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  4/14/2004 || CUBAN MINISTER HEADS DELEGATION TO GRENADA0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: A seven member Cuban delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Marta Lomas is in Grenada. The Cuban delegation is attending the seventh session of the Cuba-Grenada Joint Commission for Economic and Scientific Technical Cooperation, curren...Read More >>>
  4/13/2004 || GRENADA TO RECEIVE X-RAY MACHINE FROM BROOKLYN HEA...0
BROOKLYN, NY—April 12, 2004 -- The Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center (BMS), Brooklyn’s only free-standing health center to be accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organizations, has announced that it will donate an x-ray unit to the Caribbean country of Gren...Read More >>>
  4/13/2004 || LARA'S RECORD 400 LEAVES WEST INDIES IN CHARGE0
ST. JOHNS, Antigua (AFP): West Indies captain Brian Lara became the first batsman to score 400 runs and then watched his fast bowlers build on his hard work to leave England in tatters in the fourth and final cricket Test on Monday. Lara reclaimed the world record for the highest individual Test ...Read More >>>
  4/12/2004 || LARA RECLAIMS WORLD RECORD. NOW IT'S 400!0
He's done it. Brian Lara has reclaimed his world record, ten years to the week since he overhauled Sir Garry Sobers' 365 on this very ground, and just six months since his crown was usurped by Australia's Matthew Hayden. What is more, Lara's phenomenal unbeaten 400 – only the tenth quadruple-century...Read More >>>
  4/12/2004 || WEST INDIES SMILE AGAIN.0
ST JOHN'S, ANTIGUA: The elevating effect of Brian Lara's remarkable innings could be witnessed all around the Recreation Ground here today. For the first time in the series, West Indian faces were wreathed in smiles, their voices no longer drowned out by the deafening, triumphal chants of the Barmy ...Read More >>>
  4/12/2004 || BRILLIANT LARA LIFTS WINDIES TO 595/5.5
Brian Lara completely and utterly dominated the second day of the final Test in Antigua. He eased to his second-highest Test score of 313 not out, and became only the second player to score two triple-centuries, as the batsmen racked up the runs against a tired and toothless England attack. West Ind...Read More >>>
  4/11/2004 || MANDELA, TUTU FOR CONCACAF CONGRESS IN GRENADA0
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD: Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela will attend the 2004 CONCACAF Congress in Grenada on 2 May. South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu will accompany Mr. Mandela and they also will visit Trinidad & Tobago from 3-4 May upon invitation from CONCACAF President Ja...Read More >>>
  4/10/2004 || LARA'S RETURN TO FORM INSPIRES WINDIES. HOME TEAM ...0
After three Tests where, by and large, everything came fairly easily to England's bowlers, they found the going far harder on a pitch devoid of pace and bounce. By the close of a rain-interrupted first day in Antigua, West Indies were cruising on 208 for 2, and Brian Lara was looking broodingly dang...Read More >>>
  4/9/2004 || WINDIES SEEK TO AVOID WHITEWASH0
ST JOHN'S, ANTIGUA: The way the series has gone another England win is the most likely result when they take on the West Indies here in the fourth and final test from Saturday. But the West Indies will have to find the resolved from somewhere to at least save the test match and avoid the complete...Read More >>>
  4/9/2004 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE WHY NO DEFENCE W...0
ST. GEORGE'S: THE GRENADA GOVERNMENT said a defence in the case against a Trinidad firm was not filed by its legal department, and now it wants to know why. It was the first statement on the issue by government since the Privy Council ruled that Grenada has to pay Dipcon Engineer $17 million EC ...Read More >>>
  4/9/2004 || EXTENSION TO DUE DATE FOR COMMONWEALTH FLAG PROJEC...0
The due date for the Commonwealth Flag Project launched by the Youth Division in the Prime Minister’s Ministry has been extended. Due to the tremendous interest shown by young people to participate in the project, the closing date for submissions is now May 8th, 2004. The Project targets pers...Read More >>>
  4/9/2004 || ENGLAND LOOKING FOR MORE HISTORY AGAINST WEST INDI...0
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): England have the opportunity to complete an unprecedented Test series clean sweep on Caribbean soil in the fourth and final cricket Test against West Indies, starting at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Saturday. Michael Vaughan's side lead the four-Test series 3-0, af...Read More >>>
  4/9/2004 || GRENADA SEEKING AGREEMENT WITH DIPCON OVER PRIVY C...0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The Grenada government plans to seek an agreement with Dipcon Engineering Services Ltd who recently won a major court battle in the Privy Council requiring Grenada to pay over $17 million plus interest and costs. The British Law Lords, overturning the January 2002 decision ...Read More >>>
  4/8/2004 || GRENADA AND CUBA CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC ...0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The tiny island of Grenada known as the Spice Isle of the Caribbean is celebrating 25 years of diplomatic relations with the Spanish speaking nation of Cuba. Grenada followed its larger neighbours, namely Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Guyana. The Cuban and t...Read More >>>
  4/7/2004 || CELEBRITY TESTING FOR AIDS AND 'HEALTH POSSE" LAU...0
The National AIDS Directorate has initiated another aspect of the Government of Grenada’s strategy to fight HIV/AIDS. Part of the Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) component of the strategy is the Celebrity Testing Programme, which was introduced at a media briefing today, Tuesday, April 6....Read More >>>
  4/7/2004 || CARICOM SUB COMMITTEE ON CRICKET TO MEET IN GRENAD...0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: A meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket will be convened in St. George’s, Grenada, on Wednesday, April 7. The Committee, which is chaired by Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, was reconstituted at the recently conc...Read More >>>
  4/7/2004 || PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST GRENADA GOVERNMENT0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Five law lords of the British Privy Council have ruled against the Grenada government in a case involving a Dominican company Dipcon Engineering, thus overturning a judgment made by the OECS Court of Appeal. "The government would now have to find close to $17 million dolla...Read More >>>
  4/6/2004 ||  FORMER GRENADA FIRST LADY DIES0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: Former Grenadian first lady Esmai Scoon is dead. Lady Scoon was the wife of former Governor General Sir Paul Scoon who came into international prominence during the 1983 Grenada political crisis. Sir Paul claimed he had invited the United States to invade Grenada in Octo...Read More >>>
  4/6/2004 || DETERMINED LARA WON'T QUIT0
BRIAN LARA says he is not about to resign as West Indies captain despite their humiliating Test series defeat by England, the BBC reported yesterday. Lara has come under pressure in the media from fans and experts over his leadership and tactical decisions as England raced to a 3-0 lead in the fo...Read More >>>
  4/6/2004 || ANTIGUA PM PLEDGES TO KEEP LIAT FLYING0
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, has pledged his government’s support to do everything in ensuring that LIAT stays afloat providing the critical service of assisting in uniting, strengthening and deepening the relationships of Caribbean peoples. The Pri...Read More >>>
  4/6/2004 || POWELL REJECTS CARICOM CALLS FOR PROBE INTO ARIST...0
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday rejected calls for a UN probe into the departure of former Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide, as the troubled country's interim administration announced elections for next year. Powell, in Haiti to show support for t...Read More >>>
  4/6/2004 || CHANDERPAUL DROPPED FROM WINDIES SQUAD FOR 4TH TES...0
BARBADOS - West Indies have reacted to their first home series defeat by England in 36 years by dropping experienced batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul from their squad for the fourth and final test starting in Antigua on Saturday. Chanderpaul, who averages more than 42 in tests, made 101 runs in si...Read More >>>
  4/6/2004 || GRENADA'S ECONOMIC RATING UNDER SCRUTINY0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Questions are being raised about Grenada's economic rating as reflected in the Institutional Investor Magazine. A release from the government stated that Grenada’s ability to improve its creditworthiness is the key factor, but opposition figures here are questioning the rat...Read More >>>
  4/6/2004 || GRENADA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TAKE INDUSTRIAL AC...0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: Air traffic controllers at Grenada's sole international airport have taken industrial action in the form of a sick out. According to an insider all the workers who were scheduled to work on Monday sent in sick leave. It is not clear what are the issues involved but one i...Read More >>>
  4/5/2004 || LARA STAYS!0
BRIDGETOWN — Brian Lara has insisted he will not resign as West Indies captain despite their Test series defeat by England -- and he has received a vote of confidence from Chairman of the Selectors Vivian Richards and former great Sir Garfield Sobers. Lara has come under renewed pressure as Engla...Read More >>>
  4/5/2004 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO DIVEST CONTROVERSIAL C...0
ST. GEORGE'S: The Grenada government is trying to salvage its multi-million dollars investment in a failed Call Center in the rural St Andrew parish. Caribupdate has learnt that the Keith Mitchell Administration is seeking to sell close to half of its shares in Grenada Call Centre, and one of the...Read More >>>
  4/3/2004 || WEST INDIES LOSE THIRD TEST AND ANOTHER RECORD0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Another inexplicable batting collapse triggered by Matthew Hoggard’s hat trick combined to send West Indies sliding to an eight-wicket defeat in the third cricket Test to end England’s 36-year wait for a Test series victory in the Caribbean. To the deafening cheers and cha...Read More >>>
  4/3/2004 || LONDON GROUP TO DONATE COMPUTERS TO SCHOOLS IN GRE...0
A number of schools in Grenada will soon be receiving computers to aid in their educational development process. This was announced on Saturday March 27, at the launch of Rain & Shine, a newly established Grenadian Community Group established to consolidate links between Grenada and the United Ki...Read More >>>
  4/3/2004 || CENTURION CELEBRATES WITH PM MITCHELL0
In the presence of well wishers, neighbours and five generations of her family, centurion Ethel Taylor welcomed Prime Minister Keith Mitchell to her 100th birthday party at her home in Jean Anglais on March 31, 2004. “I feel glad and proud,” she told the Prime Minister, who presented her with a b...Read More >>>
 
  4/3/2004 || THROPE'S CENTRURY LOOSENS WINDIES GRIP0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - England, after leading by a meager two runs on first innings, had West Indies on 21 for one at the end of an enthralling third day of their third Test match at Kensington Oval here today. Graham Thorpe scored his 13th Test hundred to help England recover from a perilous...Read More >>>

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