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CRICKET-BAN/HPC-Hope and Fletcher score centuries as HPC dominate
KHULNA, Bangladesh, Sep 16, CMC- Typically flamboyant hundreds from Kyle Hope and Andre Fletcher gave the Sagicor High Performance Centre team a brilliant start to their opening tour match against the Bangladesh National Cricket Academy on Sunday. ... Full story
CRICKET-WOMEN-LEAD-West Indies women end England’s unbeaten run
ARUNDEL, England, Sep 16, CMC – Deandra Dottin smashed a match winning half century as West Indies Women defeated England Women by three wickets in the final Twenty20 International of the five-match series at Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground here Sunday. ... Full story
CRICKET-HILAIRE-WICB president praises outgoing CEO for reviving the sport
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Sep 16, CMC –President of the West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB) Dr. Julian Hunte, says the sport is on a better footing as a result of the tenure of outgoing Chief Executive Officer Dr.Ernest Hilaire. ... Full story
BRITAIN - HUMAN RIGHTS - Amnesty International wants Cuba to explain ongoing hunger strike by dissidents
LONDON, Sept. 16, CMC – Global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, wants Cuban authorities to either explain why they failed to release detainee Jorge Vázquez Chaviano as scheduled on September 9 or let him go “immediately and unconditionally.” ... Full story
CRICKET-WICB-WICB congratulates Narine and Taylor
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, Sep 16, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board has congratulated Sunil Narine and Stafanie Taylor, the two West Indian players who won awards at the ICC Annual Awards ceremony on Saturday night. ... Full story
UNITED STATES – POLITICS - US legislator concerned about Caribbean voter disenfranchisement
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, CMC – Grenadian American New York City Council Member Jumaane D. Williams has expressed concern about what he described as the gross disenfranchisement of Caribbean and other voters in last week’s Democratic Primary elections in Brooklyn, New York. ... Full story
GUYANA - CRIME – Eight arrested following cocaine seizure on Caribbean airlines flight
GEORGETOWN, Guyana , Sept 16, CMC - Security officials in Guyana, on Sunday, arrested eight persons following the seizure of close to sixty pounds of cocaine found in a checked suitcase aboard a Caribbean Airlines plane bound for New York. ... Full story
CRICKET-WOMEN-Campbell praises Dottin’s batting
ARUNDEL, England, Sep 16, CMC- West Indies women’s coach Sherwin Campbell has described lower order batswoman Deandra Dottin as explosive and unstoppable following her match winning half century to avert an England white wash in their Twenty/20 five match series on sunday. ... Full story
JAMAICA - POLITICS –Simpson Miller outlines plans for economy and nation building at party conference
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 16, CMC - Against the background of a struggling economy, concerns about unemployment and reports of dissention within the party President of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) and Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller sought to clear the air on the state of the economy, nation building, employment and her style of leadership . ... Full story
Jamaica government outlines plans for economy and nation building
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 16, CMC - Against the background of a struggling economy, concerns about unemployment and reports of dissention within the party President of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) and Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller sought to clear the air on the state of the economy, nation building, employment and her style of leadership . ... Full story
