Caribupdate Weekly, Editorial March 5, 2015: When it comes to cricket in the Caribbean and our combined representative team, the West Indies, hope lives eternally in the hearts and minds of many in the region. This is both good and bad. Hope and optimism are worthy qualities to embrace. But, they […]
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WICB PCL R4Day Tournament bulletin | Round 8
JOHN’S, Antigua – Following a break from play last weekend, all six teams should be recharged for the eighth round of matches in the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament, starting on Friday. This weekend’s matches start the final month of the tournament and all six teams have a […]
WICB to discuss important audit, governance reports at weekend meetings
JOHN’S, Antigua – One of the key presentations to be made to the directors of the West Indies Cricket Board during their meeting this Friday in Jamaica will come from the Audit Risk & Compliance Committee. This has become an important committee of the WICB, providing oversight to the checks […]
Official UK tour operators appointed for England to West Indies Series
JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board announced today it has appointed seven official United Kingdom tour operators for the England tour of the Caribbean next month. International Cricket Tours, Howzat Travel, Sports Tours Plus, Thomas Cook Tour Operators, Gullivers/Barmy Army, Independent Travel Experts (part of the Travel Network […]
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE LEADER OF THE NDC, V. NAZIM BURKE ON THE OCASSION OF THE 27TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PARTY HELD AT GRENVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL (GSS) ON MARCH 1ST 2015.
Mr. Chairman Deputy Political Leader Newly Elected Officers of the National Democratic Congress Members of the National Executive Council of our Party; Distinguished Delegates; Distinguished Guest Speaker, my Friend Harold Lovell Members of our Party; Members of the Media; Other invited Guests; Grenadians in the Diaspora; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sisters […]
HIGHEST RESULTS IN FOUR YEARS FOR CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN
Bridgetown, Barbados 26th February 2015. CIBC FirstCaribbean has announced its best quarterly financial performance in four years. For the three months ended January 31, 2015, the Bank recorded net income of $26.6 million, which is its best performance since 2010. In making the announcement, CEO Rik Parkhill, noted: “Our results […]
Windies join ICC’s Room To Read to host children mini camp at Sydney Cricket Ground
SYDNEY, Australia – Members of the West Indies team took time out from their busy schedule to host a group of aspiring cricketers at the Sydney Cricket Ground recently. The youngsters, aged between nine and 12, joined the Windies at the historic venue during a training session. The event was […]
Fans turn out to welcome Windies to Perth
PERTH, Australia – Several hundred well-wishers turned out to greet the West Indies team as they were hosted to a ‘home away from home’ event at the Perth Cultural Centre on Sunday. Fans, many of them from the West Indians were dressed their maroon jerseys and others showcased their island’s […]
Event Technical Committee approves replacement in West Indies’ squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 has approved Johnson Charles as a replacement player for Darren Bravo in West Indies’ squad for the tournament. Bravo is suffering from a hamstring injury, he picked up during the match against Pakistan in […]
Update on match venues, officials
JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has advised that it has approved a few changes to match venues and have updated a number of appointments of officials for the remaining matches in the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament. Warner Park in the St. Kitts capital of […]
Grenadian Educator to provide supplies to St Andrew School
NEW YORK, February 26, 2015 – Grenadian-born and New York-based High School educator and college professor, Dr Anthony Bridgeman, once again is giving back to his homeland. Together with one of his high school groups, West Islip High School, National English Honor Society, they have collected school supplies to send […]
WICB sends birthday greetings to batting legend Sir Everton
JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today extended birthday greetings to West Indies batting legend, Sir Everton Weekes. In offering best wishes to Sir Everton on behalf of the directors, management and staff, Chief Executive Officer of the WICB Michael Muirhead said: “Greetings on your birthday, Sir Everton! […]
Regional Cold War
Caribupdate Weekly, Editorial February 26, 2015 For Grenadians and other Caribbean nationals who have been celebrating last December’s announcement of plans by the US and Cuba to normalize relations, taking it as a sign of the end of the cold war in this part of world, development in Venezuela last […]
Williams says Windies calm as clash with South Africa looms
SYDNEY, Australia– Having defeated Zimbabwe in record-breaking fashion on Tuesday in Canberra, West Indies arrived in Sydney on Wednesday – full of confidence ahead of the clash against South Africa. The performance over the Zimbabweans gave West Indis their second win in a row and moved them to second place […]
MY BROTHERS’ KEEPER
By Neals J. Chitan The dawn of Monday, January 12th 2015 brought heavy dark clouds of grief, sadness and hopelessness over the northern coastal community of Fancy in the beautiful island paradise of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The driver of a minibus destined for the capital city of Kingstown […]