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  5/30/2004 || SCRAP MEDIA LIBEL LAWS SAYS REGIONAL MEDIA ASSOCI...0
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD: The President of a regional media association has condemned criminal libel as “uncivilized,” and has called for it be erased from the law books of all countries. Wesley Gibbings, president of Association of Caribbean Media Workers made the call Saturday, in the wake of t...Read More >>>
  5/30/2004 || PM MITCHELL : "I WANT A DEBATE."0
ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA: Prime Minister Keith Mitchell said that he is waiting for the opposition to bring a motion of no confidence in his government so that he can expose their own records in a debate. “I want a debate. Bring a motion of no confidence in the government. I have a lot to say,’ Pri...Read More >>>
  5/29/2004 || HEAD OF FAILED GRENADA BANK ARRESTED IN UGANDA0
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police have arrested the former First International Bank of Grenada president, Arthur Ziegler Van Brink, who has been on the US government wanted list for money laundering, it has been reported here. “He was arrested at 10:30am at a residence in Luzira and whisked to the Centra...Read More >>>
  5/28/2004 || BANGLADESH CLOSE ON 278 FOR 7 ON DAY ONE OF FIRST ...0
Bangladesh 278 for 7 (Bashar 113, Ashraful 65*) v West Indies A century from Habibul Bashar, the captain, boosted Bangladesh to 278 for 7 on the opening day of the first Test in St Lucia. On a slow pitch good for batting, Bangladesh recovered from losing a wicket the very first ball to reach a r...Read More >>>
  5/28/2004 || LAWMAKERS CLASH IN GRENADA PARLIAMENT0
ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA: GRENADA’S PRIME MINISTER Keith Mitchell clashed with leading opposition figures Friday over allegations of wrong doing in the first sitting of the country’s parliament since the controversy broke two weeks ago. Questions opposition leader Tillman Thomas hoped would have bee...Read More >>>
  5/28/2004 || TESTING OF SARS VACCINE 0
BEIJING, May 25, 2004 – Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ("Sinovac") (NASD OTC-BB: SNVBF) is pleased to announce that its Beijing-based operating subsidiary, Sinovac Biotech Co., Ltd. (also known in China as Beijing Kexing Bioproducts) has commenced Phase I human clinical trials of its SARS vaccine. The fir...Read More >>>
  5/28/2004 || 2004 CARIBBEAN WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY TO COMMENCE W...4
NEW YORK, NY (May. 24, 2004) – A special Interfaith Celebration will kick-off this year’s Caribbean Week festivities on Memorial Day, May 31, 2004, in Manhattan, NY. The event will take place at St. George’s Episcopal Church, located at 209 East 16th Street in Manhattan, 11:00 am through 12:30 pm. ...Read More >>>
  5/28/2004 || GRENADA MEDIA BRACES FOR MORE ARRESTS.0
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: REPORTER LEROY NOEL spent four hours in police custody Thursday, questioned over an article he wrote in a local newspaper headlined "Days numbered for Grenada Prime Minister" He was later released, but his lawyer Anselm Clouden told CARIBUPDATE Thursday afternoon that he be...Read More >>>
  5/28/2004 || RESCUERS STRUGGLE IN HISPANIOLA AS DEATH TOLL RISE...0
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): An international rescue operation for Haiti and the Dominican Republic gathered pace Thursday as the death toll from flash floods rose to 918 with hundreds still missing. The United Nations and other aid agencies were trying to get water and medical supplies to the wo...Read More >>>
  5/28/2004 || PRIDE ON THE LINE FOR BANGLADESH AND WEST INDIES0
GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AFP): Bangladesh have a chance to stem the rising tide of criticism levelled at their entry into Test cricket when they face Brian Lara's unpredictable West Indies side in the first of two Tests, starting here on Friday. Bangladesh's record in Test cricket is dreadful. The...Read More >>>
  5/27/2004 || GRENADA SCORES GOLD AT THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW0
Grenada has scored another gold at the Chelsea Flower Show currently taking place in London (May 24 – 28). The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is this year celebrating its Bicentenary with a gardening theme. In view of this historic milestone, the Grenada Team has aptly chosen to portray the B...Read More >>>
  5/27/2004 || YOUTH DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES “TEENAGE CLUB”0
The Department of Youth Development in the Prime Minister’s Office will launch “The Teenage Club” at the Youth Development Centre in Grand Anse on Friday, May 28 at 3:30 p.m. The Teenage Club is a component of the Department’s Model Youth Development Centre Project that seeks to engage young pers...Read More >>>
  5/27/2004 || JAMAICAN BILLIONAIRE BUYS MARLEY MEMORABILIA0
TORONTO: - Once again, Canadian mutual fund tycoon Michael Lee-Chin is putting his money where his roots are. The Jamaican-born entrepreneur has agreed to purchase the world's largest collection of Bob Marley memorabilia and donate the more than 200,000 items to a yet-to-be-established National M...Read More >>>
  5/26/2004 || GRENADA HOPES FOR UPSET IN HISTORIC DATE WITH US S...0
CHICAGO: When Shalrie Joseph was five years old, he had a frightening first encounter with the United States. "We were hiding under our beds," said Joseph, a defender/midfielder for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer, referring to the 1983 invasion of Grenada by the United States...Read More >>>
  5/26/2004 || EXPERTS ASSESS VENUES FOR CRICKET WORLD CUP0
Cricket experts will begin an inspection tour in the Caribbean on Monday to assess potential venues for the 2007 World Cup. The tour is broken into two segments -- the first going through May 29, the second from June 7 to 12. The inspection team is comprised of officials from the International Cr...Read More >>>
  5/26/2004 || GRENADA'S OPPOSITION CRIES FOUL0
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The parliamentary opposition in Grenada is crying foul as government fails to say what will be discussed during the sitting of parliament on Friday. The parliamentarians claim that the government is violating the procedure by failing to say what will be on the order paper ...Read More >>>
  5/25/2004 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT HITS BACK IN BRIBERY ALLEGATION...0
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: What has been termed by one person as “a tone of vengeance” has descended on the city as the ruling New National Party seeks to hit back at detractors which threatened the foundation of its rule with allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Keith Mitchell. Legal s...Read More >>>
  5/25/2004 || GRENADA BEATS CUBA 1-00
HAVANA, Cuba: Grenada beat Cuba, 1-0, on Saturday in Havana. Nigel Bishop's goal in the 36th minute was the difference. Atkinson Neckles, who recently starred for Grenada in the Caribbean futsal championships, set up Bishop, who scored the tying goal for Grenada in its 2-2 tie with Cuba two days ear...Read More >>>
  5/25/2004 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA0
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Battle lines are drawn between the government and media workers in Grenada as several practitioners were reportedly intimidated and threatened by agents of the ruling New National Party (NNP) on Sunday. Over the weekend the NNP announced that it did not want the presence of ...Read More >>>
  5/25/2004 || OPPOSITION PARTY MAKES DEMANDS ON GRENADA’S PM0
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The main opposition party in Grenada is calling on the Prime Minister to immediately vacate office in order to conduct a full scale investigation into allegations that the he received US$500,000 from a German fraudster in 2000. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is also ...Read More >>>
  5/25/2004 || PARTY RALLIES TO SUPPORT EMBATTLED PM0
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: The ruling New National Party has made a point of publicly rallying behind embattled Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell as the opposition ponders its next move in a drive to force the Grenadian leader to “account” for the a 2000 transaction with a German fraudster. The two ...Read More >>>
  5/23/2004 || GRENADA MEDIA WORKERS "CHASED" FROM NNP GENERAL CO...0
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: A coverage team from the Grenada Broadcasting Network, the island’s leading media house “was set upon and chased away” as they attempted to cover the general council of the ruling New National Party Sunday. Sources at the station and other media officials in Grenada have ...Read More >>>
  5/23/2004 || GRENADA'S PM LEAVES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS0
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: More questions than answers have popped up after Prime Minister Keith Mitchell addressed the nation in an effort to explain why he received money from former diplomat Eric Resteiner who is now in prison in Singapore. Dr. Mitchell told the nation that he embarked, along with...Read More >>>
  5/23/2004 || GRENADA, CUBA PLAY TO A DRAW0
HAVANA: Grenada, the first U.S. opponent on the road to the 2006 World Cup, rallied from two goals down to tie Cuba, 2-2, Thursday night in Havana. Jason Roberts, who stars for English First Division club Wigan, led the comeback with a goal and an assist on Nigel Bishop's tying goal in the second...Read More >>>
  5/22/2004 || POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN GRENADA AMID ALLEGATIONS AGA...0
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: It is a weekend here filled with political activity being held against the background of the bribery allegations against Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell. The ruling New National Party on Sunday holds its General Council meeting, an activity scheduled before the scandal bro...Read More >>>
  5/21/2004 || CARIBBEAN TOURISM MINISTERS FOR TOWN HALL MEETINGS...0
NEW YORK, NY (May. 20, 2004) – Caribbean tourism ministers travelling to New York City for Caribbean Week, slated for May 31 – June 5, 2004, will have an opportunity to interact with their New York-based constituents at a series of town hall meetings coordinated by the Caribbean Tourism Organizatio...Read More >>>
  5/21/2004 || GRENADA PM BLASTED BY OPPOSITION0
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: SAYING THAT “corruption cannot be accommodated, it must be challenged,” the leader of the opposition’s charge in the Grenada’s Upper House has strongly suggested that Prime Minister Keith Mitchell should resign over bribery allegations. “He would do well from here if he sav...Read More >>>
  5/20/2004 || PM MITCHELL'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION0
The following is the full text of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell's address to the nation on May 19, 2004 8 p.m. Fellow Grenadians, tonight I address you on a matter of profound importance. I am fully aware that during the past few days you have been bombarded with some outrageously libellous state...Read More >>>
  5/20/2004 || DEVON SMITH LEADS WINDIES TO VICTORY. CLEAN SWEEP ...0
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AFP): Devon Smith flicked a delivery from Mushfiqur Rahman through square leg for a single to formalise a West Indies seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their weather-affected third and final one-day international to complete a 3-0 series sweep. Chasing a modest target...Read More >>>
 
  5/20/2004 || ANOTHER FORMER GRENADIAN DIPLOMAT INDICTED0
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Two former Grenadian diplomats have now been indicted in the United States in relation to financial scandals. German national Eric Resteiner has become the second former diplomat of scandal-plagued Grenada in six months to be criminally indicted in the US. Resteiner, once a ...Read More >>>

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