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9/21/2004 || WINDIES SINK SOUTH AFRICA 0 ICC Champions Trophy, The Oval: West Indies 249-5 (48.5 overs) beat South Africa 246-6 (50 overs) by five wickets Ramnaresh Sarwan played the leading role with 75 as West Indies beat South Africa by five wickets to earn a place in the Champions Trophy semi-finals. He shared partnerships of 9...Read More >>>   9/21/2004 || GRENADA'S POOR SUFFER IN THE LAP OF LUXURY 0 St. Georges, GRENADA—At the moment, Simon Moses lives in a shopping mall built to sell the kinds of things he could never afford — designer labels, high-end electronics and gourmet food. Before Hurricane Ivan, space in South City Plaza in the tourist centre sold for several hundred dollars per s...Read More >>>   9/21/2004 || IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES CALL FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED S... 0 NEW YORK, N.Y., Tues. Sept. 21: Queens-based immigrant advocates of the Caribbean Immigrant Services, Irwine Clare and Winston Tucker, are calling on officials of the Department of Homeland Security to consider granting Temporary Protected Status to Grenadians here on holiday visas. Clare yesterd...Read More >>>   9/17/2004 || CARIBBEAN COUNTS COST OF HURRICANE IVAN 0 The ravages of Hurricane Ivan have left deep scars across the Caribbean - but despite a lingering sense of shock, the victims are trying to put their lives in order once again. In Grenada, where 37 people died and roughly two-thirds of the 100,000 inhabitants have been left homeless, shops and b...Read More >>>   9/17/2004 || AIR JAMAICA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR RE-TICKETING 0 Passengers now have until September 30, 2004 to change itineraries without penalty MIAMI – (September 13, 2004) – Air Jamaica announces that it has extended the deadline for re-ticketing due to Hurricane Ivan to September 30, 2004. Air Jamaica passengers booked to travel by September 30, 2004 ma...Read More >>>   9/17/2004 || AIR JAMAICA RESUMES SERVICE TO GRENADA & THE EASTE... 0 MIAMI – (September 12, 2004) – Air Jamaica has resumed air passenger service to Grenada and the Eastern Caribbean following the passing of Hurricane Ivan. The carrier, which has experienced varying levels of service disruptions for the past week, operates more than 400 weekly flights to 12 destinat...Read More >>>   9/17/2004 || CARICOM TO MEET GRENADA'S DEBTS 0 Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders have agreed on measures to put Grenada back on the road to social and economic viability after the devastation of Hurricane Ivan. The leaders met in a one-day emergency session on Wednesday in Port of Spain that was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago prime ministe...Read More >>>   9/17/2004 || FORMER GRENADA MP ARRESTED UNDER EMERGENCY POWERS 0 ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA: Former Opposition Leader Michael Baptiste has been arrested, and is apparently being held under new emergency powers in Grenada. Baptiste was picked up by police after setting up a small broadcast unit in rural St Andrew’s which has been without local radio broadcasts after ...Read More >>>   9/17/2004 || WINDIES CRICKETERS DONATING TO DISASTER RELIEF FUN... 0 LONDON: The West Indies team have gathered donations for disaster relief after Hurricane Ivan hit the Caribbean. And they hope their performance in the ICC Champions Trophy will lift fans' spirits in Grenada, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. "We've got a lot of guys in the team that have fami...Read More >>>   9/15/2004 || SOCA TO THE RESCUE FOR GRENADA 0 Kevin Lyttle, Rupee, Edwin Yearwood and Tall Pree are some of the soca stars who are lending their voices to the fund raising drive for victims of Hurricane Ivan in Grenada. They will be featured on a single called Give Some Spice, Show Some Love, a song that's part of a fund raising initiative b...Read More >>>   9/15/2004 || CARICOM MUST ACT ON GRENADA 0 Prime Minister Patrick Manning has said that Caricom will have to act soon to avoid a major social and economic disaster in Grenada if it does not recover quickly from the ravages of Hurricane Ivan. Mr Manning was speaking ahead of an emergency meeting of Caricom heads in Port of Spain on Wednesd...Read More >>>   9/14/2004 || CLARKE CALLS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORT FOR GR... 0 Contact: Rance E. Huff (718) 287-8762/Brooklyn (212) 788-7352/City Hall (718) 207-1158/Cell BROOKLYN, NY- The following is a statement from New York City Councilmember Yvette D. Clarke regarding the effects of Hurricane Ivan on the Caribbean nation of Grenada: “I want to join with the res...Read More >>>   9/14/2004 || WE'RE NOT ALONE! GRAND CAYMAN: DEVASTATION BEYOND ... 0 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: At 9 am local time on Monday, as the first reports of the full extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan began to come in, the early morning scene has been described as ‘devastation beyond imagination’. Mariners Cove, an apartment building at Spotts on the south ...Read More >>>   9/14/2004 || HOMELAND SITUATION UPDATE! 0 This report of the progress on the ground is based on a CDERA field assessment which was conducted September 12, 2004. While the situation is improving incrementally, a considerable effort is still required especially in the area of food distribution and internal and external public information. ...Read More >>>   9/14/2004 || FIND LOVED ONES AFTER IVAN 0 In the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan many Grenadians, Jamaicans and Cayman Islanders throughout the diaspora have been unable to contact their relatives and loved ones. Now, people wishing to obtain more information about their relatives and friends in Grenada, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands can us...Read More >>>   9/13/2004 || HURRICANE IVAN IMPACT ON GRENADA - EFFORTS CONTINU... 0 Barbados, Sep 12, 2004 (CDERA) – Distribution of relief supplies continues to improve. Efforts to overcome transportation challenges to parishes outside of St Georges continue. Efforts also continue to keep residents advised of distribution information through the media services. Situation Update...Read More >>>   9/13/2004 || GRENADA COUP INMATES STAY, RIDE OUT IVAN 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Scores of inmates climbed out of Grenada's crumbling 17th century prison when howling winds tore away the roof and parts of the walls. But former Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard stayed put, along with 15 others convicted of killings in the 1983 palace coup that led the Un...Read More >>>   9/13/2004 || GRENADA PM CALLS FOR DEBT RELIEF 0 BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS: Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell says the island may have suffered US$800 million in damage as a result of Hurricane Ivan. Prime Minister Mitchell is calling for relief from their old debt since it must now undertake a massive rebuilding of the country ravished by H...Read More >>>   9/13/2004 || DESPERATE IN GRENADA. MORE TALES OF SURVIVORS 0 ST GEORGE'S, GRENADA: Shocked by the destruction of their once idyllic island by Hurricane Ivan, residents of Grenada on Sunday desperately sought food, water and candles to provide some comfort in their shattered lives. ''I'm trying to find some plastic to put over my roof so that water won't co...Read More >>>   9/13/2004 || AID SCARCE IN GRENADA 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Shipments of humanitarian aid are trickling into this hurricane-devastated island, but most residents said they had yet to see the aid and complained of a lack of food and water. The fierce winds that struck Tuesday left more than half of this former British colony's 100,0...Read More >>>   9/11/2004 || GRENADA SURVIVORS TALES 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Steady rain fell on Grenada on Saturday, compounding the misery of thousands of islanders short on food, water and shelter after Hurricane Ivan roared through, devastating the former British colony. "I have nobody to give me help," Verna Alfred, 53, said while crouching ...Read More >>>   9/11/2004 || HOMELAND SITUATION UPDATE 0 Relief operations are intensifying across Grenada, devastated after the passage of Hurricane Ivan on Tuesday September 7, 2004. 1. The Prime Minister, Mr. Keith Mitchell addressed the nation on national radio, yesterday, Friday, September 10. 2. Distribution strategy has been ...Read More >>>   9/11/2004 || SPECIAL REPORT FROM GRENADA: ‘INDESCRIBABLE IVAN’ 0 by Marcia Braveboy Caribbean Net News correspondent reporting from Grenada ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Two things strike the senses in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan’s devastating pass over Grenada. First, the green lushness of the island has now been replaced by a dry, brown and barren appearance. S...Read More >>>   9/11/2004 || CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION LAUNCHES RELIEF FUN... 0 BARBADOS (Sept. 10, 2004) – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the region’s tourism development agency, has moved to provide relief to member countries affected by Hurricanes Frances and Ivan. CTO has launched the “Caribbean Tourism Organization Relief Fund” to provide monetary assistanc...Read More >>>   9/11/2004 || HOMELAND SITUATION UPDATE 0 The International Federation of the Red Cross approximates 60,000 people are homeless with 5,000 to 8,000 persons in 47 emergency shelters, 30 of which are official shelters and 17 of which were established on an ad-hoc basis. The temporary halt to the flow of emergency supplies into Grenada issu...Read More >>>   9/10/2004 || ANSWERS FOR GRENADIANS OVERSEAS 0 A number of Grenadians living overseas have been finding it hard to get information about their relatives' welfare following the devastating passage of Hurricane Ivan. Many have e-mailed us asking for specific details. BBC Caribbean Radio's correspondent in St. George's, Michael Bascombe, answers ...Read More >>>   9/10/2004 || LATEST CDERA SITUATION REPORT ON GRENADA 0 SITUATION UPDATE –September 9, 9:00 pm ISSUED BY: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency Local law enforcement authorities supported by the Regional Security System have brought the internal security situation under control. As of this evening there is a dusk-to-dawn curfew in effect until...Read More >>>   9/10/2004 || COMMONWEALTH URGES MEMBERS TO HELP CARIBBEAN 0 LONDON, (AFP) - Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon yesterday expressed concern about the damage Hurricane Ivan may wreak in Jamaica and the destruction it has already left in other Caribbean countries as he appealed to members to help. "I have been closely monitoring the various destruct...Read More >>>   9/10/2004 || JAMAICANS FLEE RAMPAGING IVAN, GRENADA WASTED 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan left Grenada a wasteland of flattened houses, twisted metal and splintered wood as it bore down on Jamaica with deadly winds and monstrous waves, forcing a half million people to flee their homes. The death toll in the Caribbean stood at 23 and was expected to ...Read More >>>     9/10/2004 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION MAY DISCUSS NATIONA... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: OFFICIALS of the Grenada government and the opposition are expected to discuss the idea of a national unity government to help the island in its reconstruction in the aftermath of the passage of Hurricane Ivan, the CARIBUPDATE NEWS SERVICE has learnt. Prime Minister Dr Kei...Read More >>>