ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, APRIL 2nd, 2012 _ A major commitment by Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas to the people of St. Patrick and Carriacou will be fulfilled on Wednesday 4th April, 2012, when the T. A. Marryshow Community College launches its video conference facility to three campus locations.
The new facility is a contribution by the board of the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKLN) to the government and people of Grenada that will propel in a new era of how education is delivered to TAMCC students living in St. Patrick and Grenada. This network will allow students at the St. Patrick and Carriacou Campuses of the TAMCC to participate in classes and interact with teachers at the Tanteen Campus of the College in real time.
The Prime Minister said that the video conference facility is a very important development for the people of northern Grenada and Carriacou, “because it means that they will save on transport and other expenses they would have to undertake if they had to commute every day. This is especially important for the parents and young people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique,” the Prime Minister said.
The funding for this project, worth EC$393,228, is provided by the European Union as part of the Euro10.00 million grant to the Caribbean for developing a regional network called C@ribNET, connecting all CARICOM member States.
The development is a culmination of a consistent campaign by the Prime Minister and his administration to utilize Information Communication Technology (ICT) to provide education and other government services to the Grenadian public “wherever they live”.
“I am excited that this project has finally come on stream and I look forward to the expansion of services offered by the TAMCC at the Sauteur’s and Hillsborough locations,” the Prime Minister said Friday.
The launch programme will utilize the technology with audiences, including the Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Sen. Franka Alexis-Bernardine in St. Patrick, while the Minister for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs, Sen. George Prime will be in Hillsborough.
“This contribution of the connectivity and the provision of the equipment for this video conferencing service to Grenada is quite appropriate”, said Mr. Ken Sylvester, CEO of CKLN, as the CKLN is headquartered in St. Georges and has benefited from the hospitality and support of the Grenada government.
In a letter dated April 4th, 2012 Attorney Sydney A. Bennet of J.S. Archibald & Co acting on behalf of Time Bourke Holdings issued a letter to Prime Minister Tillman Thomas seeking compensation of 15,000,000 US dollars which was paid to the Government of Grenada under the NNP for 20 acres of land in Morne Rouge.
It seems like PM Thomas wanted to prove to the Grenada people that he is in charge and so moved to take back the land bought and paid for by Time Bourke Holdings. Well Time Bourke Holdings now wants their money back since PM Thomas took back the land.
A section of the letter stated "Our clients are, without prejudice to their right to challenge the legitimacy of the acquisition, willing to accept a sum equivalent to US$15,000,000 as compensation for the compulsory acquisition of their interest in the property. Failing this, they intend to take such steps as may be necessary to secure their rights, contractual and otherwise to proper compensation for the acquisition of that interest by the Government of Grenada"
Expect to hear more about this matter in the weeks to come especially as the letter has been leaked.
0
0
By: The Torchlight 4/10/2012 12:19:17 PM
This should have been done long ago. Grenada should be the headquarters of CKLN but thanks to the tardiness and lack of genuine concern for the students of the country we are seeing this lackluster, attention seeking NDC doing this for themselves to get praise and not really for the students. when will we get a government working in the genuine interest of the people?
Pgs
