Nevis Under 17’s complete clean sweep

(Sports Page)-- The Nevis under 17 team completed a clean sweep of the exchanges versus their Kittitian counterparts on Sunday 22nd June. The final of the four trial matches which will serve to select players to the Leeward Islands under…

Bronx Crisis pulls off a stunner to force game three

(Sports Page)-- Who say that miracles don’t happen anymore? It was game two in the best of three finals in the NABA local Basketball championship on Nevis. The game was played on the evening of Tuesday 24th June in front of the largest…

Washington prepares for marijuana retail sales

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) -- As Washington State prepares to issue the first licences for marijuana retail stores, Governor Jay Inslee and other state leaders on Tuesday announced a coordinated campaign to make sure pot stays out of the…

Jamaican in US sex-trafficking trial denies being global pimp

MIAMI (CMC) -- A Jamaican standing trial in Miami on sex-trafficking charges of pimping women around the world has denied the allegations. Damion St Patrick Baston, 37, who is also accused of beating a string of women from South Florida to…

Huge economic challenge ahead, says Cuban president

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- President Raul Castro headed a meeting of Cuba's Council of Ministers last Saturday in which he called for deeper analysis of the challenges that continue to affect the country’s economic growth. "We have a huge…

Education Ministry launches online jobs board

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Organisations wishing to employ individuals with trained-teacher qualification now have access to a database containing over 800 resumes, the Ministry of Education has reported The web application at…

Tourism Students Play Tourists

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis--Forty Grade-Six Introduction to Tourism students from St. Thomas and VOJN Primary Schools last week enjoyed a fun-packed, educational outing to Reggae Beach in St. Kitts to experience our hospitality as tourists in their…

Construction on Superyacht Marina begins

Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS): Local and international stakeholders are excited after the official groundbreaking ceremony at Christophe Harbour on Friday (June 20), where the first pile was driven into the new superyacht marina.…

Visitors robbed of US$20k, valuables in Spanish Town

St Catherine, Jamaica -- A couple was robbed of more than US$20 000 and other valuables about 1:00 Tuesday morning, June 24 in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Reports from the police are that the two foreigners arrived at a property in Spanish…