West Indies in tough World Cup Pool B

DUBAI, UAE -- The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be staged in Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March, and India will begin its title defence against traditional rival Pakistan in Adelaide on 15 February, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday. India, which won the 2011 event when it defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final in Mumbai, will complete its group fixtures against Zimbabwe at Eden Park, Auckland, on 14 March. In the group, India will also play South Africa (in Melbourne on 22 February), Qualifier 4 (in Perth on 28 February), West Indies (in Perth on 6 March) and Ireland* (in Hamilton on 10 March).

Letter: Who fooling who?

Dear Sir: In St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) we have a saying, “When something is too good to be true, it’s no good!” I have never heard so much nonsense coming from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) about how they determine SVG halved undernourishment ahead of the 2015 deadline. So, if we replace food with cars, they are basically saying there are more cars in the SVG; therefore, everybody has a car. Well, the rich man may have 10 or 20 cars. It does not means that everyone has a car or people stop walking. This is so absurd when people know that agriculture in SVG has been destroyed by the government. How did the minister (politician) put it? Agriculture is dead and a thing of the past!

Commentary: Why are so many regional headquarters and branches located in Barbados?

Commentary: Why are so many regional headquarters and branches located in Barbados?

By D. Markie Spring

In my opinion, the nationalistic views of Barbadians are somewhat disturbing, often criticized for their ethnocentric bias!

The author of a number of published works, D. Markie Spring was born in St Vincent and the Grenadines and now resides in Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands. He has an MBA from the University of Leicester, England, and a BA from Saint Mary's University, Canada
This nation has assumed the centre for economic activities of the Eastern Caribbean and the entire

St Lucia opposition selects new leader:

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Former senator and minister of tourism Allen Chastanet has been selected by the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) in St Lucia as its new leader.

Another political party leader, Therold Prudent, of the Lucian People's Movement (LPM), congratulated Chastanet on his elevation to the UWP leadership, noting that the policy of the LPM is to never consider its political rivals to be enemies.

"We in the LPM will never allow policy differences on how to run the country or the democratic right to membership of rival political organizations to become personal issues. At the end of the day, we are concerned about our country and which party has the better vision to lead it after the next elections," Prudent said.

"In the months and years ahead, I look forward to proving that my many years of active involvement in Saint Lucian politics from 1982 to the present and the invaluable experience I have gained working in diverse parts of the world makes me, and the LPM, more worthy of moving our country forward,” he concluded.

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