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Education Minister addresses Issues in Education with Ministry Staff
(EMU) -- St. Kitts, May 28, 2014: Strengthening Curriculum Development, Technical and Vocational Education, Inter-Ministerial Communication, and Project Strong were among topics reviewed at a meeting of top education officials on Wednesday…
Nevis Minister of Education calls for service, love and dignity for children
Charlestown Nevis -- The following is an address delivered by Premier of Nevis and Minister of Education, on the occasion of Child Month which is observed annually during the month of June.
Fellow citizens, Residents and Visitors, it is a…
Turning old into gold: PEP trainees refurbishing discarded school furniture
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Primary and high schools around the island of St. Kitts are the direct beneficiaries of an ingenious agenda, which was initiated by a local businessman and supported by the People Employment Programme (PEP), that is…
Solid Waste announces new garbage collection rates for rental businesses
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The Solid Waste Management Corporation SWMC (St. Kitts) is to introduce new garbage collection rates on a graduated tier system for rental businesses with three and more apartments.
Collection of garbage from…
Dominica hosts second WICB public town-hall meeting
Roseau, Dominica -- The Nature Island of Dominica will provide the backdrop for the second in the series of public town-hall meetings – hosted by the West Indies Cricket Board – to be staged there on Monday.
WICB president Whycliffe “Dave”…
Ja wants to increase banana exports to UK
Brussels, Belgium (CMC) -- Jamaica is looking to increase its export of bananas to the United Kingdom one year after re-entering the market.
Jamaica resumed shipments in June 2014 after a six-year absence, due mainly to changes to the…
Antigua-Barbuda tourism launches ‘Prix Fixe Ur Summer’
New York, USA -- The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority North America has launched “Prix Fixe Ur Summer”, a promotion capitalizing on the ever-popular prix fixe menu across fine dining restaurants in North America. The destination is,…
Bahamas builds resilience against a surging sea
Nassau, Bahamas -- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have championed the phrase “1.5 to stay alive” in demanding that global temperature increases be kept as far below 1.5 degrees C as possible to limit the anticipated devastating…
St Lucia investment agency CEO called on to resign
Castries, St Lucia -- The leader of the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM), Therold Prudent, has called for the resignation of McHale Andrew, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Invest St Lucia, the government’s inward investment agency.…
Extradition proceedings not political, says Trinidad AG
Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago, Senator Garvin Nicholas, has emphasised that the extradition proceedings currently underway against member of parliament Jack Warner following his indictment in the US…
Robber shot dead while fleeing scene
Kingston, Jamaica -- The police have reported that an unidentified man was shot dead shortly after robbing a woman on a public passenger vehicle on Sunday.
The lawmen say the incident happened about 10:45 am, when the unidentified male…
Rains flood Guyana capital and threaten three more days of the same
Georgetown, Guyana -- Twenty-four hours of heavy rainfall resulted in extensive flooding in the capital and surrounding areas yesterday and residents are being told to expect even more, as more rain and thunderstorms are forecast for the…
First Pacific hurricane strengthens to Cat 3
Florida, United States (AP) -- Andres has strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane far out to sea in the eastern Pacific, and is generating swells that are likely to cause dangerous surf and rip currents on parts of the west coast of Mexico's…
Rain brings relief as India heatwave death toll tops 2,200
Hyderabad, India (AFP) -- Scattered rain on Sunday brought much-needed but only temporary relief to parts of India hit by a long heatwave as the death toll from the blistering temperatures crossed 2,200, officials said.
Thunderstorms…
Multi-million dollar Hanley’s Road Rehabilitation project progressing smoothly, Minister reports
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS -- Junior Minister in the Ministry of Communications, Works and Public Utilities Hon. Troy Liburd, says work on the 12 month-multi-million dollar Hanley’s Road Rehabilitation project, is proceeding smoothly and is…