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  8/30/2004 || COMMISSION OF INQUIRY GETS UNDER WAY IN GRENADA0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Dr. Richard Lionel Cheltenham, the sole commissioner in the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of bribery on the part of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, made his inaugural statement on Friday, saying the evidence of Eric Resteiner, Timothy Bass and David Marchant is imp...Read More >>>
  8/30/2004 || SOCA GETS A GRAMMY0
Soca music will be recognised at the Grammy Awards from 2006 when there will be an award for Best Soca Recording. Sonata Smith, a member of the Grammy Awards Voting Committee was quoted in the Trinidad Express newspaper as saying that everything has been put in place for voting to begin in 2005 t...Read More >>>
  8/30/2004 || WEST INDIES ON ONE-WEEK CAMP BEFORE ICC CHAMPIONS ...0
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): The West Indies squad for the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy was due to leave for Bermuda on Sunday for a one-week camp in preparation for the tournament, the West Indies Cricket Board said. The West Indies will play three games in Bermuda on Tuesday, Th...Read More >>>
  8/30/2004 || NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL KICKS OFF0
Colourful costumes and loud music mark the beginning of the 40th Notting Hill Carnival, which has got under way. Scotland Yard said officers have made 10 arrests since the early on Sunday morning for a range of offences. More than a million people are expected to attend the west London event...Read More >>>
  8/28/2004 || JAMAICANS CELEBRATE HISTORIC RELAY GOLD0
Jamaica's women kept up their winning ways as they powered their way to a historic Olympic victory in the women's 4x100 metres relay on Friday night. Newly-crowned 200m champion Veronica Campbell led her team-mates Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson and Aleen Bailey to the country’s first medal in t...Read More >>>
  8/28/2004 || NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL NOT LOVED BY ALL0
More than one million people are expected to crowd the streets of West London this weekend for the annual Notting Hill Carnival. The Carnival which was started by Caribbean immigrants in 1964 has evolved into a festival that reflects London's cultural diversity with people from various communitie...Read More >>>
  8/28/2004 || TRINIDAD SOCA MONARCH'S CASH HEADACHES0
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD: Soca Monarch may be handed over to the National Carnival Commission for 2005, as Caribbean Prestige Promotions International is unable to pay out the cash prizes to winners of this year’s competition. The situation developed Wednesday in the wake of CPPI boss William Mun...Read More >>>
  8/28/2004 || GRENADA COMMISSION TO SEEK RESTEINER, BASS, MARCHA...0
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: The Grenada Commission investigating the conduct of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell may not call its first witness for some time as it gets prepared administratively for the probe that it is hoped will be completed within 30 days of the first real sitting. But at a briefing s...Read More >>>
  8/27/2004 || CARIBBEAN CUP 2004 SEMI-FINALS THIS WEEKEND0
The 2004 Caribbean Cup tournament hits high gear this weekend, at the Jefferson High School Field at Flatlands and Shepherd Avenues in Brooklyn, as teams vie for that coveted spot in the finals. The competition, now in its 13th year, has so far produced some of the best soccer of the season and see...Read More >>>
  8/27/2004 || GRENADA PM PROMISES TO ABIDE BY FINDINGS OF PROBE0
ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA: Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has promised to abide by the conclusions of a commission of inquiry investigating his behavior in office though he insists that he did nothing wrong. Mitchell addressed the nation Thursday night, on the eve of the start of commission – mak...Read More >>>
  8/26/2004 || JAMAICA'S CAMPBELL TAKES GOLD 0
Jamaican favourite Veronica Campbell powered her way to take the Olympic Games women's 200 metres gold medal in 20.05 seconds, the fastest time in the event since 1999. Campbell became the first Jamaican and Caribbean woman ever to win an Olympic sprint gold when she captured the 200 metres at the 2...Read More >>>
  8/26/2004 || MTV BARS BEENIE MAN AS GAYS PLAN PROTEST0
MIAMI - Dancehall star Beenie Man, who has recorded anti-gay songs in the past, was yanked from a concert associated with the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend after gay groups planned a protest, the network said Wednesday. MTV pulled the Jamaican singer from the roster Tuesday after South Fl...Read More >>>
  8/26/2004 || CUBAN WOMAN SHIPS HERSELF TO US INSIDE A SMALL CRA...0
MIAMI, USA (AFP): A Cuban woman who shipped herself to Miami in a small crate will be allowed to remain in the United States, officials said Wednesday. "The woman, a Cuban national in her twenties, apparently with the assistance of others, shipped herself to the United States from Nassau, Bahamas...Read More >>>
  8/26/2004 || GRENADA PASSES BILL TO MEET EUROPEAN STANDARDS0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: A last ditch effort has been made by the Grenada government to meet a European Union deadline so that fishermen here could continue to export fish to that region. The deadline is at the end of this month and its objective is to ensure that water is of a particular type so t...Read More >>>
  8/25/2004 || FRANCIQUE BEING MADE GRENADA'S AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE0
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: - Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell says his administration has named Grenada's world acclaimed athlete, Alleyne Francique, an Ambassador at Large. Francique, the current World 400 meters champion, finished fourth in the event at the Athens Olympics on Monday. He won the ...Read More >>>
  8/25/2004 || GRENADA OPPOSITION LEADER SERVED LIBEL PAPERS0
ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA: Weeks after saying it was done, it was finally done on Monday. The legal papers serving notice of the suit against Grenada’s Opposition Leader Tillman Thomas by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell was delivered to his office this week. Thomas was not there at the time but it ...Read More >>>
  8/24/2004 || FRANCIQUE PLACES FOURTH0
Grenada's Alleyne Francique finished just out of the medal hunt in the men's 400 m finals in Athens yesterday, placing fourth in the event. World champion Francique, clocked 44.66 behind an American 1-2-3 finish. The athlete's place in the Olympic final was a monumental achievement and a prou...Read More >>>
  8/23/2004 || ENGLAND COMPLETE WEST INDIES WHITEWASH0
LONDON, England (AFP): England completed a 4-0 whitewash of the West Indies and racked up their seventh Test win in a row with a comprehensive 10-wicket victory on the third day of the final Test at the Oval on Saturday. James Anderson took the bowling honours with 4-52 and Steve Harmison chipp...Read More >>>
  8/21/2004 || COLLINS, POWELL ON TO NEXT ROUND IN MEN'S 100M0
ATHENS, 21 August - Four of the five heats of the men's 100m quarter-finals were won in times of under 10 seconds tonight, with five athletes beating the barrier. That is unprecedented in any championship. Shawn CRAWFORD (USA) had the fastest time of the day, 9.89 seconds, a time that would hav...Read More >>>
  8/21/2004 || JAMAICAN WOMAN THIRD FASTEST IN THE WORLD0
ATHENS, 21 August - Belarussian Yuliya NESTERENKO won the women's 100m title tonight ahead of Lauryn WILLIAMS (USA) and Veronica CAMPBELL (JAM). After setting national records of 10.94 and 10.92 in the heats and semifinals, NESTERENKO produced her fourth sub-11 second race of the Games to win i...Read More >>>
  8/21/2004 || REGIS THROUGH TO SEMIS0
Hazel-Ann Regis, one of Grenada's top female athletes is through to the semi-finals of the women's 400m at the 2004 Olympics. Regis, who will compete on Sunday for a spot in the finals, is running well and should do Grenada proud. Good luck Hazel-Ann.
  8/21/2004 || FRANCIQUE IN THE 400 M FINALS0
Grenadian ace Alleyne Francique is through to the finals of the men's 400m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. Francique, who qualified for the finals with a time of 45.08, came third in his semi-final race behind Jamaican Brendon Simpson and Otis Harris of the United States. Here's what he...Read More >>>
  8/21/2004 || FRANCIQUE ADVANCES TO 400 M SEMIS0
Grenada's top medal contender at this Summer's Olympics in Athens has made it through to tonight's 400 m semi-finals. Francique, who has been scorching up the tracks on the IAAF circuit and posting some of the fastest times, will face tough competition, but is expected to move on to the finals. ...Read More >>>
  8/21/2004 || CARIBBEAN CUP 2004 PLAYOFFS ON THIS WEEKEND0
The Caribbean Cup 2004 competition moves one step closer to the finals, as this weekend’s playoff games will determine which teams go on to next week’s semi-finals. Sunday’s (August 22) matches at the Jefferson High School field at Flatlands and Shepherd Avenues in Brooklyn should provide lots of...Read More >>>
  8/20/2004 || ENGLAND HOLD FIRM ON DAY 2 OF FINAL TEST0
England 410 for 8 v West Indies (at time of posting) West Indies came out swinging on the second day at The Oval, dismissing both Geraint Jones and Andrew Flintoff, neither of whom added to their overnight scores, in the first 20 minutes of play, but England's tail clung on and rode their luck t...Read More >>>
  8/20/2004 || T&T SWIMMER COPS A BRONZE IN ATHENS0
ATHENS, Greece, Fri. Aug. 20: Trinidad and Tobago has scored its first Olympic medal. The islands’ 6’ 4”, 21-year-old swimming sensation, George Bovell, III, copped the bronze in the finals of the men’s 200-m individual medley in Athens yesterday. Bovell finished in a time of 1:58:80, just behin...Read More >>>
  8/19/2004 || JAMAICA, US PLAY TO A DRAW IN KINGSTON0
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Brian Ching and Cobi Jones, a pair of substitutes, saved the United States against Jamaica on Wednesday night. With the entire island nation ready to celebrate the Reggae Boyz' first victory over the Americans, Jones crossed into the penalty box in the 89th minute. Landon Do...Read More >>>
  8/19/2004 || WINDIES LOOKING TO SAVE FACE0
THE WEST Indies enter the fourth and final Test of the npower series against England at the Brit Oval today and, with the contest already decided in England's favour, with the home team boasting a 3-0 lead, the tourists must win or draw or suffer the embarrassment of a whitewash. Just over a year...Read More >>>
  8/19/2004 || GRENADA NURSES SAY ‘NO RETURN TO SLAVERY’0
ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: A special brew is in the making between nurses and the Grenada Government, though not alcoholic, could be more effective than alcohol itself. The nurses say they are against any attempt by government to implement a 12-hour shift system at the General Hospital. Already t...Read More >>>
 
  8/19/2004 || A CALL TO RISE UP IN GRENADA0
ST. GEORGE'S Grenada: Former permanent secretary in the Prime Minister's Ministry and former speech writer, Cajeton Hood, has suggested that Grenadians should rise up in light of a one man commission to inquire into allegations of bribery by Prime Minister Mitchell. According to Hood, "My admonit...Read More >>>

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