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1/5/2006 || GRENADIAN SENATOR SWORN IN AS FULL MINISTER 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Senator Emmalin Pierre has been sworn in as Minister in the Prime Minister’s Ministry with responsibility for Youth Development. The brief ceremony took place at the Governor General’s Residence in Grenada on Wednesday afternoon. In attendance were representatives of various...Read More >>>   1/5/2006 || CTO INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR 2006 SCHOLARSHIPS AND... 0 BRIDGETOWN Barbados (Jan. 4, 2006) – Scholarships of up to US$20,000 are being made available to Caribbean nationals wishing to study tourism or hospitality, as the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) again assists with the educational development of the region’s youth. The region’s tourism deve...Read More >>>   1/4/2006 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT DELAYS SALARY LEVY 0 Tuesday the Grenada government announced that it has agreed to delay the implementation of the 5 percent levy on the salaries of workers as part of the efforts to fund rehabilitation work following the devastation caused by two hurricanes during a 10 month period. But the Keith Mitchell administr...Read More >>>   1/4/2006 || RHODE ISLAND LEGALISES GANJA FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSE... 0 PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) - Rhode Island yesterday became the 11th US state to legalise medical marijuana, and the first since the US Supreme Court ruled in June that patients who use the drug can still be prosecuted under federal law. Rhode Island lawmakers voted 59 to13, with one abstention...Read More >>>   1/4/2006 || GONSALVES ARRANGING SPECIAL OECS SUMMIT ON CSME 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves was yesterday seeking to arrange a special summit meeting of Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) for Saturday, January 7, to discuss the subregion's concerns with the single market component of th...Read More >>>   1/3/2006 || A LOOK BACK AT THE RECORD-BREAKING HURRICANE SEASO... 0 by Wallace J.A. Exclusive to Grenadianconnection.com In the Atlantic Basin, when one refers to the Hurricane Season, one deals with the period from June 1 to November 30. Before September 7,2004, many Grenadians paid very little attention to the weather news on television, seeing it as an irrita...Read More >>>   1/3/2006 || GRENADIAN BISHOP CRITICISES CHRISTMAS MUSIC 5 ROMAN CATHOLIC Bishop, Vincent Darius has expressed concern over the type of songs being played in Grenada during the Christmas season. "(In) Many of our local Christmas songs you don't hear the word 'Christ' being called," he said. "Drinking, eating, feting, that's the things; ­ Christ is absent...Read More >>>   1/3/2006 || LIAT SEEKS US$10M 0 TWO REGIONAL shareholder governments on Sunday sent a strong warning that "it cannot be business as usual" at LIAT, even as they expressed their continued support for the loss-making regional air carrier. At the same time, the struggling airline is seeking US$10 million in immediate support to pu...Read More >>>   1/3/2006 || CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC TRADE BLOC TAKES PARTIAL EFFECT 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - Caribbean leaders yesterday welcomed the start of a free trade zone designed to allow goods, services and skilled workers to move more easily throughout the region. Six nations - Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago - became the first ful...Read More >>>   1/3/2006 || HAITIAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS ELECTIONS POSTPONED 0 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Haiti's interim government confirmed Sunday that general elections scheduled for January 8 would be postponed again, and did not immediately set a new date for the vote. The government announcement, in a statement, confirmed Friday's news from a member of the electora...Read More >>>     1/3/2006 || 'SEX FOR VISAS' CLAIM TO BE INVESTIGATED 0 The Home Office is investigating a claim that immigration officials have granted visas to foreign nationals in exchange for sexual favours. The British tabloid newspaper, The Sun, reported the allegation by a former administration officer at the Lunar House immigration processing centre in Croyd...Read More >>>