Daily Archives: Nov 13, 2018

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nov 13, CMC – Seven years after he was convicted and sentenced to six consecutive terms of life imprisonment, a 29-year-old man is appealing to the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the “excessive” nature of the sentence.

NASSAU, Bahamas, Nov 13, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis says his administration is moving towards diversifying the tourism industry in the Bahamas in order to realize the “still untapped” potential of the sector.

YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations’ refugee agency will not provide humanitarian assistance to Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar if they are interned in camps, according to an internal position paper circulated days before the initial repatriation is due to start.

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel carried out more air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as Palestinians kept up rocket fire on Israeli territory in the worst surge of violence since a 2014 war.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union are on the cusp of a Brexit deal which could be clinched in the next 24 to 48 hours, Prime Minister Theresa May’s de facto deputy said on Tuesday.

India began their chase on the unusual scoreline of 10/0 after Pakistan were twice docked five penalty runs for their batters running on the pitch in their ICC Women’s World T20 2018 clash.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has been asked by the Football Association to explain comments he made about the referee before Sunday’s derby with Manchester United.

With NBA commissioner Adam Silver in the stands and supporting the cause, the Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta Hawks honored the victims of the Thousand Oaks shooting by wearing black T-shirts with the message “Enough” on the front.

Young Windies batsman Nicholas Pooran insisted he was just grateful to take the opportunity to showcase his talent, after smashing an impressive half-century against India in the T20 series finale between the teams on Sunday.

It is often said that without the rain there is no rainbow.  However, with all the rain falling on Antigua and Barbuda, many people are looking for the rainbow at the end of the rain.  The droplets from the heavens have brought much needed relief to the lengthy drought conditions that we have been experiencing but, at the same time, it has highlighted the deficiencies in our basic infrastructure.