NEW YORK, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says the Second Annual Conference on the Caribbean will open up doors for further dialogue and concrete initiatives, spurring regional economic growth. In delivering the keynote address Thursday at the launch of ‘The New York Conference on the Caribbean Community: A 20/20 Vision Continued’, the Antiguan leader said “the moment is opportune” for the region to engage in this “interface with existing and prospective investment and trade partners”.
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THE WEST Indies and Australia will usher in the first Twenty20 International in the Caribbean when they meet at the Kensington Oval today.
After the three-match Test series, the two teams will play a one-off match in the shortest form of the game ahead of their five-match one-day international series, which starts on Tuesday. Although losing the Test series 2-0, the West Indies challenged Australia all the way and coach John Dyson is hoping to build on that performance in the shorter matches.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):
Prolific West Indies batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, is targeting another three years in international cricket. The 33-year-old joined illustrious company by becoming the fourth West Indian batsman to reach 8,000 runs in Test cricket on the fifth and final day of the third Digicel Test against Australia at Kensington Oval on Monday.
“I don’t know where I am going to go, but hopefully I can play another three years of international cricket if things go well,” Chanderpaul told reporters.

“You have to perform. That is the only way you are going to be up there. If I play another three years of international cricket, I’d be happy.”
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The main 2008 hurricane season outlook from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center (CPC), is in collaboration with scientists from the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) and Hurricane Research Division (HRD). This outlook makes it clear that the scientists do not provide the public with a general guide to the expected overall nature of the upcoming hurricane season.
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