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First OECS climate change symposium on COP 21 issues to be held on Wednesday
Castries, St Lucia -- Civil society and government representatives from Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member states will on Wednesday share their issues regarding climate change as well as discuss ways of strengthening…
LIAT’s new routes for summer 2015 take effect this week
St John’s, Antigua -- A number of new services and non-stop routes that have been added to the summer schedule of regional carrier LIAT will come into effect on July 15 and 16.
From Antigua, customers will now enjoy a new daily service to…
Caribbean countries engage in south-south cooperation roundtable to combat child labour
Brasilia, Brazil -- From 1-3 July 2015, delegations from 25 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, including The Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, participated in a roundtable for south-south cooperation focused on…
US spacecraft whizzes past Pluto in historic flyby
Laurel, United States (AFP) -- An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the first time, the US space agency said.
Moving…
France explosions: Device found near Berre-L’Etang plant
(BBC) -- An electronic device has been found by investigators near a petrochemical plant in southern France, where two tanks caught fire after explosions on Tuesday, reports say.
A malicious act was already suspected by authorities because…
CSS team cops Warner’s One Stop Shop Family Book Feud
NIA Charlestown Nevis -- The Charlestown Secondary School (CSS) team of Shevonel Williams and her mother Shenel Nisbett, emerged winners of the 6thannual joint School Libraries and Department of Education’s Warner’s One Stop Family Book…
WICB continues series of town-hall meetings to re-engage the public
Kingston, Jamaica -- As part of continued efforts for the public to participate in the series of town-hall meetings, the West Indies Cricket Board will be in St. Lucia and Guyana over the next two weeks.
Fans in those two territories will…
Emmanuel Richards Summer Camp underway
Sports Page -- The 11th Annual Summer Program for the Emmanuel Richards Football Summer Program got on the way on Monday 13th July at the St.Thomas’ Primary School.
After the invocation, Mr. Richards started by thanking the sponsors for…
CG Rebels lose to Exodus
Charlestown, Nevis -- Lack of home support might have contributed to Cotton Ground Rebels’ loss at the hands of defending SKNABA Premier League champions, Development Bank Challengers Exodus basketball team in a Premier League game played…
NABA Playoffs head into Game Three
Sports Page -- The local Nevis Amateur Basketball Association League Playoffs will head into game three on Tuesday 14th July.
This is due to the fact that the Bronx Crisis team came back in game two to win over Church Ground Massives.
The…
Health Minister urges continued vigilance against ZikV
Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- While there are no reported cases of the Zika Virus (ZikV) in the island, the Minster of Health Dr Fenton Ferguson is imploring the public to continue to be vigilant in destroying breeding sites for the Aedes…
Former Dominican attorney general freed for second time
Roseau, Dominica (CMC) -- A magistrate Monday threw out a case against former attorney general Bernard Wiltshire after indicating that the court had “bent over backwards” to accommodate the prosecution that had been unable to prepare its…
Barbados PM blasts unions as they prepare for national shutdown this week
Bridgetown, Barbados -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has accused the trade union movement of using bullying and blackmail tactics as the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) and the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) prepare to stage an…
UN chief says world on way to ‘generation free of AIDS’
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the world was headed for a "generation free of AIDS", after UNAIDS reported a 35-percent drop in new HIV infections from 15 years ago.
The positive news was also…
White House says Greece deal ‘credible step’
Washington, United States (AFP) -- The White House hailed a bailout deal between the eurozone and Greece on Monday as "a credible step" on the long path to economic growth and debt sustainability in the hard-up country.
But Josh Earnest,…