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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…