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Designer Noreen Phillips’ – Big Day

This time, the wedding gown is going to be on Caribbean-born designer Noreen Phillips. The internationally renowned, Vincentian-born dressmaker, who runs Noreen Phillips CouturiÃ¨re in St. John’s, Antigua, is to marry English businessman and financier Gerald Staines in a private …

Sunday, January 7th 2007
The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group has to take a decision on whether the St Kitts sugar quota will remain in the Caribbean or be distributed among all the members of the ACP group.

St Kitts and Nevis has closed its sugar industry in the face of the European Union decision to cut the price of sugar by 36% over a four-year period beginning last year.

The entire ACP group has been affected by the price cuts and its members are divided over whether or not shortfalls in sugar quota should remain in the Caribbean or be distributed.

January 05, 2007 Close of Play Summaries – Round 1, Day 2 BARBADOS V TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CRAB HILL, Barbados – Barbados, replying to Trinidad & Tobago’s first innings total of 273, were 220 for eight when stumps were drawn …

By Daniel Singh – January 05, 2007

Any discussion on the future of cricket must take into consideration, among other things, the origin and causes of its decline in the first place, as well as what are the present circumstances that are leading to continuing poor performances of the team.

There is no single cause for the continuing decline of West Indies cricket over the years and, similarly, there can be no universal panacea that will bring about a revival of the game in the region and, hence, the team’s performances.

There are many issues that have been raised from time to time, and which have been posited as reasons for causing the decline in West Indies cricket. These include leadership problems, lack of proper coaching programmes, declining regional and local cricket standards, and certainly not the least, inadequate finances.

Many have also attempted to pass the blame on the influence of North American sports, but while that may be a minimal contributing factor, it is only a superficial way of excusing those at the West Indies Cricket Board level who hold the keys to any turn around that could be possible.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JANUARY 4TH 2007 (CUOPM) The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis will hold fast to social policies that positively influence or impact economic growth and development in the pursuit of sustainable economic growth. “We must ensure that …

Designer Noreen Phillips’ – Big Day

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