the University of the West Indies (UWI) started out with him losing two applications concerning witness statements filed in the controversial matter. In one of the applications,…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo and Rayad Emrit warmed up for the Nagico Super50 with some good performances in the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force final day/night practice game at Queen’s Park Oval, on Sunday. Lewis…

Sports Page -- Australian players lead the nominations for the eighth annual ESPNcricinfo Awards. The awards honour performances across the three international formats in 2014. Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka, still perhaps the most effective…

CNN -- It might sound like a Vin Diesel movie, but tennis authorities in Australia are hoping that the FAST4 format, which debuted Monday with an exhibition match between world No. 2 Roger Federer and former Wimbledon and US Open champ…