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Learning Support Department addressing deviant behaviour in schools
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS -- Parents, teachers and members of the wider community have been called upon to come together, stand up and fight the widespread negativity and challenging behaviour being exhibited by school children, and more so the…
CARICOM and WICB reach agreement on West Indies cricket
St George’s, Grenada (CMC) -- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the CARICOM committee on cricket governance say they have ended a “productive” meeting where an agreement has been reached on “the way forward” for West Indies cricket.…
Tennis Earns A-10 Champ Semi Final Berth with 4-1 Win Over Duquesne
Charlottesville, Va. -- For the fourth consecutive year, the UMass women's tennis team has earned a berth to the Atlantic 10 Championship Semifinals after the Minute women defeated Duquesne 4-1 on Friday afternoon at the Boar's Head Sports…
Results of SKNFA Matches played over the Weekend (Friday 17th to Sunday 19th April, 2015)
On Friday 17th April
Elvis Star Browne Women's League
SOL Island Auto Conaree 5 vs C.C.C Bath United 0
(Half Time 2 - 0)
Scoring for SOL Island Auto Conaree
Kerrise Hanley 27th minute
Dovanna Claxton…
West Indies squad for 2nd Test against England
St. John’s, Antigua -- The West Indies Cricket Board announced a 14-member squad on Saturday for the second Test against England, starting on Tuesday at the Grenada National Stadium:
Full Squad
Denesh Ramdin (Captain)
Kraigg Brathwaite…
Sons of former Regional Stars set record partnership in Schools’ Cricket
Sports Page -- Speaking of walking in the footsteps of their dads:
Leeward Islands under 19 players, Saeed Williams and Ross Powell, created history on Tuesday 14th April when they featured in an amazing opening partnership for their…
Second Student Attempts to Commit Suicide in St Vincent
Kingstown, St. Vincent, CMC -- A second student has consumed a poisonous substance less than two weeks after a 13-year-old student died from a similar incident.
Health officials at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) were battling to…
Trinidad rattled by second earthquake within six days
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, CMC -- Trinidad and Tobago was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on Monday, the second tremor to affect the oil-rich twin island Republic within six days.
The Seismic Unit of the University of the…
Stuart slams Sir Hilary, accuses him of presiding over an “alternative government”
Bridgetown, Barbados, CMC -- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has accused the outgoing principal of the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles of presiding over an “alternative government”.
Addressing…
South Korea PM tenders resignation over bribery scandal
Seoul, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-Koo was left in political limbo Tuesday after offering to resign over a scandal involving bribery allegations against senior members of President Park Geun-Hye's…
Pensions at risk for 80 million people in Latin America, Caribbean
Washington, United States (CMC) -- Financial experts and policy makers have warned Caribbean countries that in the absence of reforms, members of the growing middle class may be vulnerable to poverty in their old age.
The experts were…
800 dead after Sunday’s Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: UN
Catania, Italy (AFP) -- The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the disaster.
"We can say that 800 are dead," said Carlotta Sami, spokeswoman for…
Administrative Professional Stalwarts applauded during week
Basseterre, St. Kitts (SKNIS) -- Honourable Wendy Phipps, Minister of State within the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender Affairs and Social Services acknowledged individuals, secretarial colleges and others who tangibly…
PEP workers are being paid and PEP CFBC training is on course, says Geoffrey Hanley
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- Project Manager of the People Employment Programme (PEP), Mr Geoffrey Hanley, is appealing to PEP participants to seek any clarification on the programme from the PEP office on Church Street instead of taking to the…
Construction for US$20 million Candy Resort Villa Development commences on Nevis
NIA Charlestown Nevis -- A US $20million villa development project at Liburd Hill, St. James’ Parish, will provide many jobs for the people of Nevis. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager of HTRIP and 1st Director of Caribbean…