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Islands Rush To Welcome The World

The Daily Telegraph
February 28, 2007

The race to put the finishing touches to the most complex cricket tournament ever staged is in full flow across the Caribbean.With just under two weeks before the tournament commences, there is an optimism in Government, and a fervour from the people of the islands, that this will be the greatest cricket World Cup ever staged. Certainly, it has taken a sporting event of this magnitude, and the common thread of West Indies cricket, to overcome traditional inter-island rivalries in commerce, tourism and development.

Politically within Caricom – the Caribbean community grouping in commerce, law and society – there is the belief that the legacy will be long-lasting and profitable. The reality may be that the wealth of legacies will differ from island to island.

Without doubt, this is the most logistically challenging – and expensive – cricket World Cup. Sixty-seven matches will be played over 54 days, at 12 venues, in nine countries: Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and St Kitts & Nevis.

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St Kitts’ Warner Park Ready For Cricket World Cup

Published on March 02, 2007
Caribbean NetNews

BASSETERRE, St Kitts:  Security and infrastructure requirements are under review at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium as the start of ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) matches in St Kitts and Nevis is less than two weeks away.

In order to prepare the stadium for the event, 6,000 temporary seats have been added, tent villages and fan zones have been erected and a temporary media box has been constructed. The extra media facility was added to accommodate the large number of foreign press expected. The original media box is set up to facilitate radio and television broadcast.

The Chief Operating Officer and Venue Development Director of the CWC 2007, Don Lockerbie, is in St Kitts to conduct a system test. “We want to make sure that the PA (public address) system, the scoreboards and video boards and the CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) and the air conditioning and others are finished and working,” he said.

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Caribbean Cricket Chaos

The Australian
March 03, 2007

The Kenyans fly into the Caribbean today as the last of 16 teams to arrive for the World Cup Cricket and the foreign fans will not be far behind, their holiday bags light with tropical shirts and sun lotion.

Chief organiser Chris Dehring predicted some time ago that the tournament would be “either the very best thing that happens to the Caribbean or the very worst”. We are about to find out which it is to be.
A happy tournament will give West Indies cricket a dozen new or remodelled stadiums and tens of millions of dollars in profits, while showing its fractious island nations the benefits of co-operation and perhaps leaving 50,000-odd visitors and millions of television viewers sold on the idea of Caribbean tourism.

A disastrous World Cup, blighted by bad organisation, crime, or some other misfortune, could bankrupt local cricket bodies, set the islands quarrelling and leave disgruntled visitors vowing never to spend another dollar in that part of the world.

Dehring said yesterday that he was sure the event would be a success, brushing off fears the infrastructure of the nine small, mostly poor island nations could be defeated by the most complex and ambitious cricket tournament in history.

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Saint Kitts – Nevis PM Arrives In Cuba Today

March 02, 2007 Granma Internacional By invitation of the government of the Republic of Cuba, the Honorable Dr. Denzil Douglas, prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, arrives in our country on an official visit today. His delegation is also …

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St. Kitts-Nevis PM Meets With Venezuelan President

March 01, 2007
ZIZ

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has described as “very successful” his 90-minute meeting Wednesday afternoon with Venezuelan President His Excellency Hugo Chavez.

Dr. Douglas, who is heading a six-man delegation to Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, will also visit Cuba before returning home early next week.

Prime Minister Douglas said he and President Chavez discussed “wide ranging matters including assistance as St. Kitts and Nevis continues to move the economy away from sugar agriculture to tourism, hospitality and financial services.”

The St. Kitts and Nevis leader said the Venezuela President has agreed to assist the twin-island Federation in its housing programme.

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