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Tropical Storm Danielle strengthens

Tropical Storm Danielle strengthens

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 1

MIAMI, CMC – Tropical Storm Danielle was strengthening and could become a hurricane by Monday night, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC). ...

LIAT CEO says the carrier is not opposed to competition

LIAT CEO says the carrier is not opposed to competition

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 13

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Acting Chief Executive Officer of regional airline LIAT Brian Challenger has made it clear that the island-hopping carrier is not ...

Japan hosts CARICOM-Japan ministerial meeting next month

Japan hosts CARICOM-Japan ministerial meeting next month

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 0

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says the second CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo early next month ...

Benn and Sammy big performers among centrally contracted players

Benn and Sammy big performers among centrally contracted players

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 0

St John’s, Antigua – The WICB Cricket and Selection committees met recently to review the performances of players on WICB retainer contracts. In their review ...

CXC reports improved English CSEC results for 2010

CXC reports improved English CSEC results for 2010

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 0

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) said performance in both English A (Language) and English B (Literature) for ...

New Dominican ambassador to Cuba expects to address students’ problems

New Dominican ambassador to Cuba expects to address students’ problems

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 33

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Newly appointed ambassador to Cuba, Dr. Charles Cobette says he will use his tenure in Havana to deal with issues affecting Dominican ...

Results of eventful National Basketball League weekend

Results of eventful National Basketball League weekend

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 1

Friday Game 1 – After being criticized for not living up to the standards of a champion team Maximum Supplies Tigers came out to prove the critics wrong by ...

Q Talent Search quarterfinalists take the stage in Bay Front concert

Q Talent Search quarterfinalists take the stage in Bay Front concert

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 21

The 32 contestants selected to participate in the Q Talent Search quarterfinals slated for August 28, took to the stage last evening at a concert in Bay Front, ...

WIPA rejects ICC/FICA intervention; prefers arbitration

WIPA rejects ICC/FICA intervention; prefers arbitration

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 1

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has noticed comments emanating from the West Indies Players Association that “the WICB instead prefers to ...

First USE cycle ends on high note – education minister

First USE cycle ends on high note – education minister

August 23, 2010 | Comments: 7

Dominica is today reaping the benefits of its five-year-old Universal Secondary Education (USE) initiative, which mandates quality secondary education to all that ...

OECS Manufacturers to be provided with cutting edge proven tools to help attract more consumers

OECS Manufacturers to be provided with cutting edge proven tools to help attract more consumers

August 22, 2010 | Comments: 2

Castries August 18th 2010– The OECS Export Development Unit (OECS/EDU) is to further engage manufacturers on ways of enhancing the branding and packaging of their ...

GONE TILL NOVEMBER: Jean’s presidential bid fails

GONE TILL NOVEMBER: Jean’s presidential bid fails

August 21, 2010 | Comments: 40

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC– Haiti’s electoral commission has said that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president, ending his bid to lead a country ...

Top CXC performer attributes his success to early preparation

Top CXC performer attributes his success to early preparation

August 20, 2010 | Comments: 48

Top local performer of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exams Dennis L. Guye of the St Mary’s Academy has advised students to begin ...

Digicel launches WiMax Internet in Jamaica

Digicel launches WiMax Internet in Jamaica

August 20, 2010 | Comments: 1

DIGICEL has entered the consumer Internet market with the launch today of its 4G WiMax broadband service, promising to make Internet access more affordable for the ...

Man caught illegally in home says he is an electrician on duty

Man caught illegally in home says he is an electrician on duty

August 20, 2010 | Comments: 47

Henry Bazil of Newtown has been ordered to pay $300 forthwith or he will spend two months in prison for wandering the home of Joseph Lanford in Kingshill without ...