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9/10/2004 || HURRICANE IVAN LEAVES UP TO 33 DEAD IN CARIBBEAN 0 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): Hurricane Ivan hurtled toward Jamaica Thursday after devastating the Caribbean island of Grenada, where up to 24 people died, and killing nine others in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Tobago. The deadly storm packed winds of up to 150 miles per hour as it headed...Read More >>>   9/10/2004 || CARIBBEAN TOURISM PRIVATE SECTOR JOINS HURRICANE R... 0 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (September 9, 2004) – The Caribbean hospitality industry has set in motion efforts to provide urgent relief assistance to the people and its colleagues in the Eastern Caribbean, following the passing of Hurricane Ivan. The Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) is finalizing ...Read More >>>   9/10/2004 || GRENADIANS IN THE DIASPORA URGED TO PITCH IN 0 NEW YORK, N.Y., Fri. Sept. 10: In the wake of Hurricane Ivan community leaders gathered at the New York Consulate of Grenada yesterday to discuss ways they could help their devastated homeland and urge other nationals and all Caribbeans to pitch-in. Items needed included flashlights, DC power sou...Read More >>>   9/10/2004 || RELIEF EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO HELP HURRICANE-HIT GREN... 0 The Event: Hurricane Ivan a Category 3 system with sustained winds of 115mph impacted Grenada on Tuesday September 7, 2004 leaving a trail of damage. All utilities were knocked out but limited communication has been restored with the Emergency Operation Centre. Hurricane Ivan has cleared the island ...Read More >>>   9/9/2004 || DEVASTATION BEYOND IMAGINATION 0 ST. GEORGE ‘S, Grenada – Assistance has begun coming to Grenada with the arrival of a supply ship from Trinidad and Tobago, and some regional security forces following the passage of Hurricane Ivan which devastated the island on Tuesday. The situation in Grenada has become so urgent that even tho...Read More >>>   9/9/2004 || GRENADA MP : IT'S A SCENE FROM DOOMSDAY 0 A WOMAN IN MT HORNE in rural St Andrew’s spent the night in her cramped downstairs where she previously housed her washing machine. That was the only place she could have found shelter after her roof was swept away by Hurricane Ivan. The neighbors could not have housed her either. Everyone...Read More >>>   9/9/2004 || CARIBBEAN NEIGHBOURS SEND TROOPS TO GRENADA 0 ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, on Wednesday afternoon dispatched two groups of defence force and police officers to Grenada to aid in the emergency response phase of the recovery process following the passage of Hurricane Ivan which caused widespread dam...Read More >>>   9/9/2004 || LATEST CDERA REPORT ON GRENADA 0 Posted September 9, 1:09 am Here’s the latest situation report from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) All utilities were knocked out but limited communication has been restored with the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC). A CDERA team is on the ground in Grenada providi...Read More >>>   9/9/2004 || CHAOS IN GRENADA AFTER IVAN 0 Grenada is in chaos and there are reports of widespread looting after Hurricane Ivan scored a direct hit on the island killing 12 people and knocking out water, electricity and telecommunications. The BBC Caribbean correspondent in St. George’s Michael Bascombe, said there is widespread destruct...Read More >>>   9/8/2004 || IVAN LEAVES AT LEAST 12 DEAD IN GRENADA 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- The most powerful hurricane to hit Grenada in a decade killed at least 12 people, damaged 90 percent its homes and destroyed a prison, leaving criminals on the loose, officials said Wednesday. American medical students were taking precautions against looters. Hurrica...Read More >>>   9/8/2004 || RELIEF EFFORT UNDERWAY TO HELP HURRICANE-HIT GRENA... 0 Barbados, Sep 08, 2004: 3:00 pm (CDERA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) has started operations involving numerous agencies to provide relief assistance to hurricane-hit Grenada. The British Naval vessel HMS Richmond has arrived in St George’s harbour and has done a fly ...Read More >>>   9/8/2004 || AT LEAST NINE KILLED BY HURRICANE IVAN 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- Hurricane Ivan made a direct hit on Grenada with ferocious winds, causing ``incalculable damage'' and killing at least nine people as it turned concrete homes into rubble and hurled hundreds of the island's landmark red zinc roofs through the air, officials said Wednesd...Read More >>>   9/8/2004 || IVAN KILLS THREE 0 At least three people are reported dead in Grenada and the island remains virtually cut off from the rest of the world after widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan which also dealt a severe blow to parts of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Donovan Gentles, a senior officer at the Barbado...Read More >>>   9/8/2004 || GRENADA'S CONSUL GENERAL IN FLORIDA REQUESTS AID F... 0 *Letters to the Editor Wednesday, September 8, 2004 To all Grenadians and Friends of Grenada: Today, I reach out to you in a moment of need for our fellow Grenadians in our tri- island State of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique. Grenada has been seriously impacted by Hurricane Ivan. Gr...Read More >>>   9/8/2004 || IVAN DEVASTATES GRENADA. THREE DEAD 0 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Powerful and strengthening Hurricane Ivan killed at least three people in Grenada and devastated its capital, St. Georges, as it pounded the tiny islands of the southeastern Caribbean on Tuesday. Ivan, the ninth storm in a busy Atlantic hurricane season, swept...Read More >>>   9/7/2004 || HURRICANE IVAN SCORES DIRECT HIT ON GRENADA 0 Posted September 7, 11 p.m. ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Packing ferocious winds, Hurricane Ivan made a direct hit on Grenada Tuesday, blasting apart scores of homes and forcing hundreds of evacuations before growing even stronger as it moved in Jamaica's direction. The storm, coming just days aft...Read More >>>   9/7/2004 || RASTAS WANT £72.5 BILLION IN REPARATION 0 A consortium of Rastafarian Houses and organisations are formally demanding that European nations, especially the United Kingdom, pay Rastafarians £72.5 billion (J$7.9 trillion) so they can be repatriated and resettled in Africa. This will supply the resources needed to allow up to 500,000 Rastafari...Read More >>>   9/7/2004 || EASTERN CARIBBEAN PREPARES AS IVAN APPROACHES 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - Residents rushed to install storm shutters in Barbados as Hurricane Ivan churned towards the Caribbean yesterday, packing sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph) and threatening islands in its path. A hurricane warning was issued for Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and the...Read More >>>   9/7/2004 || AIR JAMAICA CANCELS FLIGHTS TO EASTERN CARIBBEAN A... 0 ALL AIR Jamaica flights for Barbados, Antigua, Grenada and St. Lucia, which were scheduled for today, have been cancelled as Hurricane Ivan bears down on the Eastern Caribbean. The affected flights are JM082 from New York to Grenada, Barbados and Montego Bay; JM094 from New York to Antigua, St....Read More >>>   9/6/2004 || IVAN HEADS FOR SOUTH-EAST CARIBBEAN. GRENADA ISSUE... 0 Barbados is bracing itself for the first hurricane in nearly 50 years with the impending arrival of Hurricane Ivan over the next 24 to 36 hours. But Barbados is not the only island that is taking emergency precautions, as St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia and Grenada have also issued hurric...Read More >>>   9/4/2004 || PROFILE OF CARIBBEAN CUP 2004 FINALIST: GRENADA 0 Grenadianconnection.com spoke with Coach Jones, who has trained Grenada’s team for the Caribbean Cup for many years. He spoke about his team and their chances of winning the championship. Here’s what he had to say: On the team’s morale "Our spirits are very high right now and we’re very confiden...Read More >>>   9/3/2004 || CARIBBEAN TEAMS VIE FOR PLACE IN THE WORLD CUP 0 Four Caribbean teams - Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Kitts and Nevis - are still in contention to reach the World Cup finals in Germany in 2006. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, ranked a lowly 150th in the world, have the most difficult assignment among Satur...Read More >>>   9/3/2004 || CARIBBEAN CUP 2004 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THIS CARNIVAL... 0 Soccer lovers who have been loyal fans of the Caribbean Cup 2004 competition will finally get the answer to the question, “Who will be champion?” with the finals of the Caribbean Cup set for this Sunday, September 5 at the Jefferson High School Field, Flatlands and Shepherd Avenues in Brooklyn. T...Read More >>>   9/2/2004 || CARICOM OFFICIAL URGES REPOSITIONING OF AGRICULTUR... 0 Byron Blake, outgoing Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) urges Grenada as well as other CARICOM members to reposition the agricultural sector in the various islands. Noting that the food import bill in the Caribbean has more than quadrupled in the last 30 years, Mr B...Read More >>>   9/2/2004 || GRENADA PREPARES FOR WEST INDIES LIMITED OVERS CRI... 0 Remedial works are soon to begin on the La Sagesse and Tanteen Recreational Grounds in preparation for the West Indies Limited Overs Cricket from the 16th-26th October 2004. This will be the first time that such an activity will be held in Grenada with the games unfurling at the Tanteen Recreati...Read More >>>   9/2/2004 || CARIBBEAN PORTS REVOLT OVER CRUISE PASSENGER NUMBE... 0 MEXICO CITY, Mexico: According to Business Report, a revolt is growing in the Caribbean over increasingly massive cruise ships disgorging thousands of passengers who swamp beach towns, buy perhaps a soft drink and a few trinkets, and re-embark a few hours later. Mexico's government is considering...Read More >>>   9/2/2004 || OPPOSITION TO CALL FOR RESIGNATION OF GRENADA PM 0 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: The official opposition in the island is expected to raise the stakes on embattled Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, asking him to step down while he is being investigated for wrong doing. At the same time, reports in Grenada say former opposition leader Michael Baptiste has v...Read More >>>   8/31/2004 || CALL FOR GRENADA PM TO STEP ASIDE 0 ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The main opposition party in Grenada, as well as other parliamentarians in the region say, they will impress on CARICOM heads to ask Prime Minister Mitchell to step aside to allow the Commission of Inquiry to take place into allegations of bribery against Dr. Mitchell. Mitc...Read More >>>   8/31/2004 || GAY PROTESTS STOP REGGAE FESTIVAL 0 One of the UK's biggest reggae festivals has been cancelled after gay rights activists threatened to disrupt the event. The activists led by the group Outrage!, were unhappy about the inclusion of dancehall acts Sizzla and Vybz Kartel in the lineup for Reggae In The Park which was due to take pla...Read More >>>     8/30/2004 || LONDON'S CARNIVAL A SUCCESS 0 Organisers and police have praised the peaceful spirit of the 40th Notting Hill Carnival as it draws to a close. Officers estimate more than a million people will have flocked to the streets of west London over the weekend. About 250,000 people went on Sunday - more than double the first day ...Read More >>>