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5/5/2006 || EARLY BIRDS GET CWC TICKETS 0 An Indian visitor to Jamaica happened to be the first applicant for 2007 Cricket World Cup as official ticket centres were opened throughout the tournaments's nine host venues earlier this week. Badaravada Venugopal, who went on to Trinidad and Tobago, said he wanted to watch his team play at th...Read More >>>   5/4/2006 || GRAND ROY PAN ANGELS LAUNCH 0 By Laura Lewis In December 2005, with a few used instruments donated from older steel bands and the use of GRENCODA’S old GRENFRUIT factory building for practice, the Southern St. John’s Sports and Culture Club started the “Grand Roy Pan Angels”. Less than a year later, the club has launched its...Read More >>>   5/4/2006 || MAN DIES IN VEHICULAR ACCIDENT AT HOPE, ST.ANDREW’... 0 By Team Grenada Please note some of the photos are graphic. Viewer Discretion Advised. HOPE, St.Andrew’s (May 4, 2006): This evening (around 6:30pm), sixty-eight years old Meshack Clawney Patrick, who resided at Hope, lost his life in a vehicular accident along the Eastern Main Road, approxi...Read More >>>   5/4/2006 || LIAT’S CFO: ‘WE DEFINITELY NEEDED THE MONEY’ 0 Concern is growing within the region over the current situation with LIAT as the regional carrier continues to depend on its shareholder governments for large inflows of cash to keep it in the air. Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has taken a firm stance, in defiance of an appeal from...Read More >>>   5/4/2006 || REGIONAL PRACTITIONERS IN FOOD AND NUTRITION SECUR... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Regional practitioners implementing Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) projects in the Caribbean have convened a five day meeting in Grenada. The regional training course entitled: “Introduction to communication tools and methods”, is designed to introduce to participants th...Read More >>>   5/3/2006 || LEATHERBACK TURTLE COMES ASHORE AT GRAND ANSE BEAC... 0 By Team Grenada GRAND ANSE, St. George’s ( May 03,2006): Today, scores of curious onlookers – both tourists and locals – gathered at the Grand Anse beach to witness a very unusual event. A leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) came ashore to lay its eggs in the sand during the b...Read More >>>   5/3/2006 || REGIONAL COURSE TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION TOOLS 0 Regional practitioners implementing Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) projects in the Caribbean are currently in St Georges, Grenada, participating in a regional training course, "Introduction to Communication Tools and Methods". The training is designed to introduce participants to the tools and...Read More >>>   5/3/2006 || CARIBBEAN RUM PROJECT TO BE EXTENDED 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: ACP Caribbean (CARIFORUM) rum producers will get an extra three years in which to take advantage of funding to develop the sector, with the extension of the service contract for the Integrated Development Programme for the Caribbean Rum Sector. This follows the signing of a...Read More >>>   5/3/2006 || SPICE YOUTH PROMOTION BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT ON HO... 0 Spice Youth Promotion was once again in action over the weekend this time on Hope Beach in St. Andrew. The group was this time doing a beautification and enhancement project on the beach which is frequented by both residents of the area as well as other beach goers and picnickers, including tourists...Read More >>>   5/3/2006 || LARA LAYS DOWN THE LAW 0 Performances will count, not names. That is the new mantra for the West Indies cricket team, and captain Brain Lara says he's determined to build healthy rivalry among the players. And those on the outside looking in will get their chance, as a squad rotation policy will be implemented. "We a...Read More >>>   5/2/2006 || EARL ‘WILD-AWAY’ JULIEN BURIED TODAY AT PARACLETE,... 0 By Team Grenada PARACLETE, St.Andrew’s (May 2, 2006): A large crowd of mourners, which comprised of family, friends and acquaintances of Earl ‘Wild-Away’ Julien, converged at Paraclete this afternoon to pay tribute and say farewell to the young man who tragically lost his life late last month aft...Read More >>>   5/2/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS - THE IMPACT OF REGIONAL ISSUES O... 0 By Lloyd Noel In our CARICOM Region now-a-days - although the CSM (E) is supposed to be a reality, at least in Six States - the issues raising their ugly heads all seem to be more locally involved, despite their wider significance to the regional integration movement, that the CSM is intended to ...Read More >>>   5/2/2006 || MADE IN HIS IMAGE 0 By Lyndon St. Cyr As I sit writing this excerpt, Psalm 49 comes to mind, especially the verses that read: Do not be overawed when a man grows rich, when the splendor Of his house increases. For he will take nothing with him when He dies. His splendor will not descend with him. We will admi...Read More >>>   5/2/2006 || DIASPORA MEETING IN NEW YORK 0 The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. The Right Honourable Keith C. Mitchell, together with The Honourable Claris Charles, Minister of Education and Labour and Senator the Honourable Emmalin Pierre, Minister of Youth Development, addressed a packed audience of the Grenadian Diaspora in New York on Satu...Read More >>>   5/2/2006 || REGIONAL AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS MEET IN GRENADA TOD... 0 Regional agricultural officials implementing Food and Nutrition Security projects in the Caribbean are slated to meet in Grenada Tuesday. The Trinidad-based Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute CARDI said the five-day meeting would focus on introducing the stakeholders to co...Read More >>>   5/2/2006 || BRITAIN, US, AUSTRALIA ARE EARLY BUYERS OF CWC TIC... 0 KINGSTON, May 1 (AFP) - Organisers yesterday started selling 800,000 tickets for the 2007 cricket World Cup and said Britain had immediately become the top buying nation outside the West Indies hosts. The first 3,000 applications came from 50 different countries with Britain, the United States an...Read More >>>   5/1/2006 || ANOTHER GRENADIAN BLAZING UP THE TRACK 0 PULLMAN, Wash. - Behind senior Shane Charles' meet record in the hurdles, just short of a Grenada national record, University of Washington's men defeated Washington State, 112-91, Saturday at the Mooberry Track Complex in Pullman. The senior from Birch Grove, St Andrew's established the Grenada re...Read More >>>   5/1/2006 || PANDAY OUT ON BAIL 4 Confusion reigned among UNC ranks in the Trinidadian parliament, with the new parliamentary opposition leader storming out of the House after being subjected to extremely harsh criticism by one of the party's own, the UNC chief whip. The UNC parliamentary confrontation occurred while the party's ...Read More >>>   5/1/2006 || WINDIES GO TWO UP 0 ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - Pacer Jerome Taylor undermined the Zimbabwe batting by grabbing four wickets - three of them in a telling opening spell - to spur West Indies to an easy 98-run win in the second One-Day International (ODI) at the Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG) yesterday. Taylor, who wo...Read More >>>   4/29/2006 || INSIDE THE COURTROOM 0 By Davis Joseph MOUNT FAN WOMAN WANTS JUSTICE A woman from the village of Mt. Fan in the parish of St. Andrew is calling on the police to intervene and have her ex-boyfriend arrested for unlawful damage to her property. According to the woman, she has been trying to rebuild her house, whic...Read More >>>   4/28/2006 || ALL OECS COURTRIES TO BE CSM COMPLIANT BY 30 JUNE 0 Caricom has confirmed that all the OECS countries will be Caribbean Single Market compliant by the appointed date of 30 June this year. At the 18th meeting of the heads of government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) held in Antigua on Tuesday, Caricom Chairman and Prime Minister of Trinidad ...Read More >>>   4/28/2006 || T & T OPPOSITION ELECTS FEMALE LEADER 0 KAMLA Persad-Bissessar was Wednesday appointed to lead the United National Congress (UNC), following the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday for failing to declare a London bank account to the Integrity Commission. Persad-Bissessar is the first woman to hold the position of Opposi...Read More >>>   4/27/2006 || PARACLETE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER 0 By Davis Joseph Relative of deceased thirty-four years old Earl ‘Wild-away’ Julien of Paraclete, St Andrew’s, wants the culprit who is responsible for his death to be speedily brought to justice. Julien died at the General Hospital some time last week as a result of head injuries. The decease...Read More >>>   4/27/2006 || CARIBBEAN GOSPELFEST FOR CARIBBEAN WEEK IN NEW YOR... 0 The heart and soul of the Caribbean will touch New York City as never before when some of the region’s favorite performers convey the immortal spiritual psyche of Caribbean people at a gospel concert on June 11, 2006. The inaugural Caribbean Gospelfest will be one of the highlights of Caribbean ...Read More >>>   4/27/2006 || IT'S LARA AGAIN! 0 He'll be hoping that it's a case of being third time lucky and being able to lead the West Indies cricket team out of its losing streak and into the realms of victory. Yes it's true, legendary batsman Brian Lara has been named Windies captain for a third time. Wednesday's announcement left Lar...Read More >>>   4/26/2006 || CARICOM ASSESSES FOREIGN POLICY 0 The analysis of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign policy and search for new ways to boost regional cooperation are in the center of debates Tuesday in Grenada. CARICOM is currently immersed in the creation of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, which it considers necessary in today´s int...Read More >>>   4/26/2006 || WE HAVE BACK-UP PLAN IN PLACE FOR CWC: DEHRING 0 Grenada: Dispelling concerns raised over the slow construction work at the venues, chief of the World Cup Organising Board Chris Dehring said the ICC had a back-up plan under review in case of an emergency. Mr Dehring, the CEO and the Managing Director of the board, said the current status for al...Read More >>>   4/26/2006 || ST. LUCIA JOINS CARIBBEAN NATIONS SEEKING UK CRIME... 0 THE GOVERNMENT of St. Lucia has approached the United Kingdom to provide seven former British police officers to assist in the fight against crime. Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy made the announcement while delivering the Throne Speech during the opening of St. Lucia's Parliament yesterd...Read More >>>   4/26/2006 || CARNIVAL 2006 PRESS LAUNCH 0 On Wednesday April 19th the Grenada Carnival Committee hosted its first ever Press Launch at the Grenada Trade Center. The aim of the launch was to alert the media, the Business Houses and the general public about plans for the 2006/2007 Carnival seasons. The first presentation was made by th...Read More >>>     4/25/2006 || KEY STROKES COMMUNITY PROGRAM LAUNCH AT LA DIGUE 0 By Sherry T. Noel LA DIGUE St.Andrew's: Key Strokes Community Computer Programme, in collaboration with the Holy Innoncent’s Anglican School under the Digicel Caring Connections sponsorship, held its programme launch at 5 p.m. on Thursday April 20, 2006 at the Holy Innoncent’s Anglican School in ...Read More >>>