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In a match that defied belief and pushed tension to the absolute limit, Captain Shai Hope, with a dogged unbeaten half-century and spinner Akeal Hosein combined to pull off a stunning, last-gasp victory for the West Indies over Bangladesh in the second One Day International here on Tuesday.

The heart-stopping contest at the Shere Bangla National Stadium was ultimately decided by a rare Super Over, with the visitors snatching a one-run win to level the three-match series and set up a dramatic finale.

Reflecting on the galvanising win, Hosein, who bowled the super over, emphasised its significance for a team in the building phase.

‘These wins do a lot for the team, you know, it brings them together, it makes everyone believe. And at the end of the day, a win is a win. And I think that these wins that we scrape and fight as a unit to get over the line can only do wonders for the team.’

The left-arm spinner also explained a key tactical decision that saw the West Indies bowl 50 consecutive overs of spin for the first time in their ODI history, praising part-timer Alick Athanaze for his discipline.

‘When you look at a surface and what it’s doing, it makes little sense asking your fast bowlers to run up and exert that kind of effort. We do have several quality spinners. [Athanaze] goes down as a part-timer, but at the end of the day, discipline is key. he stuck to the plan. and it paid off.’

With the series now perfectly poised at 1-1, Hosein identified the key to clinching the decider.

‘I think the confidence in the camp is good; it’s just about execution,’ he said. ‘On these sorts of pitches, you’re never really in until you finish the job. if you are in, you take it straight to the end and bring that game home for the team. Don’t leave it up for anyone else.’

The third and final day/night game will be played on Thursday.

Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, Wednesday said he hopes to get information by the end of the day regarding reports that four Guyanese nationals are feared dead after a fishing boat sank in the Saramacca River near Lareco in Suriname last Saturday evening.

The Saramacca River is regarded as a key waterway for the Maroon communities who live along its banks and who use it for transportation and trade.

‘I am hoping by the end of today, I can get some more information from our ambassador here, and then I can put out an official statement from the Ministry of Agriculture..We are hoping that these people, that vessel can find them alive and bring them back to Suriname safely. So, I am very optimistic that that can happen,’ Mustapha told reporters.

‘Presently, I don’t know what are the circumstances. I have spoken to our ambassador to get some more information. Hopefully, by the end of today, I can get more information,’ he added.

Suriname police said that they had received a report early Monday morning that the crew were floating on ice cubes. They said that the caller had indicated that people in the area had used their boats to search for the four people, without success.

The National Army Marine Corps and the Groningen police were also deployed in the search.

The wife of the boat owner’s reported that her husband and three crew members were missing. She did not provide he names of the crew members.

Mustapha said that the situation is very concerning, adding ‘we are very concerned because, generally, whenever our fisherfolks encounter difficulties like those, we tend to work along with our Coast Guard, work along with the other agencies, so that we can try as much as possible to locate them.

‘However, this incident took place in Suriname waters, and I’m hoping that the Surinamese authorities, because I have also seen news that the Surinamese authorities have sent out their patrol vessels and also helicopters to look for these guys.’

The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for Haiti is providing four million US dollars to three United Nations organisations so that they can support more than100,000 vulnerable people before Tropical Storm, Melissa, which is expected to become a hurricane on Friday, hits the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

The CERF said that the funds will go to World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

‘Our humanitarian colleagues are working with UN partners and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Authority to step up preparedness activities. The storm is expected to bring heavy rains and strong winds to Haiti – potentially leading to flooding, landslides and power outages,’ Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told the daily news briefing.

In its latest weather bulletin, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Melissa remains disorganised and ‘jogging’ slowly westward. It said heavy rainfall and flooding is expected over portions of Hispaniola and Jamaica over the remainder of this week.

The storm is situated 320 miles, south, south west of Port-au-Prince, in Haiti and about 315 miles south east of Kingston, the Jamaican capital. It has maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (mph).

A hurricane watch is in effect for the southwestern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-Au-Prince, while a tropical storm watch remains in effect for Jamaica.

The NHC said that interests elsewhere in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba should monitor the progress of Melissa, which is moving slowly toward the west near two mph ‘A slow forward speed and a gradual turn to the northwest and north is forecast during the next couple of days, followed by a turn back westward by this weekend. On the forecast

track, Melissa is expected to approach Jamaica and the southwestern portion of Haiti later this week,’ the NHC said, adding that some gradual strengthening is anticipated during the next few days, and Melissa could become a hurricane by Friday.

Haq said that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA) is closely monitoring the storm in the Caribbean, and that the fuds to the three UN organisations ‘ were released as part of what we call anticipatory action efforts, which allow the humanitarian community in Haiti to get ahead of the direst consequences of storms and hurricanes.

‘The response will focus on critical early warning messages and life-saving evacuation support, as well as cash transfers, emergency shelter management, and water, sanitation and hygiene kits’ Haq added.

In a sobering and brutally honest assessment, two former West Indies and Jamaica cricketers have declared that the road to redemption for the region’s cricket will be a long one, with one stating it could take ‘a generation or two’ to restore its former glory.

Mark Neita, a former Jamaican batsman, and Nehemiah Perry, a former West Indies off-spinner, delivered a stark critique of the system, pointing to a catastrophic collapse at the grassroots level, a coaching crisis, and the damaging influence of T20 cricket on young players.

Neita did not mince words whilst speaking on a radio talk show recently, when describing the state of the game in his homeland.

‘And it might sound really terrible, but our cricket is even worse than we think,’ Neita stated. ‘Our cricket, regionally, is really bad, but in Jamaica it’s really, really bad.’

He highlighted a shocking decline in participation, revealing that the number of schools playing cricket has plummeted from over 90 to ‘just over 30 in most parishes,’ with some areas having no high schools in local competitions. This collapse of the traditional ‘feeding ground’ has left clubs ‘teetering on disaster.’

‘The talent that I used to see come through, it’s just not there,’ Neita lamented. He also identified a dual problem with the players who do emerge: a fixation on power-hitting over technique and a critical shortage of qualified coaches.

‘The cricket board in Jamaica has not invested in equipping proper coaches,’ he asserted.

Echoing concerns over player development, Nehemiah Perry launched a direct attack on the prevalence of T20 cricket at the youth level. He called for a ban on the shortest format for Under-17 and Under-19 teams.

‘I don’t believe that our under-17 or under-19 should be playing any T20,’ Perry said emphatically. ‘If you don’t master playing forward properly, you can’t defend a stump yet, and you are playing cross-body shot, swing over mid-wicket. How are we going to develop Test cricketers with an attitude like that?’

He prescribed a return to two-day cricket to teach young batters the art of building an innings. Perry also joined Neita in criticizing the coaching standards, stating, ‘I don’t think our coaches are good enough to identify issues and to fix issues. That is the major problem we are having.’

The conversation also turned to the leadership of the senior West Indies team. When asked about current coach Daren Sammy, Neita referred to him as ‘King Sammy’ and compared him to ‘King Trump,’ suggesting an over-inflated status.

‘This to me is killing all cricket because cricket is bigger than one person,’ Neita commented. ‘We need to have a real conversation about what will create the future. It has to do with the entire region and the pride of the millions of people who love the game.’

Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says he welcomes the ongoing ‘raging’ public debate regarding a request by the United States to temporarily install a radar at the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) and the deployment of US military assets on or near Grenada.

But he said that his administration has not yet taken a decision on the matter and that he would be making a statement to the nation in due course.

‘Nothing much has changed since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that we were considering the request. We are still doing so. It is a technical matter and requires a lot of technical people to provide us with guidance on what it is we are being asked to accommodate,’ Mitchell said during his ‘DM with the PM’ programme on social media and other platforms on Tuesday night.

He said that the public became aware of the request from Washington through media reports, ‘but this request was made since August and we are in October, so if we were in a position to make a decision.and if we wanted to rush to do so, we could have done so’.

He said whether it is United States or any other country, Grenada receives request to ‘cooperate on any number of areas, particularly when it comes to things like security’.

A group comprising lawyers, educators, trade unionists and religious leaders calling itself the Coalition for a Zone of Peace has called on the government to say no to the request with former Senate president Chester Humphrey saying he is prepared to lead a peaceful protest and that the US request is a precursor to a possible invasion of Venezuela.

The Donald Trump administration has been building up a military presence off the coast of the South American country allegedly as part of its fight against the illegal shipment of drugs to the United States. Washington has confirmed that it has bombed several vessels, killing all but two people, in recent times as it puts its policy into action.

Last weekend, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat said that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders had met earlier this month to discuss several issues on the regional agenda, including the security build-up in parts of the Caribbean and its potential impact on member states.

It said that the position at that meeting was not endorsed by the government of Trinidad and Tobago.

Last Sunday, the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration in Port of Spain, reiterated its position why it is standing apart from its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours saying that the United Sates military operations are ‘aimed at combatting narco and human trafficking and other forms of transnational crime (and) are ultimately aimed at allowing the region to be a true ‘Zone of Peace’ where all citizens can in reality, live and work in a safe environment’.

Mitchell told the programme that on the question of policing or security matters ‘there are always ongoing request to consider’, giving an example, a request from the French to be able to board vessels carrying Grenadian flag in their efforts to prevent or stop illegal trafficking of drugs and persons.

‘In this case, the request that has been provided has a certain context. It is a request from the US Southern Command from a military perspective, Grenada has no military, so it is not something right off the bat that we are familiar with.

‘So that immediately makes it a type of request, which is why we have to consider the pros and cons of whether we agree or not,’ said Mitchell, who is also the Minister of National Security.

‘That is essentially what we are dealing with. I appreciate that because of the history of the Maurice Bishop International Airport, because October in particular is tied to that history, because the media reports came out in October that it is a highly emotional issue for everyone’.

Mitchell said that he is ‘extremely happy’ that members of the public have been extensively engaged in the debate surrounding the request from Washington, adding ‘people have made their comments, people have sent suggestions, people have made their recommendations.

‘It shows the vitality of democracy, it shows that freedom of speech is alive and well in Grenada, it shows we are a government that clearly understands them, because we have made no decision.

‘If we had made a decision without informing the public, without a discussion with the public, it would have been a different thing. So, I have no issue with the raging debate that’s taking place, it is just part and parcel of our democracy, but at the end of the day on these matters, the public’s view will always weigh heavily.’

Mitchell said the government still has to continue the process of ‘legal and technical engagement and if we even get to that point, we will then consult with the public as to what is the appropriate decision to be made.

‘So, while the emotion, the debate is welcomed, decision making always has to be made ina sober, fact evidence based, weighing the pros and cons in the overall context of everything else that is happening.

‘But it is important for me to emphasis that Grenada has excellent relations with each and every country in the Western Hemisphere. There is no country that Grenada does not have diplomatic relations with or has any challenges with.

‘When it comes to partnerships, from time to time you will have difference of views, time and time, you may even have falling out on a particular issue or particular matter. That’s the nature of diplomacy, that’s the matter of international relations, you get over them and you move on’.

Mitchell reiterated that he has ‘no issue with the debate, everybody giving their opinions on the matter’ adding that in his statement to the Parliament on the issue he would be repeating much of what he has disclosed on the programme.

Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries have adopted a decisive new strategic roadmap and workplan aimed at protecting the Caribbean Sea, the economic lifeblood of the region from the compounding threats of marine pollution and marine biodiversity loss.

The plan was adopted at the just concluded 18th Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP18) to the Cartagena Convention that had been hosted by the Jamaica government and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cartagena Convention Secretariat with the significant support of the EU ACP MEA III Programme.

COP 18 delegates

The organisers have described the meeting as ‘a major milestone’ saying it marked the first time that all three major Intergovernmental Meetings of the Cartagena Convention and Oil Spills Protocol, the Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution (LBS) Protocol, and the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol convened concurrently.

Over 80 delegates, representing Contracting and Non-Contracting Parties, and observers drawn from international and regional organizations and civil society, and youth attended the hybrid summit, underscoring the broad regional and global commitment to the health of the Caribbean Sea.

The overarching outcome of COP18 was the approval of a robust workplan and budget for the 2026-2027 Biennium, providing the financial and strategic framework necessary to operationalize key environmental commitments.

The organisers said that this blueprint directly supports the region’s collective vision for a resilient and sustainable Blue Economy, which relies fundamentally on healthy marine and coastal ecosystems to drive the tourism, fisheries, and shipping sectors.

‘The decisions taken in Kingston are not merely environmental mandates; they are investments in our regional economic resilience,’ said Christopher Corbin, coordinator of the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat.

‘We confronted some of the region’s most pressing issues impacting the Caribbean Sea, pollution, degradation of coastal and marine habits, loss of marine biodiversity, and sargassum , head-on, agreeing on a collaborative, sustainable financed strategy that translates regional commitments into tangible national actions.

‘COP18 was a critical call to accelerate implementation and ensure the Caribbean Sea remains productive and prosperous for future generations,’ Corbin added.

Among the key decisions taken at the conference is the ‘Tide on Pollution: Cleaner Lands for a Healthier Ocean (LBS Protocol),’ tackling the visible and costly crisis of marine pollution,with Contracting Parties advancing the Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter and strengthened commitments under the LBS Protocol.

Delegates also reaffirmed their commitment to tackling solid waste and plastic pollution, emphasizing the transition to Circular Economy approaches.

New guidelines and financing mechanisms will be explored to help Caribbean islands and continental countries of Central and South America reduce plastic leakage into the ocean, which directly protects tourism-critical beaches and fisheries.

In addition, the parties agreed to bolster measures to control pollution from land-based They said this is vital for improving water quality, which in turn safeguards the health of the region’s rapidly disappearing coral reefs.

The meeting of the SPAW Protocol saw renewed political commitment to protecting the region’s threatened marine biodiversity.

The COP agreed on proposals to enhance and expand the region’s Managers Network of Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife, ensuring critical habitats like coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds-which serve as essential natural flood defences-receive necessary protection and management.

Notably it approved the proposal from the Kingdom of the Netherlands to include Parke Marino Aruba in the SPAW List of Protected Areas.

Regarding the Sargassum problem, a united Caribbean approach had been accepted with delegates recognizing the massive influxes of Sargassum seaweed as a major threat to coastal economies and public health.

The COP approved an Action Plan and Guidelines for Sargassum Management ensuring alignment with activities under SPAW and LBS Protocols.

‘This decisive commitment provides a coordinated regional approach for monitoring, early warning systems, and, crucially, exploring the sustainable reuse and value-chain development of the seaweed.’

Delegates also endorsed the objectives of the Knowledge Management and Communications Strategy to ensure that scientific data and best practices are effectively translated and shared with policymakers, local communities, and the wider public, strengthening awareness and public support for conservation efforts and to further drive resource mobilization efforts.

The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC-Chile), aimed at strengthening national evaluation capacities and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) systems across the region.

The CDB said that the agreement was signed through its Office of Independent Evaluation (OIE) with UC-Chile, the host of the Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Latin America and the Caribbean (CLEAR-LAC).

It said CLEAR-LAC is an implementing entity of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) that was devised to strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems in developing countries to enhance evidence-based decision-making and improve public policies.

M and E systems facilitate tracking public sector performance and the analysis of national development goals and the CDB said that the partnership with CLEAR-LAC directly supports the OIE’s strategic goal of improving evaluation systems and culture in the region.

It said also that through the collaboration, the region’s premier financial institution aims to enable the integration of Caribbean country representatives active in evaluation and M and E with their Latin American and global counterparts.

‘Evaluation in CDB is based on applying global best practice, adapted to the context of CDB and the Caribbean region. Within that, our capacity strengthening efforts aim to support a new generation of leaders in evaluation from the region. Partnering with CLEAR-LAC is one step towards realising that vision,’ said Roberto La Rovere, the head of the OIE.

The multi-year collaboration will feature targeted activities starting in 2025.

The first initiative will be the production of an M and E system strengthening plan for Trinidad and Tobago. In 2026, CLEAR-LAC will facilitate delivery of the course ‘Introduction to M and E of Public Policies’ for multiple government representatives from CDB’s Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs).

Additionally, CLEAR-LAC will support the execution of regional evaluation events, organised by the OIE, centered on the Caribbean starting in 2026. This will include a dedicated workshop addressing the specific needs of government representatives.

‘CLEAR-LAC facilitates the strengthening of national M and E systems, individual capacity development from training and knowledge exchange in M and E across Latin America and the Caribbean, and globally through the GEI,’ said Cristian Crespo, CLEAR-LAC’s executive director.

‘Through this strategic partnership with OIE-CDB, we look forward to contributing to strengthening results-based management efforts currently led by the governments of multiple Caribbean nations and facilitating dialogue with other countries facing similar challenges’.

The GEI is a joint initiative of the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group and the Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme launched in 2020.

CLEAR centers, which are hosted by leading academic and policy institutions across Africa, Asia, and Latin America are an integral part of GEI’s global delivery model.

In a move that could bring the world’s biggest women’s sporting event to the island, Jamaica has been officially named a co-host in a landmark four-nation bid for the 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The historic joint bid was formally announced Monday in New York City by the football federations of the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica.

The ambitious proposal aims to create a truly continental celebration of football across North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

For Jamaica, being part of this bid is a monumental achievement. Michael Ricketts, President of the Jamaica Football Federation, called the opportunity ‘absolutely tremendous.’

‘This will have a huge impact on the psyche of every single Jamaican,’ Ricketts stated. ‘It is no ordinary feat for a small country like ours to host World Cup matches. This is huge for Jamaica and for every person who proudly calls themselves Jamaican.’

The bid, titled ‘For Now. For Next,’ has the full backing of Concacaf, the region’s governing body for football.

‘Concacaf fully supports this four-nation bid, which embodies our One Concacaf philosophy,’ said Concacaf President and FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani. ‘Hosting the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2031 will build on this momentum, inspiring future generations of players and fans.’

If successful, the 2031 tournament would be the largest Women’s World Cup in history, projected to welcome 4.5 million fans across venues in all four nations.

The bid promises world-class facilities and a groundbreaking commitment to reinvest proceeds into the global growth of the women’s game.

This effort builds on a wave of major sporting events coming to the region, including the 2026 Men’s World Cup in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

The bid also represents a historic first: while the U.S. would be hosting its third Women’s World Cup, it would be the first time the tournament is staged in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica.

The official bid book will be submitted to FIFA in November, with a final decision expected at the FIFA Congress on April 30, 2026, in Vancouver.

The Speaker of the Jamaica Parliament, Juliet Holness, says it is ‘regrettable’ that Opposition Leader Mark Golding led a walk out of opposition legislators on Tuesday, insisting that ‘the business before the House must always be conducted strictly in accordance with the Standing Orders.

‘The actions of Speakers are guided solely by the Standing Orders, and Speakers are compelled to act to preserve order, uphold the rules, and maintain the integrity of our proceedings,’ she said in a statement issued on Tuesday night.

Speaker Juliet Holness

The Opposition legislators walked out of the Parliament accusing the Holness of preventing them from asking questions of the Water and Environment Minister, Matthew Samuda.

The walkout came after Golding, sought to intervene and get an answer as to why his members were not being allowed to ask questions of Samuda regarding the country’s preparation for the approaching tropical storm, expected to impact the island in the next 48 hours.

Samuda had earlier made a statement to the House, updating legislators on the passage of Tropical Storm Melissa and the preparations being undertaken by the Andrew Holness government.

Speaking at a news conference following the walk out, Golding told reporters that his mike was cut off while he raised a procedural submission regarding Holness’ handling of the session.

He described her actions as ‘improper, irregular, unparliamentary, and thwarting the democracy of the country,’ adding ‘this is unacceptable to us, and we had to absent ourselves from the rest of the proceedings’.

Golding said that in the future, the Opposition would have to adopt different approaches to respond to the Speaker’s actions as they were elected to represent and defend the interest of the people.

He warned that the Speaker’s actions could be interpreted as silencing the Opposition and hindering its constitutional role of holding the Government accountable.

‘This is a thwarting of democracy. It makes a mockery of the Parliament, and it’s an abuse of the powers of the Speaker, and we want Jamaica to be aware of the threat to our democracy that is posed when the Parliament’s rules are interpreted and applied in a way that prevents the Opposition from being effective,’ he said.

But in her statement, Holness said that the disruption arose during statements by ministers when an opposition member ‘attempted to introduce a matter that was procedurally improper’.

She said that the question posed ‘clearly related to payment to contractors and settlement of invoices and was outside of the allowed questions based on the statement by Minister’.

Holness said that having assessed the content of the question against the relevant rules, ‘it was determined out of order as the subject matter was not within the official cognizance of the Minister tasked with responding to the question and therefore breached rules governing the propriety and content of questions presented to the House’.

She said that her ruling was based on the ‘clear provisions of the Standing Orders’ and that following ‘that clear and justified ruling, both the Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of

Opposition Business rose at separate intervals and attempted to make unsolicited statements challenging the ruling and the conduct of the sitting.

‘This was especially concerning given that the Leader of Opposition Business had previously approached the bench, where the Speaker suggested we suspend the sitting to discuss a reasonable way forward and he refused.’

She said that instead of finding an amicable solution, efforts were made to continue the matter publicly in defiance of the ruling.

‘It was a clear attempt to usurp or publicly undermine the authority of the Speaker. Worse, the Leader of the Opposition gave instructions to his members to refrain from asking questions and from furthering the people’s business in protest of the ruling.

‘The subsequent walkout by Members of the Opposition was regrettable to say the least, but worse an affront to the proper order of the house, a breach of parliamentary decorum, and, ultimately, undermined the interest of the people of Jamaica whom we are all elected to serve.’

Holness, the wife of Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that she remains ‘committed to following the Standing Orders impartially, firmly, and without fear or favour.

‘This is the House of Representatives -it is a chamber for serious, respectful, and disciplined debate in the interest of the people of Jamaica,’ Holness added.

Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, acknowledging ‘the gravity and importance of this office’ and pledging to do ‘my best’.

Boodoosingh, who succeeds Justice Ivor Archie, who announced his retirement on Tuesday, was sworn in by Acting President Wade Mark under Section 102 of the Trinidad and Tobago Constitution, which states ‘The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President after consultation with the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition’.

Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago in the presence of the Acting President, Wade Mark

The new chief justice, who was appointed a Justice of Appeal on September 14, 2020, having previously served as a Puisne Judge since September 2007,’ thanked Archie for his ‘significant contribution to the judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago both in terms of the scholarship of his judgement and the leadership he has offered to the judiciary’.

He said he had done so at the expense of ‘personal sacrifice’ and that he country owes him ‘the deepest debt of gratitude’.

The Chief Justice said he wanted to re-assure the population of his commitment to Trinidad and Tobago and that he intends to perform in the position ‘to the best of my ability.

‘I give you my commitment of hard work, of dedication to duty and that through it all, I will try to walk humbly. I understand how important this office is to the nation, to our country. I will attempt to build on the platform of the previous chief justice and the chief justices who have gone before me to ensure that when it is time to move on.that I would leave the judiciary in a better place’.

Justice Boodoosingh was admitted to practise as an attorney at law in October 1992 and latter joined the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions where he spent seven years prosecuting cases at various jurisdictional levels. In 2001, he became a lecturer at the Hugh Wooding Law School where he was the Director of the Trial Advocacy programme and taught Ethics, among other courses.

Justice Boodoosingh is the holder of the Master of Laws degree (Merit) specialising in International Dispute Resolution from the University of London. He has been certified as an adult education trainer by the University of the West Indies, an advocacy trainer by Gray’s Inn, and a Judicial Education Trainer by the University College of London. He continues to function as tutor to the Trial Advocacy Programme at the Law School of the University of the West Indies.

The author of four books, including a textbook on Trial Advocacy, Justice Boodoosingh has also been trained in settlement conferencing and mediation and has conducted Judicial Settlement Conferences.