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7/7/2004 || GRENADIAN STUDENT STUDYING IN GREECE 0 Ms. Karen M. Samuel of Tivoli, St. Andrew’s, is currently participating in the Rhodes Academy 9th Session taking place in Rhodes, Greece from July 5 to 23, 2004. The Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy is an international collegial institution dedicated to fostering a better understanding of ...Read More >>>   7/7/2004 || CONCERNS OVER INQUIRY IN GRENADA 0 ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: A leading attorney and the main opposition party in Grenada are warning that only an inquiry with the blessing of the advice of parliament should be instituted so as to determine what transpired in Switzerland between Prime Minister Keith Mitchell and fraudster Eric Resteiner. ...Read More >>>   7/7/2004 || WINDIES ELIMINATE ENGLAND TO REACH FINAL 0 LONDON, England (AFP): Chris Gayle's 132 not out in his 100th one-day international took West Indies into the Natwest Series final with a seven-wicket win against England at Lord's here Tuesday. Not even a total of 285 for seven featuring a record stand of 226 between all-rounder Andrew Flintoff ...Read More >>>   7/6/2004 || DIGICEL TEAMS UP WITH WI CRICKET 0 TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT Digicel confirmed the start of its innings with regional cricket yesterday by signing a five-year US$20-million deal with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The deal was signed in London and in a release faxed from the English city, Chairman of Digicel Group, Denis O'B...Read More >>>   7/6/2004 || SECURITY, HAITI, CCJ FOR CARICOM HEADS' RETREAT TO... 0 ST GEORGE'S Grenada - Crime and security and a formula for resolving the post-Aristide impasse in relations between the Caribbean Community and the interim regime in Haiti will be two of the sensitive issues to be addressed in caucus today during a day-long retreat by CARICOM Heads of Government. ...Read More >>>   7/5/2004 || 2007 WORLD CUP CRICKET VENUES ANNOUNCED 0 There will two new cricket venues for the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. The new state of the art cricket grounds that will be built in Antigua and Guyana have been selected as venues for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The announcement was made by the International Cricket Council (IC...Read More >>>   7/5/2004 || DO-OR-DIE FOR WINDIES 0 West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara said his team faces a "do-or-die" situation if they are to reach the final of the Nat West One Day Series after suffering a seven wicket loss to New Zealand at Cardiff on Saturday. The West Indies captain also admitted that management would have to rethink t...Read More >>>   7/5/2004 || GRENADIAN MOM VISITS HERO SON IN BRITISH HOSPITAL 0 THE mum of Johnson Beharry — the hero put forward for a VC — has jetted 4,300 miles to his hospital bedside. And she said last night: “I’m so proud of him.” Florette Beharry, 54, who lives on the Caribbean isle of Grenada, hugged and kissed the 23-year-old at a military hospital in Birmingham...Read More >>>   7/5/2004 || PM MITCHELL LAUNCHES TWO CARICOM INITIATIVES 0 Prime Minister Keith Mitchell and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) launched two new initiatives of the Community, as the 25th Meeting of the Heads of Government got underway in St. George’s on Sunday, July 4. Prime Minister Mitchell assumed the chairmanship for the second time, havin...Read More >>>   7/5/2004 || RADIO CARICOM TO PROMOTE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY 0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Radio CARICOM was due to be officially launched at the meeting of heads of government in Grenada on Sunday It will be established in all member states over a short period of time with Barbados, Belize, Grenada, and St. Lucia, regarded as “pilot states” in the project, coming o...Read More >>>   7/5/2004 || GRENADA'S ACCOUNTING RECORDS ‘UNRELIABLE’ 0 ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: In general, the quality of the Grenadian government accounting records is extremely poor and the financial information they provide is unreliable says Director of Audit Anselm Joseph. He noted that balances from the previous year were brought forward on expenditure categorie...Read More >>>   7/4/2004 || INTERVIEW WITH KAL PATEL, THE MAN BEHIND US PRO CR... 0 Pro Cricket, the USA's first professional league, is beginning its inaugural season with eight teams competing in two divisions. BBC Sport's Paul Grunill spoke to the man behind the project, Kal Patel, about his hopes of popularising the game in a land where baseball is king. Q. You have b...Read More >>>   7/4/2004 || PACKED AGENDA, FULL HOUSE FOR CARICOM SUMMIT 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada - The 25th annual Heads of Government Conference of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) begins with a ceremonial opening this afternoon in this spice isle to a full house of participating leaders and a packed work agenda for their four-day summit. Relations with the interim Ha...Read More >>>   7/3/2004 || BOWLING WORRIES HAUNT WINDIES 0 IT TOOK less than 22 overs of stroke-filled mayhem at Headingley on Thursday for England to burst the West Indies bubble of euphoria. Now with the deficiencies in the bowling department cruelly exposed, the Caribbean side's array of inexperienced talent could face another taxing examination when ...Read More >>>   7/3/2004 || CARICOM TALKS BEGIN 0 THREE OF the most controversial and important issues affecting the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be high on the agenda of the 25th meeting of the group's Heads of Government Summit that officially begins in St. George's, Grenada tomorrow. Government heads will be focusing on the CA...Read More >>>   7/2/2004 || MITCHELL ANNOUNCES INQUIRY 0 Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has announced an inquiry into allegations surrounding a payment he is reported to have received from a German businessman. In Parliament on Friday, Mr Mitchell said the commission will be set up by the Governor General. "I must say that I am quite pleas...Read More >>>   7/2/2004 || U.S. PROCRICKET KICKS OFF TODAY 0 American Pro Cricket (ProCricket) officially begins its inaugural season today, Friday July 2. ProCricket features a variety of unique changes to the game which are tailored to the U.S. market. Among the new aspects of the game are three-hour long matches, characterized by "Fast n' Furious Global...Read More >>>   7/2/2004 || CHURCH LEADERS CALL FOR INQUIRY INTO ALLEGATIONS ... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Church leaders yesterday joined the business community in calling for an inquiry into bribery allegations against the prime minister. The Conference of Churches made the announcement a week after the island's chamber of commerce requested the government open an inquiry...Read More >>>   7/2/2004 || ENGLAND RETURN TO WINNING WAYS AGAINST WINDIES 0 LEEDS, England (AFP): England won their first match of the NatWest Series when they defeated West Indies by seven wickets in their day/night one-day international at Headingley here Thursday. England, chasing just 160 for victory, won with 28 overs to spare. Andrew Strauss was 44 not out and...Read More >>>   7/1/2004 || GRENADA PM LIKELY TO BOW TO PRESSURE FOR INVESTIGA... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: GRENADA’S PRIME MINISTER Keith Mitchell will speak directly on his controversial European trip four years ago, during which he took money from a German fraudster, when the island’s parliament meet Friday, his office has announced. It will be the first time the Grenadian le...Read More >>>   7/1/2004 || GRENADA GETS READY FOR CARICOM SUMMIT 0 St. GEORGE'S, Grenada - The Fourth Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council on Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on External Negotiations gets underway here on Friday. COTED, the second highest decision making body within the regional integration grouping, will discuss th...Read More >>>   7/1/2004 || SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRENADIAN TEACHERS 0 Government has approved the awarding of scholarships to 23 teachers to pursue Masters Degrees in areas of priority. The scholarships, which will take effect in September 2004, are being granted under the Government of Grenada OECS Education Development Project (OEDP). Upon completion of studies ...Read More >>>   7/1/2004 || IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT IN GRENADA 0 The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries and Energy has embarked on a number of irrigation projects intended to assist farmers overcome the hardship of producing crops during periods of extreme dry conditions. The projects will benefit about 60 farmers throughout the State, coveri...Read More >>>   7/1/2004 || WINDIES MUST WIN- LARA 0 DESPITE ENGLAND being in apparent disarray following successive heavy defeats, the West Indies remain wary of any semblance of overconfidence heading into their third match of the NatWest Series against the hosts today. Beaten by seven wickets by the Caribbean side at Nottingham on Sunday, and s...Read More >>>   7/1/2004 || BRAZIL TO PLAY HAITIANS FOR PEACE 0 The Brazilian national football team is to play a friendly match in Haiti in August at which tickets will be offered in exchange for guns. Brazil is leading the UN force keeping the peace in Latin America's poorest state since a civil conflict there in February left some 200 people dead. Super...Read More >>>   7/1/2004 || LONDON JUDGE HINTS OF BRIBERY IN GRENADA 0 ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: A High Court judge in London has hinted that some form of bribery involving a public official took place while the former Chief Executive Officer of the defunct First International Bank of Grenada (FIBG) Lawrence Jones was in Grenada. FIBG was founded by Van Brink who is now...Read More >>>   6/30/2004 || GRENADIAN-BORN POLITICIAN RE-ELECTED TO CANADIAN H... 0 Grenadian-born Jean Augustine was on Monday re-elected for a fourth consecutive term as a parliamentarian in the Canadian House of Commons. A long-time resident of Etobicoke, the Honourable Jean Augustine was born in Grenada. Before entering politics, she was an elementary school principal with t...Read More >>>   6/30/2004 || MORE CARIBBEAN NATIONALS TO PURSUE TOURISM/HOSPITA... 0 BARBADOS (June 29, 2004) – The CTO Foundation, the scholarship programme of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), continues its contribution to the education of Caribbean nationals pursuing tourism/hospitality studies. In 2004, the Foundation provided support to 16 people to study various pro...Read More >>>   6/30/2004 || MITCHELL SAYS REGION READY TO HOST CRICKET WORLD C... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) - Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell believes that the Caribbean is more than prepared to deliver "the best Cricket World Cup ever" in 2007. Mitchell has assured the Caribbean public that all the governments around the region are taking the necessary steps to make ...Read More >>>     6/29/2004 || SIR VIV SLAMS WINDIES PLAYERS 5 An emotional Vivian Richards, who resigned as chief selector of West Indies a few days ago, has spoken out in anguish about the players' "lack of fight, commitment and passion". He spoke about the legacy of West Indian cricket, and of how the current team seemed not just unconcerned, but actually un...Read More >>>