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CPL hailed a massive success
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday August 26, 2013 - The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League has been hailed by organisers and players as a “massive success.” The tournament ended on Saturday…
Students want talks with Barbados government on…
Caribbean360. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday August 26, 2013 – Students at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) are seeking a meeting with the Barbados government after it…
Edwards, Powell to lead West Indies-A team in…
ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board announced on Monday 15-member West Indies A-Team squads for a one-month tour of India from September 13. Kirk Edwards will…
Washington warns Assad over undeniable chemical…
By Lesley Wroughton and Erika Solomon WASHINGTON/BEIRUT | Tue Aug 27, 2013 (Reuters) - The United States put Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on notice on Monday that it believes he was responsible…
CARIFESTA XI comes to an end in Suriname
By Ivan Cairo Caribbean News Now contributor PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- As Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse, backed by several of his cabinet ministers and members of parliament, performed a farewell…
Haiti’s government gives new face to slums…
By Rachel Belt PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's government has launched a program to give a new face to slum areas by repairing, painting thousands of homes, installing solar street lights and…
Credit unions decry pending new regulations
Basseterre, St. Kitts (August 26, 2013) -- President of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Cooperative League Mr Andy Liburd is warning that credit unions in the Federation could be put out of business…
Nevis to celebrate 30th anniversary of…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (AUGUST 26, 2013) -- The observance of the Federation’s 30th independence anniversary on Nevis will bring new additions to its month-long list of activities, among them, a major…
LIAT lands safely in Barbados following main wheel…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday August 26, 2013 – The regional airline, LIAT, Monday confirmed that one of its aircraft on a flight from Guyana to Barbados landed safely at the Grantley Adams…
Main Wheel Failure Forces LIAT Emergency Landing
The management of LIAT (1974) Limited has advised that its LI 774 travelling from Guyana to Barbados this morning, with 43 passengers on board, had a main wheel failure during takeoff. The aircraft…
Kanye, Kim in power struggle over their newborn
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are in a power struggle over their daughter and their public lives. It is said the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star is "upset" with the amount of control the rapper…
U.N. experts in Syria head to site of poison gas…
By Erika Solomon BEIRUT | Mon Aug 26, 2013 (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors left central Damascus on Monday to investigate sites of an alleged chemical weapons strike on the outskirts of the Syrian…
Trinidad extradites man wanted in US for triple…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Accused murderer Keron Pierre has been extradited from Trinidad and Tobago to the United States to face charges relating to a triple homicide and attempted murder. Attorney…
Regional culture ministers show little interest in…
By Ivan Cairo Caribbean News Now contributor PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- As the eleventh edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (CARIFESTA XI) came to a close in Paramaribo, Suriname,…
US March Focuses On New Fight For Civil Rights
WASHINGTON (AP):Tens of thousands of marchers kicked off the 50th anniversary commemorations of the march on Washington, honouring the civil-rights progress made since Martin Luther King Jr delivered…