Monthly Archives
November 2021
“It’s Good to Be Back”, Henry Excited to Face…
After a long journey across the Atlantic from Antigua to Karachi and three days quarantine, all-rounder Chinelle Henry and the West Indies Women had their first net training session on Friday and from…
CWI Thanks Dwayne Bravo for His Outstanding…
The star all-rounder, and former West Indies captain, announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday. He indicated that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be his last time in the West…
Nine young persons on Nevis receive awards at…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 05, 2021) -- Nine young persons on Nevis, three more than in 2020, were honoured at the Youth Impact 12 Awards Ceremony on November 04, 2021. The event, hosted by the…
CWI press ahead with Pakistan tour
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): CRICKET WEST Indies has pressed ahead with the white-ball tour of Pakistan in a massive boost for the South Asian country, in the wake of high-profile pull-outs by England…
‘Heartbreaking’ WI skipper laments poor World T20…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): SHIMRON HETMYER’S career-best half-century proved an exercise in futility as a West Indies campaign that started in shame ended in sorrow, after the reigning…
UK authorises Merck antiviral pill, first shown to…
LONDON (AP): Britain granted the conditional authorisation on Thursday to the first pill shown to successfully treat COVID-19 so far. It also is the first country to OK the treatment from drugmaker…
COVID-19 causing shift in socio-economic profiles…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Elizabeth Riley, says the protracted nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a radical shift…
Horseracing Icon Passes
News has been received of the passing of Mr. Spencer Howell. He was one of the early pioneers of Horseracing on Nevis and would have served the Nevis Turf and Jockey Club with distinction, over the…
Shaheem Al-Khan Chase Farrell to be laid to rest.
Shaheem Al-Khan Chase Farrell of Church Ground who was shot to death on Friday, October 22, 2021, will be laid to rest on Saturday, November 6th, 2021. The Funeral Service will take place at the St.…
First phase of Butlers Road Rehabilitation and…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 04, 2021) - - Hon. Spencer Brand, Minister of Public Works and Physical Planning in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), says work on the first phase of the Butlers…
Canadian fashion designer Stacy Martin partners…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (NOVEMBER 04, 2021) -- The following is a press release from the Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) regarding its partnership with Canadian designer Stacy Martin and black-owned…
23 Out Of 25 Covid-19 Deaths Were Unvaccinated…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 04, 2021 (SKNIS): The third wave of community spread attributed to the deadly COVID-19 virus is under control, according to officials from the Ministry of Health. In…
AOSIS Ministers finalize COP26 Decisions
Glasgow, Scotland, November 3, 2021—As climate-vulnerable countries continue to push for meaningful outcomes from the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) taking place in Glasgow, Scotland,…
There’s money to be made in pig farming, Nevis…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 04, 2021) -- “There’s a lot of money to be made in pig production,” so says Mr. Rohan Claxton, Livestock Extension Officer with responsibility for Production on the…
Department of Agriculture on Nevis upping quality…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 04, 2021) -- Small ruminant production is another area on which the Department of Agriculture is focusing, in keeping with its thrust to ensure food security on Nevis.…