August 2015

Aussies repeat as World Cup champions

August 17, 2015 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_7230" align="alignleft" width="300"] Members of Australia’s netball team celebrate with the Netball World Cup trophy at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia, yesterday. Australia defeated New Zealand 58-55.[/caption] SYDNEY, Australia (CMC) — Jamaica's Sunshine Girls failed to overcome England yet again, and were forced to...

Antigua to begin consultations on plans to join CCJ

August 17, 2015 in Regional

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) - A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the ruling Antigua Labour Party (ALP) and the Opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) to begin consultations on amending the constitution to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the country’s final appellate...

Indonesia rescuers head to mountains in search of missing plane

August 17, 2015 in International

[caption id="attachment_7224" align="alignright" width="300"] In this photo taken December 26, 2010, Trigana Air Service's ATR42-300 twin turboprop plane takes off at Supadio airport in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The same type of a Trigana airliner carrying 54 people was missing Sunday. (Photo: AP)[/caption] JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)...

Tropical wave heading west towards Caribbean

August 17, 2015 in Regional

MIAMI, USA -- A tropical wave accompanied by a surface low pressure system is producing a concentrated area of disturbed weather a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands as it moves westward towards the Caribbean at around 15 mph. According to the National...