Thursday, February 19 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda: Last pair Daren Powell and Fidel Edwards defied England for 60 balls and 36 minutes in fading light here Thursday to spur the West Indies to a thrilling draw in the 3rd Digicel Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground. The pace duo produced a resolute [...]
By Jerry George Captain Pratt Donnie executed a perfect touch down of his Boeing 737 on February 7 when he piloted the first ever wide body aircraft onto the runway at the Canouan airport at 4:13 on a bright sunny Saturday afternoon, twenty minutes ahead of schedule after departing Dallas Texas earlier that day. ‘It [...]
On the day world attention was focused on Antigua and Barbuda following the move by U.S. Securities Exchange Commission to move in and take over the operations of Texan billionaire Allan Stanford on Antigua, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer announced general elections for the twin island state for March 12 in a national radio and television [...]
BROOKLYN, New York (February 18, 2009) – The culture of the Caribbean island of St. Lucia took center stage this past weekend as St. Lucians gathered in New York to jump-start landmark 30th Independence Anniversary celebrations amidst the sounds of folk music, calypso rhythms, and country music – a musical genre that has been fondly adopted by St. Lucians. [...]
Antigua-based billionaire Allen Stanford has been charged with fraud by US authorities according to the Reuters agency. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it was “alleging a fraud of shocking magnitude”. Linda Chatman Thomsen, director of the SEC’s division of enforcement, said: “As we allege in our complaint, Stanford and the close circle [...]
Monday, February 16 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda: Paul Collingwood produced a typically robust 113 here Monday as England piled up a formidable first innings total and left the West Indies with a tough climb after two days of the 3rd Digicel Test at the ARG. Collingwood ensured that the visitors, overnight 301 [...]
Monday, February 16 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda:� West Indian Cricket legends Sir Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts and Michael Holding were honoured on Monday when they were presented with their International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame caps. During a special ceremony held during lunch on Day 2 of the 3rd Digicel Test [...]
By Jerry George Creative structuring of Insurance policies may be at the heart of how Insurance companies like CLICO take deposits from investors in Trinidad and Tobago and in islands such as St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Trinidian Financial Consultant Ved Seereeram who is a professional banker and whose focus has been on the development [...]
Sunday, February 15 – Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua & Barbuda: England captain Andrew Strauss hit a fluent 169 here Sunday as the West Indies were made to toil on a typically batsman-friendly pitch at the resurrected Antigua Recreation Ground. At close on the first day of the third Digicel Test, the visitors reached 301-3, cheered [...]
Final Vote NO Rally at Victoria Park
Sir James at Chateaubelair meeting
Feature Speaker Aneisa Baptiste chats with Godwin Friday on platform
Turn out at Chateaubelair ‘Vote No’ Meeting
Attendees at the NDP Youth Convention ’09 held at Langley Park
Winners of Miss Heritage 2009
Lord Karessah Calypso Monarch ’09