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Caribbean personalities to facilitate high-level…
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 1ST 2013 (CUOPM) – Two prominent Caribbean personalities will be in St. Kitts and Nevis this weekend to participate in a high-level retreat for Cabinet Ministers and…
TB control requires coordinated response, says…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 01, 2013) -- Effective tuberculosis (TB) control requires a coordinated response involving providers in the public and private sectors, patients and the community. This…
Dollar falls broadly after U.S. jobs report
By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK | Fri Aug 2, 2013 9:13am EDT (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled against the euro and the yen on Friday after mixed signals about the U.S. labor market quashed expectations the…
Berlusconi conviction leaves Italian government…
By Roberto Landucci ROME | Fri Aug 2, 2013 8:52am EDT (Reuters) - Italy's fragile coalition government, already struggling to contain deep divisions over tax and economic policy, woke up to a whole…
St Kitts Warner Park upgrade begins next week
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) -- The upgrade project to the Warner Park Cricket Stadium in St Kitts, which will see the installation of lights to facilitate night matches and mounting of a jumbotron…
Civil asset forfeiture proposal to go to Barbados…
By Julia Rawlins-Bentham BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados’s ability to seize ill-gotten gains from criminal activity through civil procedures will soon go before Cabinet for consideration. This…
Withdrawing from CARICOM could have serious…
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson, says there would be far reaching implications if Jamaica withdrew or suspended its membership from the…
Teenager becomes youngest person to be called to…
By Tom Whitehead, Security Editor5:09PM BST 30 Jul 2013 American student Gabrielle Turnquest was called to the Bar of England and Wales after passing her exams at just 18. The average lawyer…
Tonight the two legends will face-off in battle
Legends in the House: Sir Viv Richards and Desmond Haynes were team-mates on the Windies team in the glory days. Tonight the two legends will face-off in battle -- as coaches of Antigua Hawksbills and…
OAS calls for more intra regional trade to tackle…
MIAMI, USA -- The assistant secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, called on ministers of trade and the private sector to take concrete measures to promote…
As Zimbabwe counts ballots, police warn against…
By Stella Mapenzauswa HARARE | Thu Aug 1, 2013 1:42am EDT (Reuters) - Zimbabwe police vowed to crack down on any attempts to leak early results from Wednesday's vote, complicating plans by some civic…
West Indies in tough World Cup Pool B
DUBAI, UAE -- The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be staged in Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March, and India will begin its title defence against traditional rival Pakistan in…
CARICOM seeks increased funding from international…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday put forward a case to raise the level of funding from its international development partners (IDPs) and to increase the number of…
Government Accepts $100,000 Donation to Enhance…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 31, 2013 (SKNIS): The Department of Community Development received a donation of agricultural related products to be used in its Step Up programme which targets the…
Scientists developing pee-powered cell phones
LONDON, England, Wednesday July 31, 2013 – Researchers from the University of Bristol and Bristol Robotics Laboratory in south west England have harnessed the power of urine and are able to charge a…