Daily Archives: Jul 4, 2017

The symptoms of the viral conjunctivitis making the rounds include a gravel and sticky feeling in the eye, severe redness and pain if the infection is prolonged, according to Dr Knight.

Security personnel at the VC Bird International Airport recently interviewed a Chinese national, who was in transit here on his way to the twin island Federation.

Principals of three top schools in the 2017 Grade Six National Assessment have come forward with praises for their students’ success.

The St Nicholas Primary School has produced the top Grade Six National Assessment student with a score of 378 marks out of 400 and a  100 per cent pass in Mathematics. That student is eleven year old  Hailey Derrick of  Cedar Valley.

We would like to begin by thanking Thomas Anthony, the former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), for coming to the nation’s aid and attempting to shed some light on the perceived discrepancies in the various CIU reports.  Mr Anthony’s explanations are certainly welcomed in the information void that exists.  We had hoped that CIU Financial Controller Casford King would have followed-up with some answers directly from the unit but, unfortunately, that did not materialise.

National youth swimmer, Lleyton Martin, claimed a second gold medal for team Antigua & Barbuda at the Central American & Caribbean Swimming Championships in Trinidad on Sunday’s final day, clocking 25.02 seconds to win the 50 metres freestyle in the 13-14 age category.

Despite improved individual performances at the OECS Track & Field Championships held in Grenada over the weekend, a number of the country’s athletes were unable to make the qualifying standards for the upcoming World Championships in their various categories.

Former Wimbledon champion Venus Williams broke down in tears as she was questioned by reporters about a Florida car crash in which a man died.

Former West Indies wicketkeeper, Devon Thomas, will be back in Leeward Islands colours this year, when he suits up for the Hurricanes in Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) Professional Cricket League (PCL) following a two-year stint with the Jamaica Scorpions.

LEICESTER, England (CMC) – West Indies Women’s already troubled ICC World Cup campaign received another blow on Monday when the new-ball pair of Shamilia Connell and Shakera Selman were ruled out of the tournament with injury.