St Kitts and Nevis: Caribbean rivals target high-end home buyers
By Teresa Levonian Cole from FT The two Caribbean islands are both focusing on the elite market with a series of prime housing projects f you’re here, you’re not all there,” runs the joke on the sleepy Caribbean island of…
St Kitts has backlog of court cases, too
From SKN Vibes Preliminary Inquiries to be replaced by Sufficiency Hearings Plans to eradicate High Court cases backlog underway BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A plan to eradicate the heavy backlog of cases to be tried at the High Court level…
St Kitts hospital tightens security following fatal shooting of teenager
From Caribbean360 BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Wednesday September 24, 2014, CMC – The St. Kitts-Nevis government Tuesday night announced an “immediate” increase in security arrangements at the main JFN Hospital following the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old youth there on Monday…
Ranking Caribbean countries on competitiveness: Report
From Caribbean Journal What are the most competitive economies in the Caribbean? The World Economic Forum has released its annual Global Competitiveness Report, including results for a number of Caribbean countries. The report defines competitiveness as the “set of institutions,…
CFU Caribbean Cup
From Guyana Chronicle Online Golden Jaguars fall 2-0 to St Lucia GUYANA’S Golden Jaguars suffered their first loss in the 2014 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup football tournament, following a 2-0 defeat to St Lucia, when the two sides…
Guyana: GFF names 18-man squad for Caribbean Cup qualifiers
From GuyanaTimes The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Friday announced an 18-man squad to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Cup qualifiers early next month, focussing primarily on locally based players. The Guyanese, drawn in Group Six, are down to face…
Truman Bodden to host Cayman Islands games
From CIFA Organisers for the inaugural CONCACAF Girls’ U-15 Championship have scheduled the home team games for the Truman Bodden Sports Complex as they expect large crowds to support the local team. Cayman contests Group A with Curacao, Bahamas and…
Sir Ian Botham: “It’s St. Kitts when I want to escape”
By CUOPM on July 21, 2014 in Diaspora, Nevis, St. Kitts, Tourism St. Kitts is it for former England cricketer, Sir Ian Botham. In a full length interview headed: “Sir Ian’s Travelling Life,” Sir Ian, who is also a Test…
Abuse rising in Caribbean citizenship programme
By Street Hype Report WASHINGTON (CMC) – While economically pressed Caribbean countries are selling citizenship to mostly Middle Eastern, Asian, and Russian applicants as an easy revenue source, reports here says abuse of the programme is on the rise. According…
Caribbean ‘crumbling under poor leadership and divisive politics’
By Clive Bacchus From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — The humanization of power is the main affliction affecting good governance in the Caribbean, says Joan Purcell, author of the book A Vision for Change. “To begin with,…