KINGSTON, Jamaica –The WICB Selection Panel today announced a change to the squads for the upcoming One-Day Internationals against Ireland and England. Dwayne Smith has been called up as replacement for Chris Gayle for the four matches. Gayle experienced stiffness in his lower back following the first T20 International against […]
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Regional 4-Day Tournament begins on Friday
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board advised on Saturday that this year’s Regional 4-Day Tournament will begin this coming Friday, February 28, with two matches. Jamaica will open the season on home soil, when they face Guyana at Sabina Park, five hours later Windward Islands host defending […]
The mimic men of Caracas
By Arley Gill The so-called Arab Spring has provided the world with a successful model of modern-day coup d’états. Granted, Egypt and those other Arab countries did not have western-style Westminster democracies. To those of us who live in countries where Westminster is practiced, attempted and is prominent, we said to […]
West Indies vs Ireland LIVE from Sabina Park
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cricket fans across the Caribbean and around the World will be able to see the ongoing series between West Indies and Ireland at Sabina Park. TVJ will produce and make available LIVE ball-by-ball coverage of the second Twenty20 International on Friday and the one-off One-Day International on […]
St Lucia leads off Caribbean innovation workshops
Feb 10, 2014: CASTRIES, St Lucia. Caribbean history is the picture of a region lacking in physical and financial resources, but constantly finding ways to confront those realities through human resourcefulness and ingenuity. St Lucia, like many Caribbean islands, does not have a history of economic reliance on extractive industries based on the abundance of indigenous minerals. Instead, the […]
PRIDE AND PASSION – KIRANI ZENO JAMES
The rambunctious enclave that covers the area just after the L’Anse Bridge to just outside the residence of former Parliamentarian Grace Duncan, is infamously known as Gun Battle. That locale of Gouyave, which straddles the Bay – the central port of fishing activity, although at times of dubious repute has […]
Running from George Worme’s side
By Hamlet Mark January 20, 2014 I had promised myself to leave that NDC leadership thing alone — and maybe I will still do eventually after this. I must confess there is a huge chunk of me, for largely selfish partisan reasons, that wants Nazim Burke to become leader. I […]
JUNIOR MURRAY FUN DAY AND CELEBRITY CRICKET MATCH
The month of January is very special to Junior. Not only is it his birth-month but it is also the month of his most significant accomplishment, the month, 21 years ago, when he made his debut as a West Indies Test Cricketer. To commemorate both events a Junior Murray Funday […]
Former Grenada Minister does not rule out run for party leadership
ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA (CARIBUPDATE) – Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress Franka Bernadine has left the door opened for a potential run as leader of the party. Bernadine, told a radio interview here Sunday that she is “still carefully evaluating,” when asked directly if she will run for leader […]
Rooting for the coronation
By Hamlet Mark THE document penned by former Tillman Thomas Chief of Staff William Joseph about why Nazim Burke is a bad choice for leader of the National Democratic Congress makes interesting reading. And rather than his former comrades in the NDC making a frank and mature analysis of his […]
William Joseph quits NDC
St. George’s, January 15, 2014 – One of the strategists in last year’s losing election bid of Grenada’s National Democratic Congress is reported to have resigned from the party as it prepares to choose a new leader in just over two weeks. Caribupdate News Service, in a report from the […]
SANCHEZ PROJECT NEARING COMPLETION
Beausejour, Carriacou, January 14th, 2014- Acting Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Lawrence Sacks are among dignitaries expected on the 400 acres island of Petite Martinique; for the completion ceremony for Phase 1 of the Sanchez Revetment Project. The […]
PRIDE AND PASSION – ANTHONY NIXON MODESTE
The eventuality of National sports Icon, with over twenty years of service to Grenada football was initially cemented by virtue of the history and tradition of sports in River Road. Nixon Modeste’s rise to the pinnacle of football in Grenada was accommodated by a neighborhood that was not deterred by […]
St. George’s University Establishes Peace Through Medicine Scholarship Program
NAIROBI, KENYA (January 10, 2014) – An exciting collaborative program will allow 11 students from the South Sudan to study medicine at St. George’s University in Grenada, West Indies. St. George’s University is offering free tuition, housing, and a special program to prepare the students for the study of medicine. […]
PLANS ON STREAM FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
Beausejour, Carriacou, January 10, 2014- A fireworks display will form part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of Grenada’s Independence on the sister isle of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The Carriacou and Petite Martinique Celebrations Committee headed by Vinishah Cudjoe have been holding a series of meetings to put plans in […]
