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 […]
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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 […]
WIPA Statement on Twitter Incident
The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) is extremely disturbed by the unacceptable re-tweeting by Mr. Dave Cameron, President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), of a negative “fan” tweet which was directed at our member Mr. Christopher Gayle. That Mr. Cameron’s re-tweet came in the middle of the West […]
STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC) ON THE ON-GOING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PROCESS
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) wishes to register its outright disappointment with the recent announcement by Government of Grenada, as conveyed to us by the Constitution Reform Advisory Committee (CRAC), regarding the on- going Constitution Reform Process. In its communiqué to the National Democratic Congress, the committee advised that the […]
Russell on a high as Windies overcome Pakistan
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Allrounder Andre Russell scored 42 not out off just 13 balls and then took three wickets to pilot West Indies to a superb victory by 150 runs over Pakistan on Saturday. Russell’s heroics sparked a comeback as West Indies rebounded from their opening defeat against Ireland. […]
The Happy Hour: A Socio-historical Discourse
By Arley Gill It may not be historically accurate to say that the “happy hour’’ tradition, held after funerals in Grenada, existed from time immemorial. However, it is a fact, as confirmed by the leading funeral director in Grenada, that over the last 10 to 15 years, it has become […]
Windies bat first against Pakistan; Benn replaces Roach
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – West Indies lost the toss and were asked to bat first in their second ICC Cricket World Cup Pool B match against Pakistan at Hagley Oval, on Saturday. The Windies made one change with left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn replacing fast bowler Kemar Roach. West Indies are […]
