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Prospective teachers on Nevis urged make use of training
NIA Charlestown Nevis -- A group of over 20 prospective teachers were urged to use their participation in the ongoing Department of Education’s Prospective Teachers’ Course, to learn all they could, ask many questions and to be honest and…
Prospective teachers on Nevis urged to take training seriously
NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Assistant Secretary in the Premier’s Ministry Kevin Barrett, urged a group of prospective teachers to take the training they would receive seriously as they would, in the end, be handling the nation’s most delicate…
Education Ministry Pleased With Plastic Bottle Recycling Project (1:34)
(ZIZ News) -- The Ministry of Education is pleased with the outcome of a recent Plastic Bottle Recycling Project which saw individuals from various vocational institutions being trained to turn plastic bottles into works of art, that can be…
Wynne: CPL Can Rival Larger Tournaments
(ZIZ News) -- The 2015 edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League bowled off on Saturday with the defending champions beating last year’s second placed team, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, in a final’s rematch.
This year’s tournament…
Brilliant Bairstow leads England to 3-2 series win
Sports Page -- Jonny Bairstow's England debut saw him win a rain-affected ODI in Cardiff in 2011 and on his return to the side here, in place of the injured Jos Buttler, he produced a similar act with his best innings since that day to get…
Thomas wants out of LICA Contract
St John's, Antigua -- Former West Indies wicketkeeper/batsman, Devon Thomas, has asked to be removed as one of 10 players contracted by the Leeward Islands Cricket Association (LICA) ahead of the WICB 2015 Professional Cricket League (PCL).…
SDA Jets crash out to Big Rock in decider
Sports Page -- It was a deciding encounter and both teams seemed determined to make a serious bid for a spot in the local second division Cricket finals.
The action was at the ET Willet Park on the evening of Saturday 20th June. That is…
Rain forces postponement of Basketball matches
Sports Page -- Heavy rains served to put a damper on the local Basketball tournament, as two matches scheduled for Sunday 21st June, had to be postponed.
The two matches to be played were
NEVLEC High Voltage versus CG Rebels. The other…
Grenada to benefit from US$1.5 million charitable donation by the Vatican
St George’s, Grenada -- Grenada will be the beneficiary of a £1 million (US$1.587 million) charitable aid package from the Vatican.
This was announced by Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior of the Constantinian Order and…
Caribbean slow to adopt new internet technology
Roseau, Dominica -- In the Caribbean, we routinely use our smartphones, tablets, laptops and other connected devices for work, play and everything in-between.
Every device connected to the Internet is identified by a unique address and,…
Release of new electoral list in St Vincent and the Grenadines delayed one week
Kingstown, St Vincent -- The Electoral Office in St Vincent and the Grenadines has advised that the list of names to be removed from the voters list would not be published on Friday June 19, as earlier announced.
According to supervisor of…
Unpaid millions could delay extradition of David Smith
Kingston, Jamaica (AP) -- US officials may have to wait a little longer for the extradition of a Jamaican financier convicted of running a Ponzi scheme that bilked $220 million from investors across central Florida and the Caribbean.
David…
Mexico supporting agricultural project in 13 C’bean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Mexico is supporting a new initiative promoting vitro cloning of tropical plants in 13 Caribbean countries.
The project, which is being carried out with support from the Inter-American Institute for…
S Africa ministers ‘plotted to protect Sudan’s Bashir’
Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP) -- The South African government secretly plotted to ensure safe passage out of the country for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir despite an international warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges, a…
Toxic alcohol kills scores in Mumbai
Mumbai, India (AFP) -- The death toll from India's latest case of mass bootleg liquor poisoning rose to 100 Monday as authorities in Mumbai pledged to crack down on the illicit trade.
Dhananjay Kulkarni, deputy police commissioner in the…