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  4/3/2004 || GRENADA’S CREDIT RATING IMPROVES0
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Grenada’s ability to improve its creditworthiness has again been reflected in the ratings by the Institutional Investor magazine. During the period September 2003 to March 2004, Grenada ranked second out of 172 countries for improved creditworthiness, receiving an 8.9 point ...Read More >>>
  4/2/2004 || WINDIES FLOORED BY ENGLAND BOWLING ON DAY ONE OF T...0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 1 (AFP) - Andrew Flintoff captured his first five-wicket haul in Tests to bowl England into a superior position on the opening day of the third Test against the West Indies on Thursday. Ramnaresh Sarwan hit the top score of 63 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul made 50, but F...Read More >>>
  4/1/2004 || LARA REFUSES TO GIVE UP FIGHT0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): West Indies captain Brian Lara has predicted his battered team will stage a fightback when they take on England in the third Test which starts here on Thursday. The West Indies trail in the four-Test series 2-0 after losing the opening clash at Sabina Park by 10 wicke...Read More >>>
  4/1/2004 || REGIONAL CHEFS TO BRING TROPICAL FLAIR, FLAVOURS T...0
NEW YORK, USA: As part of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)'s Caribbean Week festivities taking place in New York City, May 31 - June 5, 2004, 24 chefs from world-class resorts and restaurants around the region will participate in the Celebrity Chef Programme and spice up the week's activitie...Read More >>>
  3/31/2004 || SHOOTING AT GAY WEDDING IN GUYANA INJURES ONE0
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Police said Monday they were looking for a man who opened fired on a gay wedding reception in Georgetown, Guyana, over the weekend, hitting a participant in the chest. According to a report by The Advocate, gay weddings are illegal in Guyana and police said they planned to r...Read More >>>
  3/31/2004 || ANTIGUAN OFFICIAL MAY HAVE FLED TO GRENADA0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: An Opposition Member of Parliament is calling on the Grenada government to clear the air on rumours circulating around the country that an Antiguan government official who was on a travel ban had landed here. Representative for the town of St. George and shadow Minister fo...Read More >>>
  3/31/2004 || GRENADA'S LEGAL ADVISER ATTACKS JUDGE'S RULING0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: Legal adviser to the Grenada government and special prosecutor Jamaican Hugh Wildman has attacked the decision of High Court judge Justice Kenneth Benjamin who ruled that 13 former army and government officials of the defunct People's Revolutionary Government had their constit...Read More >>>
  3/30/2004 || DID GRENADA PM CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT FREEING COARD...0
ST. GEORGE’S: Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell was willing to make a deal on the freedom of those convicted of killing Maurice Bishop, but backed off after he felt his preconditions were not being met, a CARIBUPDATE investigation has revealed. That deal, according to our investigation,...Read More >>>
  3/29/2004 || TONY HOWARD APPOINTED INTERIM WINDIES MANAGER0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Tony Howard has been appointed the interim manager of the senior West Indies cricket team, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced Sunday. Howard will be taking over from Ricky Skerritt with immediate effect as interim West Indies manager for the remainder of the home...Read More >>>
  3/25/2004 || TIME FOR LARA TO QUIT, SAYS EX-WINDIES STAR CROFT0
LONDON, England (AFP): Former West Indies Test player Colin Croft has joined the growing army of voices calling for Brian Lara to step down as skipper of the fallen Caribbean kings. "Brian Lara should do the honourable thing now and fall on his sword," Croft told the BBC on Wednesday a day after...Read More >>>
  3/25/2004 || CONCERNS OVER GRENADA'S ENERGY POLICY0
ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA: There is worry in St George's that Grenada's offshore oil and gas resources could end up in catastrophe as did the islands flopped offshore financial sector. And two local lawyers have said they will call the people out into the streets to protests of the Keith Mitchell A...Read More >>>
  3/25/2004 || PLAN TO BOOST GRENADA'S CROP PRODUCTION0
ST. GEORGE'S: GRENADA’S MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE has announced comprehensive plan to boost crop production on the island. The plan includes a million dollar scheme to assist selected farmers, plus a two-year programme to train young farmers to take over abandoned fields. A team from the departm...Read More >>>
  3/24/2004 || BIRD DEFEATED! CHANGE COMES TO ANTIGUA0
ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA: ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - Prime Minister Lester Bird on Wednesday conceded defeat in general elections, ending a family dynasty that had dominated Antigua and Barbuda for more than half a century. Bird's early concession came as electoral officials still were counting thousands ...Read More >>>
  3/24/2004 || WEST INDIES 'EMBARRASSED' SAYS LARA.0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): West Indies captain Brian Lara said his side was disappointed and embarrassed at the way they have under-performed in the first two cricket Tests against England. West Indies lost the second Test by seven wickets on Tuesday to fall 2-0 behind in the four-Test serie...Read More >>>
  3/24/2004 || GRENADA TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM ITALY0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: The government of Italy has promised to assist Grenada to improve its public service operations. Support for the Government of Grenada's Information Communication Technology (ICT) thrust and small business development were among the issues discussed during a meeting with P...Read More >>>
  3/23/2004 || WINDIES TEAM MANAGER, RICKY SKERRITT, QUITS.0
West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt has quit, blaming himself for the team's on- and off-field shortcomings. Skerritt said he made the decision to resign immediately after the first Test in Jamaica and informed the WICB CEO, Roger Brathwaite, of his decision on Saturday March 20th. An offici...Read More >>>
  3/23/2004 || ENGLAND WIN SECOND TEST VS. WEST INDIES0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - England won the second Cable & Wireless cricket Test by seven wickets at Queen's Park Oval today. The tourists, set 99 runs to beat West Indies, comfortably reached the target in just 15 overs, losing just the wicket of Nasser Hussain for 5 this morning, caught behind by ...Read More >>>
  3/23/2004 || 'CAPTAIN, THE SHIP HAS SUNK!'0
PORT OF SPAIN: IT is one thing to lose all over the world, as West Indies have been doing consistently this past decade. It is another story altogether that this forgettable record is being repeated at home – and to arch-rivals who for more than a generation could not find the clue of how to wi...Read More >>>
  3/23/2004 || GRENADIAN FISHERMEN SEEK TO PROTECT RESERVES0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: Barbados and Venezuelan fishermen are accused of fishing illegally in the territorial waters of neighbouring Grenada. A fisheries official in Grenada is asking the Grenada government to invest in the protection of the country's marine resources so as to stop foreign fisher...Read More >>>
  3/22/2004 || WINDIES ON THE VERGE OF DEFEAT.0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Another day that started with much hope ended in much despair for West Indies on Monday. Another inexplicable batting collapse behind mean, purposeful England bowling led by Simon Jones has left Brian Lara's side facing the spectre of another heavy defeat in the s...Read More >>>
  3/22/2004 || VETERANS PUT ENGLAND IN CHARGE OF SECOND TEST0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): England's three veteran batsmen all completed half-centuries to help Michael Vaughan's side gain a crucial first innings advantage over West Indies on a day of attritional cricket in the second Test at Queen's Park Oval on Sunday. Graham Thorpe, Mark Butcher and N...Read More >>>
  3/20/2004 || WINDIES REACH 208 WHILE ENGLAND SHAKY AT 54/2 WHEN...0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - West Indies collected two early wickets, one apiece to Pedro Collins and Tino Best, to bring themselves back into the second cricket Test against England on the second day before unseasonal showers soaked Queen's Park Oval on Saturday and foiled their plans. When ...Read More >>>
  3/20/2004 || A TALE OF TWO CASES. SIGNIFICANT RULINGS HANDED DO...0
THERE WERE two significant court rulings in Grenada this week, both with extreme national political implications and widespread regional interest. The first involving those convicted of killing Maurice Bishop and his other comrades at the tail-end of a bitter leadership feud in October 1983; and...Read More >>>
  3/20/2004 || WINDIES BLOOM TURNS TO GLOOM. HOME TEAM 189 FOR 8 ...0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A day that started brightly for West Indies turned gloomy literally and figuratively after Steve Harmison again ripped the heart out of their batting and rain swiped a large chunk out of the opening day of the second cricket Test at Queen's Park Oval today. Choosing to...Read More >>>
  3/20/2004 || OPPOSITON LOSES FIRST ROUND OF PETITION BATTLE0
ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA: - A PETITION by a Grenadian opposition parliamentarian, which if upheld could have even influenced a change in government, has been thrown out. But it is not the end of the matter. Lawyers for opposition National Democratic Congress candidate George Prime say they will a...Read More >>>
  3/19/2004 || GRENADA-REGISTERED BANK AT THE CENTRE OF INTERNATI...0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: The main man behind an offshore bank incorporated in Grenada, American citizen Richard Henry Hinkle is now sitting in a Costa Rican prison, where he is fighting extradition to the United States to face criminal charges. Cornerstone International Savings and Investment Bank...Read More >>>
  3/17/2004 || GRENADIANS LAUDED FOR COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS IN L...0
Four Grenadians residing in Britain were among seventy persons of African Caribbean descent who received certificates in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the Community. The Event was hosted by ‘The Experience Corps’, on March 16, 2004 at Portcullis House in London and addressed b...Read More >>>
  3/17/2004 || WINDIES CHIEF BLASTS SHAMEFUL STARS0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief Teddy Griffith on Tuesday hit out at the 'shameful' behaviour of the team after it was alleged some players partied as the country mourned its humiliating 10-wicket loss to England in the first Test. "The only fact I can reason a...Read More >>>
  3/14/2004 || THE FIRST 100 DAYS--OPPOSITION MISSES BEAT.0
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA; There was an excitement and a magic to the last four weeks of the opposition’s campaign in the run up to last November’s general elections that captured such a national imagination it almost came from nowhere to form the government. That magic has gone, and the opposition ...Read More >>>
 
  3/14/2004 || THE FIRST 100 DAYS--THE MITCHELL ADMINISTRATION S...0
ST. GEORGE ‘S, Grenada: It has been a little over 100 days since the Keith Mitchell administration was sworn in for an unprecedented third term in office after surviving a major scare in the November 27 general elections. The administration has sought to soften its image in the first fourteen wee...Read More >>>

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