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    More LIAT flights into Grenada

    ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (GIS) -- Tourism officials in Grenada are happy that more LIAT flights are coming into the Maurice Bishop International Airport on a regular basis. Reports indicate that LIAT has…

    Former Trinidad minister to surrender diplomatic…

    By Marcia Braveboy Caribbean News Now Senior Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Former FIFA vice president and national security minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Jack Warner, is being forced to…

    Post-Cabinet Briefing for Monday July 15th, 2013

    Good day Citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis. I hereby provide you with an update on a number of Cabinet decisions taken recently. EXTENSION OF VAT TRANSITIONAL MEASURES In 2010, in an…

    Kittitian Hill Helps to Drive Local…

    Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 19, 2013 (SKNIS): The construction of the 40 acre Kittitian Hill resort has created employment for more than 400 people, but Founder Val Kempadoo said he’s most pleased…

    Residents wary as Detroit faces uncertain future…

    By Steve Neavling DETROIT | Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:42pm EDT (Reuters) - Some Detroit residents voiced skepticism on Thursday that the former U.S. manufacturing powerhouse would emerge in better shape…

    Russian opposition leader freed on bail after…

    By Gabriela Baczynska KIROV, Russia | Fri Jul 19, 2013 (Reuters) - Russia unexpectedly freed opposition leader Alexei Navalny on bail on Friday, bending to the will of thousands of protesters who…

    UK must act as a bridge for trade between Europe…

    LONDON, England -- On Wednesday, senior figures united in a call for the UK to better facilitate trade between Europe and the Commonwealth. Speaking at a conference held at Europe House and organised…

    Thirty countries expected to participate in…

    PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Chairman of the Host Country Management Committee (HCMC), Ivan Graanoogst, has disclosed that 24 countries have so far confirmed their participation in the festival, but that…

    NTU initiates new award for members’ children

    NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 18, 2013) -- A student of the Violet O. Jeffers-Nicholls (VOJN) Primary School is the first recipient of a new Nevis Teachers Union (NTU) initiative to award a primary…

    New Caribbean sports channel launches August 15

    KINGSTON, Jamaica -- On August 15, Caribbean sports cable broadcaster SportsMax is set to launch a second 24-hour sports channel, SportsMax2, as part of its MaxPak offering right across the Caribbean.…

    Narine returns to best form as West Indies rebound

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Sunil Narine returned to his best form with a magical spell of off-spin bowling as West Indies rebounded to beat Pakistan in the second One-Day International on Tuesday. Narine…

    Russian opposition leader Navalny sentenced to…

    By Gabriela Baczynska KIROV, Russia | Thu Jul 18, 2013 (Reuters) - Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment…