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Red Steel edge Tallawahs in Nail-biter!
Sports Page -- A number of excellent individual performances combined to take the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel to a thrilling 7-run victory over the Jamaica Tallawahs, who although defeated scored enough runs to ensure qualification for…
CG Rebels makes it to decisive Game Three
Sports Page -- Never say ‘over and out’ when it comes to the CG Rebels team. The defending local Basketball champions, dug deep on Sunday night to ensure that there will indeed be a game three in the best of three finals in the local NABA…
Jamaica’s venture capital programme ranks ninth in Caribbean and Latin America
Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s efforts to put venture capital into the investment and entrepreneurial mix are paying off. The Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) has ranked the country ninth in its…
Leader of attempted coup in Trinidad detained by police in high-profile murder investigation
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr was detained by police in Trinidad on Monday morning in connection with the 2014 murder of former independent senator and prominent local attorney Dana Seetahal.
Police…
Barbados rattled by earthquake
Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 rattled Barbados on Monday night, the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center has reported.
It said that the quake occurred at 7:08 pm…
NIC to do economic feasibility study on wind farm
Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited is to embark on an economic feasibility study over the next 18 months, to determine how it will go about implementing a wind farm to generate five megawatts of…
Blatter news conference at FIFA delayed by British comedian
Zurich (AP) -- A British comedian disrupted a news conference by Sepp Blatter on Monday, showering the FIFA president with fake money.
As Blatter took his seat, performer Simon Brodkin rose from a front-row seat to confront him.
"This is…
Cuban embassy opens in Washington
Washington, USA -- Amidst cheers of “Cuba sí, bloqueo no” (Cuba yes, embargo no), hundreds gathered on Washington, DC’s busy 16th Street to bear witness to the symbolic close to a chapter of American foreign policy. Trumpeting fanfare…
Teen in remission from HIV 12 years after stopping meds
Vancouver, Canada (AFP) -- A French teenager born with HIV has been in remission for 12 years after stopping her medication, a world first that renews hope for the prospect of early treatment, researchers said Monday.
The young woman, now…
Greece wants to finalise new bailout deal by August 20
Athens, Greece (AFP) -- The Greek government said Tuesday it wants to finalise the agreement with its international creditors for a third bailout by August 20.
After parliament has voted on a second batch of required reforms, the…
Electoral Office in Nevis fully operational; officers officially sworn in
Nia Charlestown Nevis -- The Electoral Office is now fully operational. The assurance came from Supervisor of Elections Elvin Bailey, moments after Registration Officers Calvin Fahie responsible for Constituency 9 and Nelson Stapleton for…
CBI Programme Critical to the Advancement of St. Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- The government has taken firm steps to address concerns about the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme, which upon assuming office faced challenges described by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance,…
DeSuza comes to the rescue of PEP facilitators who have been working without contracts
Basseterre, St. Kitts (July 21, 2015) -- At a meeting held to familiarise himself with the workings of the People Employment Programme (PEP) as the Government seeks to streamline its operations, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the…
Police Leadership welcomes Cayon’s March Against Crime
Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Acting Commissioner of Police Stafford Liburd has saluted the pastor and congregation of the Cayon Seventh Day Adventist Church in Cayon for hosting a successful street march against crime and gun violence…
Government seeks New Approach in Job Creation
Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has urged the private sector to work closely with government to create more meaningful and lasting jobs for citizens of the…