The board of LIAT airline is clearly feeling the pressure of mounting ongoing criticism of its consistent inability to achieve a stable business model and to provide a vital intra regional air service in the Eastern Caribbean on a reliable basis. Unfortunately, the announcements of 6th March from the LIAT […]
News
News from around the world and the Caribbean News and information
SGU’s Department of Bioethics Delivers Crash Course in Conscious Discipline
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA (March 4, 2014) – Can a family and the community be trained to create a positive environment within which children can reach their potential? Dr. Barbara Landon, among a growing group of psychologists and behaviorists, thinks so – and is offering free, intense, training to a diverse […]
Leewards complete first round full house
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Leeward Islands broke a sequence of three matches without a win over against Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional 4-Day Tournament with a 72-run, come-from-behind victory on Tuesday. Spin bowling all-rounder Hayden Walsh Jr, an attendee of the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre in […]
PURELY GRENADIAN
On Friday February 28th, Grenadians around the world were glued to their television sets, tablets, PCs etc. as they rallied behind another son of the soil as he attempted to win a major International Soca competition. Also in the running was Cultural Ambassador Tallpree as he made his 8th appearance […]
SGU actively recruiting more Canadian students
By Lincoln Depradine Toronto, March 3, 2014 – St George’s University is continuing an active campaign to recruit more Canadian students to SGU. University officials have made regular visits to Canada, including the latest which ended earlier this week. “We are trying to build the Canadian market,’’ SGU’s Colin Dowe […]
Former Grenada minister commends “exceptional talent’’ of Mr Killa, Tallpree
St George’s, March 2, 2014 – A former Grenada culture minister would like to see a future local band touring with soca performers such as Mr Killa and Tallpree. The two Grenadian artistes, who participated in weekend carnival competitions in Trinidad, are “ambassadors’’ and “exceptional talents’’, said former minister Arley […]
Dwayne Smith to replace Chris Gayle for One-Day Internationals
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 […]
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 […]
