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3/20/2006 || GRENADIAN FRANCIQUE STARTS SECOND TITLE QUEST IN M... 0 MELBOURNE, Australia: World Indoor champion Alleyne Francique of Grenada and silver medallist California Molefe of Botswana easily qualified for the next round of the men's 400m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games now on in Melbourne, Australia. Molefe recorded the fastest time of the opening round w...Read More >>>   3/20/2006 || PANDAY ON TRIAL FOR UNDECLARED BANK ACCOUNT 0 OPPOSITION LEADER Basdeo Panday goes on trial today for allegedly making false declarations to the Integrity Commission for 1997, 1998 and 1999 by not disclosing a London bank account, jointly held by himself and his wife, Oma. At the same time, he has written to the registrar of the Integrity C...Read More >>>   3/20/2006 || WINDIES FACING DEFEAT...AGAIN 0 BRIAN LARA'S miserable run of form continued on Sunday (Saturday night Caribbean time) as the West Indies faltered again to be facing the prospect of a heavy defeat heading into the fourth day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. Trailing on first innings by 180 runs, the...Read More >>>   3/20/2006 || SOCA AND REGGAE ACTS ADDED TO ST. LUCIA JAZZ 0 CASTRIES, St. Lucia (March 18, 2006) – Trinidad and Tobago's soca star Machel Montano, who dominated the 2006 Trinidad and Tobago carnival, and Jamaica reggae group T.O.K. are now on the line-up of the world famous St. Lucia Jazz. Add these outstanding Caribbean musical acts to Britain's Seal, Ba...Read More >>>   3/17/2006 || MISSING AMERICAN BOATER RESCUED 0 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - An American man who went missing for two days while sailing in the Caribbean Sea was rescued nearly 46 miles (74 kilometers) from the island of Grenada, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday. Dempsey Holleron, of Pennsylvania, disappeared after dropping two of his child...Read More >>>   3/17/2006 || EX-WAILER IN COURT OVER MARLEY'S ROYALTIES 0 A former member of Bob Marley's band, The Wailers, has taken his fight for a slice of the reggae great's royalties to a British courtroom. Aston Barrett, who was Marley's bassist for almost a decade, is suing Universal-Island Records Ltd. for $105 million. His lawsuit was also brought on behalf ...Read More >>>   3/17/2006 || BRITISH POLICE FOR TRINIDAD STREETS 0 The decision of Trinidad and Tobago to bring in British policemen to help fight violent crime has received a lukewarm response from local rank and file officers. Prime Minister Patrick Manning had included the British officers in a police reform package presented to Parliament on Wednesday. Ma...Read More >>>   3/17/2006 || WINDIES STRUGGLE 0 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Brian Lara was out for one as New Zealand overcame the loss of strike bowler Shane Bond to reduce the West Indies to 80-4 at lunch on the first day of the second cricket Test last night (local time). Bond, who was man of the match in New Zealand's 27-run first Test ...Read More >>>   3/16/2006 || XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES LAUNCHED IN MELBOURNE 10 THE XVIII Commonwealth Games, known universally as the 'Friendly Games', opened in a blaze of colour, amid the thunderous boom of fireworks which lit up the skyline over the world famous Melbourne Cricket Ground last night (early Wednesday Caribbean time). Before 84,000 noisy spectators, Her Maj...Read More >>>   3/16/2006 || GRENADA NEWSPAPER EDITOR RELEASED AFTER QUESTIONIN... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: After been questioned by police, the Editor of the Grenada Today newspaper, George Worme, walked away without any charges being laid against him. Worme was detained on Tuesday and questioned in connection with an article considered libellous. The article in question appeare...Read More >>>   3/16/2006 || TWENTY TRAVEL AGENTS APPROVED FOR CRICKET WORLD CU... 0 THE OFFICE of the International Cricket Council 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC) has announced 20 official travel agencies for the tournament to be played in the West Indies. The 20 companies from 11 countries across the globe including two from host venues - Barbados and Jamaica - are in the first ...Read More >>>   3/16/2006 || FREE EYES CHECK-UP FOR GRENADIANS 0 Free Eyes Check-Up for Grenadians By Team Grenada Grand Bras, St. Andrew’s ((March 15, 2006): Approximately 300 residents of the “Big Parish” St. Andrew’s turned up at the Grand Bras Medical Centre from early as five am this morning to seize the opportunity to have their eyes checked for free...Read More >>>   3/15/2006 || SAASS RECEIVES CONCRETE WALKWAY 0 By Wallace J.A SAASS, Telescope, St.Andrew (14/03/06): Today was a very momentous day for the principal, staff and students of the St.Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School, SAASS. A high-powered team from the Ministry of Sports and Community Development, which included the likes of Hon. Roland Bhola...Read More >>>   3/15/2006 || GOVERNMENT CALLS ON MWAG TO ACT MORE RESPONSIBLY 0 PRESS SECRETARY OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER News Release Wednesday March 15th 2006, St. George’s: The Government of Grenada is extremely concerned about statements being made by the Media Workers Association of Grenada which directly question the independence of the Royal Grenada Police Force ...Read More >>>   3/15/2006 || GRENADA POLICE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO INTIMIDATE THE... 5 The police in Grenada briefly detained the editor of a weekly newspaper as part of their investigations into a criminal libel matter. However lawyers representing George Worme, the editor of the Grenada Today newspaper said the detention was aimed at muzzling free expression and the press on the i...Read More >>>   3/15/2006 || GRENADA NEWSPAPER EDITOR DETAINED BY POLICE 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: On Tuesday, the editor of the Grenada Today newspaper, George Worme, was detained and questioned by the Royal Grenada Police Force. According to a statement released by the Media Workers Association of Grenada (MWAG), Mr Worme was detained for publishing a letter to the edi...Read More >>>   3/15/2006 || WINDIES COACHES NEED MORE TIME - REPORT 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - West Indies' first all-foreign coaching staff should be given more time to deliver results, according to a West Indies Cricket Board committee evaluating their performance. Coach Bennett King and his fellow Australians, assistant David Moore, physio Stephen Partridge, ...Read More >>>   3/15/2006 || PM MEETS WITH CARICOM AMBASSADORS 0 The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. The Rt. Hon. Keith C. Mitchell, visited the United Nations on March 9th 2006, to represent the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the launch of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which would enable the United Nations to respond in a more timely manner to re...Read More >>>   3/14/2006 || MWAG'S STATEMENT ON WORME'S DETENTION 0 ST.GEORGE’S GRENADA: The Media Workers Association of Grenada (MWAG) notes with grave concern and alarm the detention and questioning of the editor of the Grenada Today newspaper, Mr. George Worme, by officers of the Royal Grenada Police Force on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Mr Worme was detained f...Read More >>>   3/14/2006 || PRIME MINISTER MITCHELL REPRESENTS THE REGION AT U... 0 Thirty-six (36) donors have pledged $256 million to the Central Emergency Response Fund launched last week at United Nations Headquarters in New York, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. The Right Honourable Keith C. Mitchell, who represented the Caribbean Community a...Read More >>>   3/14/2006 || GRENADIAN-BORN G.I. LAID TO REST 0 The wife of a Grenadian-born, Brooklyn-bred soldier killed in a Baghdad firefight collapsed yesterday at his funeral. April Foster Lewis, herself an Iraq war veteran, fainted as a lone trumpeter honored Sgt. Dwayne Lewis, 26. Dwayne Lewis' military tags were laid across his casket as mourners gat...Read More >>>   3/14/2006 || SPICE YOUTH PROMOTION ASSISTS GRENADIAN COMMONWEAL... 0 Spice Youth Promotion has made a contribution to one of Grenada's Commonwealth Games participants. Mr. Jewel Lewis Grenada's representative in the Boxing Light Welterweight division will be competing in the Games which begin on Wednesday, March 15, 2006. Lewis who has been a member of Spice Youth...Read More >>>   3/14/2006 || WEST INDIES LOSE KEY BATSMAN ON NEW ZEALAND TOUR 0 AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP): The West Indies suffered a further setback Tuesday, a day after losing the first cricket Test to New Zealand, with confirmation that vice-captain and leading batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has been ruled out of the rest of the tour. Sarwan had failed to recover from a pull...Read More >>>   3/14/2006 || RESIDENTS OF POLE SHOW STRONG COMMUNITY SPIRIT 0 By J.A.Wallace MT. HORNE, St.Andrew (March 12, 2006): From around 6 o’clock this morning, residents from Pole, an area in Mt.Horne, St.Andrew, began work on a community beautification project in their village with a view to enhance the ambiance of the area. The area receiving the attention of ...Read More >>>   3/13/2006 || THE GRENADA REVOLUTION: A CLOSER LOOK 0 By Gerry Hopkins & Calistra Farrier March 13, 2006 marked 27 years since the Grenadian people, led by Maurice Bishop's New Jewel Movement (NJM), chose to take the destiny of their country into their own hands and gave birth to the first and only armed popular revolution in the Commonwealth Caribb...Read More >>>   3/13/2006 || ON THIS DAY: BBC NEWS BRINGS NEWS OF EVENTS IN GRE... 0 THIS NEWS ITEM ORGINALLY AIRED MARCH 13, 1979 1979: Grenada leader ousted by coup A coup in the Caribbean island of Grenada has toppled the country's controversial Prime Minister, Sir Eric Gairy. Sir Eric was at the United Nations in New York when he was overthrown. After initially denying ...Read More >>>   3/13/2006 || REVIVING AGRICULTURE IN GRENADA 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Agricultural Livelihoods Recovery Project in Grenada has proven to be a model example of how a public-private partnership can work successfully to build long-term productivity and self-reliance. The project has played a major part in reviving approximately 500 farms in ...Read More >>>   3/13/2006 || GRENADA’S FRANCIQUE REPEATS AS CARIBBEAN ATHLETES ... 0 MOSCOW, Russia: In-form Grenadian Alleyne Francique became only the second man to successfully defend a World Indoor title when he crossed the line first to win the men's 400m dash on the final day of competition at the 11th IAAF Indoor Championships in the Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow on Sunday...Read More >>>   3/12/2006 || CALYPSONIAN TIGER T’S CAR CATCHES FIRE 0 By TeamGrenada ST.CLOUD, St.Andrew (March 12, 2006): A short while ago, popular Grenadian calypsonian, Tiger T, lost his vehicle while traveling along the St.Cloud’s main road, close to the bridge that leads to Mira beau. According to the calypsonian, he recently retrieved his car from a garag...Read More >>>     3/11/2006 || PASSA PASSA IS DESTROYING OUR MORAL VALUES 2 By J.A.Wallace GRENVILLE, St.Andrew (March 11, 2006): In recent times, there has been quite a lot of talk, in all social circles, about “passa passa” and its effect on the Grenadian society. The Hon. Clarice Charles, Minister for Education, along with other prominent government officials and non-...Read More >>>