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West Indies vs Australia 2012 St Vincent and the Grenadines

West-Indies-Vs-Australia

Fri Mar 16
09:30 local | 13:30 GMT 1st ODI – West Indies vs Australia
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

Sun Mar 18
09:30 local | 13:30 GMT 2nd ODI – West Indies vs Australia
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

Tue Mar 20
09:30 local | 13:30 GMT 3rd ODI – West Indies vs Australia
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown

Australia will begin their tour of the Caribbean when they play 3 One Day International games in St.Vincent at the Grenadines at the picturesque Arnos Vale playing field.  Both teams are here and they are ready to go.  There will be a local TV block out of the game and persons who are interested in looking at the game will have to go to the game, of if they have VHF antennas they can pick up the signal from Grenada or St.Lucia television stations.

Another alternative is to watch the game LIVE on the internet.  The FREE way, I have done it the past but these sites keep getting shut down or they are full of plug ins to download on your computer.  Sometimes I dont trust them though.

Also you can buy and download softwares that streams tv shows, movies, music and sporting events online.  These programs cost money and do not always deliver.

Below are some of the FREE sites that have worked for me before, if you know anymore sites where you can watch the cricket games live online, email me or post a link below in the comments.

http://atdhenet.tv/index.html

http://channelsurfing.ws/

http://linkupvideos.com/channels-list/

http://www.stream2watch.me/

Then the list below are the programs that you have to pay for
http://www.ICPC.tv

PS – Please note, that if you decide to buy and you are not satisfied with the service,ask for a refund…..and dont blame me..I am just facilitating these online resources

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CWSASVG

Come February 2012 Vincentians will begin to pay $5.00 EC more for water and solid waste management services.  In a press conference earlier this week Garth Saunders(CEO) said that 75% of consumers will see an increase of EC$10 or less for water supply and sewerage services.

Mr Saunders said that 75% of the CWSA consumers will see an increase in their bills of between EC$5 and EC$10 per month.  The basic charges has increased from $12.00 EC to $14.00.

Business places will seen an increases from $15.00 EC to $25.00 EC

According Garth, these basic charges is to ensure that the CWSA has a sufficient fixed income to be able to carry out their basic services.

There is also an increase in the Domestic and Commercial Sewerage rates and Garbage disposal services

On mainland St. Vincent, the environmental fee will be $11.00 EC up from $8.00.

In the Grenadines, the garbage is collected twice a week and their domestic environmental fee will be $10.00 EC, the previous rate was $5.00 EC.

Click Here to Download or Save the New CWSA Rates

My Take
So after listening to Mr Saunders detailed reasons for the increase of the CWSA rates, I must say that the increase is not at all burdensome, it is not outrageous, or unreasonable.  I believe that if persons analize the figures, they would realize that the increase is barely minimal.  Persons may just have to prioritize. It will take some behavioral adjustments,for example, taking shorter baths, I mean why would you have the water from the shower head running continously when you are soaping up your rash rag, how about ,using buckets to wash down vehicles, fixing leaks ASAP and turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.

On the other hand this increase will cause consumers to be more conservative when using their water.

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