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10/21/2004 || MORE TALES OF IVAN 0 By Vanessa Bauzá ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA -- Roslyn Charles rises before dawn from her mattress on the floor of the makeshift shelter and begins filling buckets of water for the day's washing and cooking. Soon her daughters are up, making tea and scrubbing clothes over a washbasin, a few feet fr...Read More >>>   10/20/2004 || REMEMBERING 1983: PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA 0 The Prime Minister of Grenada, Maurice Bishop, has allegedly been shot dead by the armed forces at the Caribbean island's military headquarters in the capital St George's. According to one witness, before he died Mr Bishop said: "My God, my God. They have turned the guns against the people". E...Read More >>>   10/20/2004 || UK ANNOUNCES FURTHER US$10M FOR GRENADA 0 The United Kingdom Secre-tary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn has announced a further US$10 million (5.5 million pounds sterling) for Grenada increasing the UK's support to US$12.6 million (7 million pounds sterling). A release from the British High Commission here yesterday ...Read More >>>   10/20/2004 || NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR GRENADA 0 ST. GEORGES, Grenada, Weds. Oct. 20: Grenadians are being urged to set aside October 25 as a National Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer. A special prayer service is being planned for the Morne Rouge Playing field from 3 p.m. with the Gospel message to be delivered by Apostle Gerald Griffith. The ...Read More >>>   10/20/2004 || 2005 CARIFTA GAMES GO TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO INSTE... 0 Trinidad & Tobago will host the 2005 CARIFTA Games. That decision comes after the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) staged an ad-hoc committee meeting on Monday, 18 October in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to determine the destination of the next edition of the reg...Read More >>>   10/19/2004 || RELIEF SUPPLIES FROM GUYANA BEING SORTED 0 The Grenada National Emer-gency Relief Organisation (NERO) yesterday began stripping and sorting out the shipment of relief supplies sent to the hurricane-battered island by the Guyanese private sector in collaboration with the government. This process is expected to continue throughout the week...Read More >>>   10/19/2004 || GUYANESE SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN GRENADA 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada -- A BATCH of Guyanese soldiers arrived here yesterday morning to be part of the Caribbean military contingent assisting hurricane-ravaged Grenada with reconstruction and security. Under the command of Commander Floyd Levi, the GDFS Essequibo docked at one the cruise ship pi...Read More >>>   10/19/2004 || MORE ELECTRICAL POWER FOR GRENADA 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: The busy town of Gouyave in central Grenada was brought back to life as electrical power was supplied to businesses there for the first time since the passage of Hurricane Ivan. This makes it the third town to receive power from the Grenada Electricity Services Ltd. (GRENLEC...Read More >>>   10/19/2004 || RELIEF DRIVE FOR GRENADA PICKS UP IN CALIFORNIA 0 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A team from the State of California is busy preparing assistance to send to the people of hurricane-ravaged Grenada. A spokesperson for the team, which is affiliated with Food For The Poor, says there are relief supplies ready to be sent as well as $10,000 received fr...Read More >>>   10/18/2004 || CARTER TELLS GRENADIANS TO FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE, T... 0 ST. GEORGES, Grenada, Mon. Oct. 18: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter feels the Grenadian government should focus on the agriculture, tourism and education sectors as it looks to rebuild the island’s economy. Carter made the statement following his recent two-day visit to the island. “In the are...Read More >>>   10/17/2004 || GRENADA'S FORGOTTEN SENIORS 0 by Calistra Farrier ST GEORGE'S, GRENADA - HUNDREDS OF GRENADA’S ELDERLY remain homeless and without proper care following the devastation wrought on the island by Hurricane Ivan. More than one month after ninety percent of homes on the island were either damaged or destroyed by the category t...Read More >>>   10/17/2004 || GRENADA'S UPBEAT SPIRIT BURIED IN STORM RUBBLE 0 BY CARA BUCKLEY ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - In a heavily damaged high school on the ruined outskirts of Grenada's capital, infants sleep on blackboards and mothers wait for help that might not come. Yolande Jack and her five children moved there six weeks ago, after Hurricane Ivan ripped through t...Read More >>>   10/17/2004 || GRENADA CXC STUDENTS GIVEN GRACE PERIOD 0 The Grenada government has taken a decision not to proceed with the arrangements to relocate as an emergency measure, students preparing for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE). The Caribbean Examina-tions Council (CXC), whi...Read More >>>   10/17/2004 || GRENADA PLODS ON 0 THANK God for life’, says a sign on the road from the Point Salines airport in Grenada. `Together we shall rebuild Grenada’, proclaims a banner defiantly stretched on the façade of a bank. Music is back on the mini-buses plying the public transportation routes along roads cleared of fallen uti...Read More >>>   10/16/2004 || REGIONAL ONE-DAY CHAMPIONSHIP SWINGS AWAY IN GUYAN... 0 THE REGIONAL limited-overs cricket tournament gets under way in Guyana today and once there is little rain and plenty sunshine, it should be a close and exciting contest from start to finish. One reason for the expectation of a tournament to remember is that the West Indies thrilling victory in t...Read More >>>   10/16/2004 || CARTER VOWS TO BACK GRENADA DEBT RELIEF 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Former President Jimmy Carter urged the United States and other international lenders Friday to forgive part of Grenada's debt, saying the Caribbean country needs the money to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Ivan. Carter, wrapping up a two-day visit, said he wou...Read More >>>   10/15/2004 || FORMER US PRESIDENT CARTER TOURS GRENADA 0 ST. GEORGES, Grenada, Fri. Oct. 15: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will continue his tour of the hurricane ravaged island of Grenada today. Carter, 80, arrived in the country yesterday and view housing, crop, and rainforest damage caused by Hurricane Ivan last month, but made no public commen...Read More >>>   10/15/2004 || SOCA ON THE MOVE 0 Bikini-clad dancers in festive head gear gyrate across the TV screen while T-shirt-and-jeans-wearing revelers couple-up in a tight embrace, waving Caribbean flags. One channel over, the streets of Barbados come alive as girls with bare midriffs and hot pants twist their bodies to the tempting so...Read More >>>   10/15/2004 || SOUTH AFRICAN DONATION TO HELP CARIBBEAN 0 Georgetown - South Africa is giving one million dollars (R6,55-million) to the Caribbean to aid recovery from the 2004 devastating hurricanes, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency said on Thursday. The donation is for Caribbean Community member states affected by the storms, the agenc...Read More >>>   10/15/2004 || THE GUYANA/GRENADA CONNECTION 0 GRENADA, reeling from the ravages of Hurricane Ivan which cut a deadly swathe through the Caribbean just more than a month ago, is on the track to recovery with the help of Guyana and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) members and international donors. The tiny southern Caribbean island, with ab...Read More >>>   10/14/2004 || GRENADA AMONG 2007 CRICKET WORLD CUP VENUES GIVEN ... 0 London - All eight venues selected as host venues for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup 2007 have received the stamp of approval for their detailed stadium designs and operational plans for hosting the world's third largest sporting event. The ICC CWC 2007 Board of Directo...Read More >>>   10/14/2004 || HAITI EX-TROOPS 'TO IMPOSE ORDER' 0 Leaders of the rebel army that ousted former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have promised to restore order in the capital, Port-au-Prince. A rebel commander said his men were tired of waiting for United Nations or Haitian forces to stop the unrest. Supporters of Mr Aristide, who ar...Read More >>>   10/14/2004 || NO AMNESTY FOR UNDOCUMENTED UNDER BUSH 0 TEMPE, Arizona, Thurs. Oct. 14: Undocumented Caribbean immigrants looking for an immigration amnesty under the George Bush administration scored a major disappointment last night, as the third and final Presidential debate wrapped in Tempe, Arizona. Asked by moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS about h...Read More >>>   10/13/2004 || MITCHELL GIVES ESCAPED PRISONERS ONE WEEK TO TURN ... 0 ST. GEORGES, Grenada, Weds. Oct. 13: Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has given prisoners who escaped during hurricane Ivan, a week to return to prison. Mitchell, in an address to the nation late Monday night said, “All prisoners who escaped custody from the prison during the passage of th...Read More >>>   10/13/2004 || GUYANA POWER COMPANY HELPING TO RESTORE ELECTRICIT... 0 GPL crew off to restore electricity in Grenada TWO of the more experienced line technicians of Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) were due to leave the country last evening to join the Grenada relief task force being assembled by the Saint Lucia-based Caribbean Electric Utilities Services Co...Read More >>>   10/13/2004 || TRINIDAD BUSINESSWOMAN OPPOSES HOUSING GRENADIAN S... 0 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Businesswoman and President of the San Juan Business Association says it is not a good idea for Trinidad to accept Grenadian students. since she believe it may affect them negatively. In speaking to Caribbean Net News, Ms. Gail Mahair said that the students may end up bei...Read More >>>   10/13/2004 || NEW ZEALAND TO CONTRIBUTE TO CARIBBEAN HURRICANE R... 0 New Zealand will contribute NZ$200,000 in disaster relief to the hurricane-plagued Caribbean, Aid Minister Marian Hobbs announced today. "The series of hurricanes that struck the Caribbean recently, inflicted terrible human suffering and physical damage and we want to help those affected," Marian...Read More >>>   10/13/2004 || MORE HURRICANE RELIEF ASSISTANCE FROM CABLE & WIRE... 0 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cable and Wireless says its support to hurricane-ravaged Caribbean islands has not been limited to shipments of relief supplies and but has also facilitated efforts to collect monetary donations. Recently a relief fund was established with an initial US$1 million cont...Read More >>>   10/12/2004 || IVAN: GRENADA AND GRAND CAYMAN, A TALE OF TWO COUN... 0 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The scars left by Hurricane Ivan in two Caribbean islands, followed by the recuperation process, have left praises for some and more questions than answers for others. The principal difference between devastated Grand Cayman and hurricane-ravaged Grenada was the quick...Read More >>>     10/12/2004 || GUYANA'S MUSLIM COMMUNITY SENDS RELIEF TO GRENADA 0 GUYANA Islamic Trust (GIT) on Friday handed over a donation of relief items to the Civil Defence Commission for shipping to Grenada, manifesting another example of Guyanese goodwill toward the people of the storm-ravaged nation. The donation was officially presented to Major Lawrence Duncan, Comm...Read More >>>