Caribbean Union of Teachers

BASSETERRE St. Kitts 10th April 2013........St. Kitts Teachers' Union 14th Biennial Conference was declared a resounding success! "Go Forward... Forging New Paths", was the theme that echoed throughout the University of the West Indies' Conference Room on Monday 8th April 2013 as conference teacher delegates and observers joined school stewards and outgoing executive members from throughout the island in celebrating their successes as an organization and chartering the course for the organization's upcoming biennium.

President Claire Elshot was unanimously elected President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union for another term.

Other members elected to serve on tthe board are: 
Vice President - Corinne Lejuez-VanPutten
Treasurer - Robert Rawlins
Assistant Treasurer - Diana Windefelde
General Secretary - Roxsana Pantophlet
Assistant Secretary - Melissa Fleming 

Board Members - Travis McQuilkin; Silvy Ravenberg; Miranda Lake

Indra Ramsingh-Geoffroy – Deputy Chairman, CUT Public Relations Committee

St. Lucia Teachers Union (SLTU) will be hosts of the Caribbean Union of Teachers' (CUT) Biennial Les Harris T20 Cricket Competition which bowls off from Friday April 5 to Sunday April 7, 2013.

The participating teams, which begin arriving from Wednesday April 3, are defending champions Jamaica, Barbados, runners up 2011 Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and hosts St. Lucia.

The Three-day tournament is expected to be highly competitive and involves teacher cricketers who are members of the CUT units. In 2011, the competition missed the rivalry between Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados; their participation this year would definitely add to the competition.

Day One of the competition bowls off at 9:30 am at Mindoo Phillip Park with a Group A match, Guyana vs. Jamaica. Trinidad & Tobago faces arch rivals Barbados at the same venue at 2:00pm in the first Group B encounter. Gros Islet Recreation Ground will feature a day/night Group A game; Jamaica versus hosts St. Lucia beginning at 5:00pm.

Day Two begins at Mindoo Phillip Park with a Group B fixture, Bermuda vs. Barbados at 9:00am and a Group A match, Guyana vs. St. Lucia at 2:00pm. The last game of the preliminary round features a day/night feature at Gros Islet, Bermuda vs. Trinidad and Tobago.

Day Three will see action in the semi finals, Winner of Group A vs. Runners up in Group B at Gros Islet at 9:00am and the Winner of Group B vs. the Runners up in Group A at Mindoo Phillip.

Tournament finalists will play the final in a day/night feature at Gros Islet beginning at 2:00pm.

The SLTU is all set for an exciting competition, friendly rivalry and camaraderie. Players will leave St. Lucia not only with trophies and prizes, but with renewed and new friendships. The 3rd Vice President of the Caribbean Union of Teachers, Mr. Julian Monrose (who is also President of the SLTU) and the SLTU organizing committee must be quite happy to be able to host this tournament in the lovely and sunny isle of St. Lucia.

Who will win the title in 2013? Anyone's bet!!!

St. Georges Grenada- Teachers in Grenada spoke loudly yesterday during the staging of their biennial general election on march 12, 2013. When the dust settled on what was tipped to be a keenly contested fight for the presidency, incumbent, Kenny James was overcome by his longtime rival Lydon Christopher. Christopher emerged the winner with a total of 868 votes to James' 791. The full executive is as follows: