• Ottis Gibson, right, and Samuel Badre
    Cricket

    Gibson goes

    St John's, Antigua, August 19, 2014 – Today the West Indies Cricket Board and Mr. Ottis Gibson mutually agreed to terminate their association with immediate effect, the West Indies Cricket ...

  • Left, cover of book; right, Lazare
    Local

    Lazare's Kalinago Blood released at Nature Island Literary Festival

    As part of the activities for the seventh annual Nature Island Literacy Festival and Book Fair local author Alick Lazare launched his new novel 'Kalinago Blood' on August 7 2014 ...

  • All Saints Dominican student receives white coat
    Local

    Labour Pains for All Saints

    All Saints University School of Medicine has had many years of labour pains but both mom and baby seem to be healthy.

  • Some of the NCCU scholarship awardees
    Local

    NCCU gives 12 scholarships

    The National Cooperative Credit Union (NCCU) awarded twelve scholarships to students who were successful at the 2014 Grade Six National Assessment.

  • Attorney-at-Law Henry Shillingford
    Local

    Oh, Henry!

    A courtroom is supposed to be the home for lawyers but that is not the case for Henry Shillingford who is now contemplating his next move after two local magistrates ...

  • FILE PHOTO:TOKYO, March 19, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Pope Francis waves to the crowds in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on March 19, 2013
    World

    Pope Francis leaves S. Korea after five-day visit

    SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Pope Francis on Monday left South Korea for Vatican after wrapping up his five-day visit to the country, which was picked as his first Asian ...

  • LONDON, Aug. 18, 2014 (Xinhua) --  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (R) and Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino attend a press conference at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Britain, Aug. 18
    World

    WikiLeaks founder to leave London embassy soon

    LONDON, Aug. 18 (Xinhua/Sun) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Monday that he would be leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy in London soon, where he had taken refuge for two ...

  • Top Students of the Convent High School: Munnirh Marie, Kadisha Culpepper, Tiffany Johnson, Kaele Benjamin, Tojya Vital, Paloma St. Jean
    Local

    Top young brains in 2014

    Al Parillon of the St. Mary's Academy (SMA), who resides in Fond Cole, has obtained 11 grade ones and 2 grade twos; he is Dominica's top performer in this year's ...

  • Dominican student receives scholarship from Chinese Ambasador  Li Jiangning
    Local

    Nineteen million in Chinese scholarships over ten years

    China and Dominica got closer last week when the Chinese government and people donated nine more scholarships to Dominican students, taking the value of Chinese scholarships to Dominican students to ...

  • VICTORIA FALLS, Aug. 16, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (L) greets leaders from Southern African Development Community nations at Victoria Falls in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
    World

    Zimbabwe's Mugabe takes over as SADC chair

    VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe, Aug. 17 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Zimbabwe's veteran president Robert Mugabe on Sunday assumed the chairmanship of Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the Zimbabwe resort town of Victoria ...

  • FREETOWN, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese doctor works at the ophthalmological clinic of the Kingharman Road Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Aug. 14, 2014.
    World

    China to continue help to fight Ebola

    NANJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua/Sun) -- President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed that China will continue to help international control of the Ebola epidemic in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban ...

  • FERGUSON, Aug. 16, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A girl holds a placard during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 15, 2014. Police in Ferguson in the U.S. state of Missouri
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    Missouri Governor announces State of Emergency in Ferguson

    FERGUSON, Mo., Aug. 16 (Xinhua/Sun) -- After a night of looting, violence and chaos, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency and a curfew that will begin ...