St. George’s, Grenada, March 10th, 2010: Leader of the Opposition, and Parliamentary Representative for St. George North West, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell says he is fully convinced that the Government is on the wrong track as it relates to VAT and condemns their approach which seems to be ‘a fi...Read More >>>

St. George’s, Grenada, March 10th, 2010: Former Minister for Finance Hon. Anthony Boatswain is calling on the Government to take urgent action to provide relief from the depressing impact of the Value Added Tax (VAT). He said despite being warned by the NNP that the timing was not right for the imp...Read More >>>

ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA _ Grenadians will soon be able to express their opinions on the OECS Economic Union. A series of public discussions on the issue are scheduled to begin on March 16th and will run to May, at various locations across the country. This is a prerequisite for the establishment of ...Read More >>>

By Sandra C A Ferguson Citizens in Defence of Grenada’s Lands and Heritage That obsure group of “developers”, Poole Capital, seemed to have simply faded into oblivion in early 2006. Following the erection of “No trespassing signs” along the Lagoon Road in late 2005, advising of dire consequ...Read More >>>

Dexter Mitchell CEO The Grenada Cultural Foundation On Sunday March 14th, 2010, the St. Patrick Organization For Development (SPOD) will launch the 24th edition of the St. Patrick Day Fiesta. The opening ceremony will take place on the grounds of the St. Patrick Anglican School and will co...Read More >>>

By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 8th, 2010- A skills’ training workshop in pastry- and confectionary-making, organised by the Division of Gender and Family Affairs, is reaping success with a business spinoff. Some of the workshop participants have formed a company c...Read More >>>

By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 8th, 2010- The Division of Agriculture in the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs is embarking on a programme which will see water wells and ponds being cleaned. After the successful cleaning of the Belair and Brunswi...Read More >>>

By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 8th, 2010- The women of Carriacou have been encouraged to think of the way they do things, including their mode of dress and their behaviour in the private and public spheres. The word of encouragement came from Alice Victor-Alexander, ...Read More >>>

By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 8th, 2010- The athletes of Bishop's College (BC) reigned supreme over the girls and boys of Hillsborough Secondary School (HSS) in the 2010 Carriacou Inter-secondary Sports Meet. It was the first inter-secondary games in Carriacou in ...Read More >>>

St. George’s, – Former Senator and National Democratic Congress (NDC) executive member, Ingrid Rush, has come to the defence of Hon. Glynis Roberts, the party’s Treasurer and Member of Parliament for St. George South. Mrs. Rush, who served in the Senate from 2003 to 2008, was a guest on a Sunday ...Read More >>>

By Michael Bascombe St. George’s, – Honourable Nazim Burke, who was a senior Ministry of Finance technocrat in Grenada’s leftwing People’s Revolutionary Government of 1979 – 1983, has brushed aside suggestions that he is behaving like a conservative now that he is charge of the country’s purse ...Read More >>>

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada - The Grenada Amateur Boxing Association(GABA) on Saturday paid tribute to the late Dr David Lambert who provided free medical services to boxers. Dr. Lambert, who died last month, has been credited for providing medicalservices to the GABA for over two decades. A minute sile...Read More >>>

St. George’s, March 5, 2009 (GIS) – Grenadians will soon have the use of a new recreational park in the Town of St. George. A sod-turning ceremony was held Friday, March 5, to symbolize the start of work on Tri-centennial Park, located just above Sendall Tunnel leading up to Fort George. Pla...Read More >>>

An Open Letter to Michael Bascombe re: Poor State of Sports Reporting Dear Michael; You are still making assumptions and publishing what you believe to be the facts without the necessary checking, a point which I made when I replied to your comments about the poor state of sports reporting i...Read More >>>

The St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) held its annual sports meet at the Progress Park sporting facility in St. Andrew’s on Thursday March 4, 2010. About 4,000 spectators, including past students and sporting enthusiasts, converged at the sport center to witness the rivalry among the fo...Read More >>>

The Princess Alice Hospital, located in the village of Mirabeau, St. Andrew’s, celebrated its 60th anniversary on Thursday March 4, 2010. The event was marked with a special ceremony at the health facility which was attended by government ministers, opposition personalities, officials from the Mini...Read More >>>

DELIBERATE LIES & MISREPRESENTATIONS = NAZIMATICS 1. Minister says 11,500 persons received work in the debushing programme in 2009, but less than half that number received only a fortnight each. 2. The Minister claims abolishing sand mining was a success but Grenadians suffered because...Read More >>>

St. George’s, March 5, 2010 (GIS) – Concert promoters applying for work permits to bring artistes to perform in Grenada have been promised a 24-hour response to their application. The guarantee was given Thursday by Labour Minister, Hon. Karl Hood, when he met with about 20 promoters at the Minis...Read More >>>

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MARCH 5 2010: Minister of Finance, Hon. Nazim Burke, left the island this morning to attend the 66th Meeting of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Central Bank (ECCB) in St. Kitt’s. According to information from the ECCB, the main discussion items on the agenda are the sta...Read More >>>

By Deanna Isaac Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 5th, 2010- International Women’s Day 2010 will be celebrated in Carriacou in a special event organised by the Division of Gender & Family Affairs of the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs. The Division is staging a ladies’ eveni...Read More >>>

By Deanna Isaac CARRIACOU - The economic landscape of the 13-square-mile island of Carriacou is about to change with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development of a free port and container port project on the island. The MOU was signed on Thursday, February 25, betw...Read More >>>

Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas said on Thursday his recent five-day visit to Cuba, at the invitation of the island’s President Raul Castro, was a success. “My visit has been fruitful. We continue to be interested in strengthening our mutual cooperation, as well as that between Cuba and ...Read More >>>

By Michael Bascombe BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Freshman Kirani James was named the SEC Men's Freshman Runner of the Year, as voted on by the league head coaches, the Southeastern Conference announced on Thursday. The Grenadian runner is the second Alabama athlete to garner the award (Emmanuel Bor, ...Read More >>>

By Sandra Ferguson Peter De Saviour was in town last week DONATING(?!) land for the Belmont/Springs community centre. Some of we the people might remember that back in 2007 after throwing a fete for the “fellas”, they were traumatized when PDS’ bulldozers move in and demolished the old building...Read More >>>

From the Office of The Leader of Her majesty's Opposition St. George’s, Grenada, March 4th, 2010: Members of Her Majesty’s Opposition are calling on the Government of Grenada to conduct an urgent review of the school books programme so as to reduce the pain it is causing to the poor and vulnera...Read More >>>

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, Thursday, March 04, 2010: Courts in Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica have now approved recommendations of the Judicial Managers of the branches of British American Insurance Company for the establishment of a new company. This brings to six, the number of countries where C...Read More >>>

Guyana's Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon “The cabinet resolved to continue its focus on addressing the unreasonable and unfair fare structure and service provided by Caribbean airlines to Guyanese particularly on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to Port-of Spain (Trinidad) run” Lunch...Read More >>>

By Gary Spaulding,Senior Gleaner Writer The (Jamaica)Government is banking on handing over national carrier Air Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago-operated Caribbean Airlines by April 12, says Bruce Nobles, president and chief executive officer of the national airline. Nobles told employees in an ...Read More >>>

The Media Workers Association of Grenada (MWAG) welcomes the decision by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to approve funding for media training in Grenada this year. MWAG will like to formally and publicly express our gratitude to UNESCO for this timel...Read More >>>

A major fire in the Mt. Parnassus area in St. George’s yesterday threatened to do significant damage to the homes and property of some residents. The firemen responded quickly to reports of a fire in the area and commenced their perilous battle to put out the blaze. They were assisted in their ef...Read More >>>