April 1, 2019 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell has welcomednews that hundreds of Grenadians will be employed by Royalton Grenada when the rebranded hotel opens its doors in December 2019. Located on the site of what was the Grenadian by Rex, the rebranded hotel, Royalton Grenada, will […]
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Hotstar TV For IPL Cricket
We have received several inquiries on the coverage of IPL in North America from our readers. We are pleased to inform you that Hotstar TV provides live coverage of every IPL game. Hotstar has also acquired the rights to all India’s home games. They will also be providing full coverage […]
Guyana Shocks Jamaica While Barbados and T&T Remain Unbeaten in CWI Women’s T20 Blaze
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Host Guyana shocked Jamaica in Round 3 of Cricket West Indies’ Women’s T20 Blaze, handing them a 20-run defeat to cement third place in the standings. Having won the toss and being sent in to bat first, Guyana immediately got their scorecard rolling, with Shineta Grimmond and Tremayne […]
Barbados Trounce Jamaica While Guyana Earns First Win of Women’s T20 Blaze
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Hayley Matthews and Shanika Bruce pummeled Jamaica with their bowling, taking four wickets a piece as Barbados defeated the defending T20 Blaze champions Jamaica by 9 wickets. Winning the toss, Matthews sent the Jamaicans to take first strike and that decision paid dividends as they could only muster […]
Inquiries now possible through Whatsapp at Budget Marine
Communication has come a long way and with the smartphone our ways of communicating are changing from talking to texting. “We have seen an increase in questions through our Facebook page. Texting lowers the communication barriers, people just want to send a message and get a quick response” says Trisha […]
BIG THREE OPEN T20 BLAZE WITH VICTORIES
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- The top three teams in women’s cricket in the Caribbean, opened their victory tally in Round One of Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze tournament. Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica defeated the Leeward Islands, Guyana and the Windward Islands respectively. The first match of the day saw Barbados […]
Grenadian court attorney referee wants to be civil court judge
By Nelson A. King (Caribbean Life) Grenadian-born court attorney referee Derefim Bernadette Neckles is vying for the position of Civil Court judge countywide in Brooklyn, saying that she has the “knowledge, experience, integrity and compassion needed to serve as a civil court judge.” “As a court attorney referee, acting in […]
Former Head Coach Phil Simmons Accepts Apology from President Skerritt
ST JOHN’s, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Mr. Phil Simmons are pleased to announce that both parties have come to an amicable resolution in the claim from Simmons’ dismissal as head coach in 2016. This is the first action by President Ricky Skerritt and Vice President Dr. Kishore Shallow […]
Government to convert CSO into a National Statistics Institute
Government is solidifying its plans to convert the Central Statistics Office (CSO) into a National Statistics Institute that is independent and highly professional in the coordination of the data collection activities within National Statistical Systems. Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell in meeting with […]
Guadeloupe moves to set up Internet Exchange Point
BY GERARD BESTg Pointe-à-Pitre, GUADELOUPE. March 27, 2019—Developments in theCaribbean digital space are fuelling initiatives to strengthen the Internet infrastructure in the region. In Guadeloupe, a recent agreement among three Internet service providers has cleared the way for the island to establish its first Internet exchange point. Commonly called an […]
Devon Smith, Cornwall Lead Incentive Award Winners
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Windward Islands Volcanoes veteran left-handed opener Devon Smith and Leeward Islands Hurricanes champion off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall were the top individual performers and led the incentive award winners in the recently-concluded 2018-19 West Indies Championship. Smith, who holds the record for the most runs in a single […]
WIPA Extends Congratulations to Skerritt and Shallow
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) would like to congratulate Richard Skerritt and Kishore Shallow on being elected President and Vice President of Cricket West Indies. WIPA looks forward to continued harmonious, productive and mutually beneficial relations between Cricket West Indies and WIPA in the best interest […]
Haley Matthews and Barbados Sweep Super 50 Cup Awards
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Hayley Matthews won two of the top prizes awarded at the prizegiving ceremony of the 2019 Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 Cup. Matthews finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets and the top all-rounder with 233 runs and 17 wickets. Other winners on the night […]
Bad boys rise high when good men bend low!!
Dr. Neals J. Chitan I am totally convinced that the black man is the new endangered specie and that there seem to be a systemic and systematic process that renders him absent from family, civic, professional and religious life. Despite Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of racial equality, respect and […]
Dressed Up’ set to showcase Caribbean designers and honour women
New York, NY (Sonique Solutions) – ‘Dressed Up’, a soon to be launched retail shoppe specializing strictly in dresses, has been generating quite a buzz in several fashion-forward circles as well as on social media. Eagerness for the unveiling on this novel concept has only grown with news of the […]
