Daily Archives: Oct 10, 2017

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Oct 10, CMC – A number of Caribbean countries remain optimistic about their tourism product despite the infrastructural challenges posed by the recent passage of three hurricanes.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Oct 10, CMC – A one week conference examining ways to improve the Caribbean’s  accessibility, training as well as improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic laboratory testing techniques will get under way here later this month.

 PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Oct 10, CMC – Opposition parties Tuesday announced the start of four days of demonstrations in support of their calls for President Jovenel Moise to step down from office, less than a year after he was sworn into the post.

LONDON (Reuters) - A tough line from President Donald Trump has been met by a show of unity from both sides of Iran’s political divide, uniting hardliners who cast the United States as an implacable enemy with pragmatists who seek rapprochement with the West.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korea’s leadership has told Russian lawmakers that it possesses a ballistic missile with a range of 3,000 kilometers (1864.11 miles) that will be able to reach U.S. territory after modernization, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.

Former 13 times Premier Division champions Empire, Swetes FC and former back to back champions, SAP FC were all repeat winners in the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association (ABFA) President’s Cup on Sunday.

Captain Stafanie Taylor stroked a half-century in Sunday’s practice match against Trinidad and Tobago Under-19s but West Indies Women’s batting remained a concern heading into the One-Day International series against Sri Lanka Women starting Wednesday.

One potential candidate for the presidency of the National Olympic Committee (NOC), Dr. Philmore Benjamin, is hoping that having served as part of the organisation’s executive for over 10 years will help to convince associations that he is the right man for the job.

The Antigua and Barbuda Master Blasters crashed to a surprising four-wicket defeat against Guyana when they clashed in the first round of the Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA), Independence Tri20 Cricket Tournament on Sunday night

There is an old Bill Trotman (comedian/calypsonian from Trinidad) joke about a woman taking a shower and musing about the rising cost of living. In her soliloquy, she complains that, “Sugar gone up, rice gone up, flour gone up, gasoline gone up, cooking-oil gone up . . . ,” and well, we know how that story ends. Now, while that is a rather humorous look