allowing us to keep additional foreign exchange in Barbados after putting together the 2017 event.”

“Tonight is the final event on our itinerary and again we will make our final push to leave a lasting impression during the awards ceremony as Sir Garfield Sobers makes his presentation to the entire group of participants, followed by the performance by calypsonian, Red Plastic Bag.”

The biannual festival is the brainchild of cricket enthusiast, Peter McDermott, and has previously been held in destinations such as Adelaide, Birmingham, Brisbane, Auckland and Sydney to mention a few.

The Golden Oldies Festival is not limited to cricket but also has editions catering to those who play rugby, golf, hockey and netball. The BTMI is exploring the opportunities of hosting these editions of the festival as well duringParis (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande vowed to destroy the Islamic State group after its atrocities in Paris, promising tough new anti-terror measures at home and intensified bombing of Syria.

France and Belgium staged dozens of raids on suspected extremists as the manhunt continued for an eighth jihadist, including in a known radical hotspot in Brussels where some of the attackers are thought to have lived.

Describing the coordinated attacks that killed 129 people as "acts of war," Hollande urged a global fightback to crush IS and said he would hold talks with his US and Russian counterparts on a new offensive.

Friday's "acts of war... were decided and planned in Syria, prepared and organised in Belgium (and) perpetrated on our soil with French complicity," Hollande told an extraordinary meeting