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MOSCOW, Russia (Sporting Alert) — The following…
BY BARBARA SAMPSON | SportingAlert.com Heading the top of those lists are Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who regained their 100m titles after missing out in 2011. Pole…
PEP opening new career doors for young Kittitians…
Basseterre, St. Kitts (August 14, 2013) -- Gifted and ambitious 18-year-old Kajidah Warner of Ponds Estate, Newtown, was hoping to work at a financial institution after having attended the Clarence…
Top CSEC Student Sets New Record
By Martina Johnson - Wednesday, August 14th, 2013. Observer Most outstanding student in the Caribbean Secondary Educatioin Certificate examinations for Antigua & Brabuda, Michael Zouetr. ST…
PM Gonsalves sees no need for outside…
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) – Prime Minister of St. Vincent and Grenadines the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves says there is no need for regional and international organisations to intervene…
CONCACAF kicks off first Under-15 Championship in…
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) kicked off the inaugural CONCACAF Under-15 Championship on Tuesday in Grand…
Barbados prime minister weighs in on same sex…
By Sharon Austin BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart believes the issue of same sex relationships is one which must be wrestled with and resolved in the way Christ…
Egyptian police kill at least 30 in protest…
By Yasmine Saleh and Tom Finn CAIRO | Wed Aug 14, 2013. (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday when they cleared a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the…
US Justice Department challenges proposed merger…
WASHINGTON, USA -- The US Department of Justice, six state attorneys general and the District of Columbia filed a civil antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the proposed $11 billion merger between…
St Lucia PM called on urgently to address police…
By Caribbean News Now contributor CASTRIES, St Lucia -- In response to a request for comment on the current controversy in Saint Lucia surrounding the commissioner of police and the admitted decision…
ECCB takes control of Anguilla’s two indigenous…
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) - The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has taken control of two indigenous banks in Anguilla. “After due consultation with the…
Tourism minister Skerritt welcomes American…
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) - St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Tourism, Sen. the Hon. Richard Skerritt has welcomed the expansion of flights by American Airlines into the…
US accused of hypocrisy towards the Caribbean with…
WASHINGTON D. C., United States, Tuesday August 13, 2013 – A major think tank here has accused the United States of hypocrisy in its sugar policy towards the Caribbean. The Council on Hemispheric…
LIAT warns of further disruption while challenges…
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Tuesday August 13, 2013 – The regional airline LIAT yesterday warned passengers to brace for more travelling woes this week after one of its new aircraft was grounded “as a result…
ECCU meeting focuses on factors affecting money…
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) – The St. Kitts-based Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has received the Governor’s Report on Monetary and Credit Conditions…
Changes to British Passport Services
The British High Commission in Bridgetown wishes to advise the public that the responsibility of British Passport Services has been passed from the Foreign Office and its overseas posts, to Her…