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5/17/2006 || RELIGIOUS GROUPS PROTEST AGAINST 'THE DA VINCI COD... 0 ATHENS, Greece (AP) - About 200 Christians waving crucifixes and Greek flags demonstrated yesterday in central Athens against "The Da Vinci Code" movie. The film version of Dan Brown's best-selling novel opens in Greece on Thursday. The protesters - including Orthodox monks and nuns - assemble...Read More >>>   5/16/2006 || GCC TO HOLD JR. CALYPSO WORKSHOPS 0 FROM: THE GRENADA CARNIVAL COMMITTEE TO: ALL MEDIA HOUSES RE: JUNIOR CALYPSO WORKSHOP The Grenada Carnival Committee continues its series of Jr. Calypso Workshops with two sessions conducted this past weekend. On Friday a follow-up workshop was held at the Mc Donald’s College with the young...Read More >>>   5/16/2006 || NO BLACKOUT OF MATCHES IN CWC, 2007 0 There will be no blackout of matches in Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 within the various territories while the matches are being played. New Business and Development manager at the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), Michael Whyte, made the announcement Thursday, during a press conference at the H...Read More >>>   5/16/2006 || JR. CALYPSO WORKSHOP 0 The Grenada Carnival Committee continued its series of Jr. Calypso Workshops with two sessions conducted this past weekend. On Friday a follow-up workshop was held at the Mc Donald’s College with the young Calypsonians venturing further into song writing as preparations for the 2006 Carnival season ...Read More >>>   5/16/2006 || LARA LOOKS TO CONTINUE WINNING STREAK AGAINST INDI... 0 West Indies captain Brain Lara is aiming to continue winning when the five-match One-Day International series against India bowls off this Thursday at Sabina Park. The regional side is on a high after beating fledgling Zimbabwe 5-0 in their just-concluded seven-match One-Day series. "You are g...Read More >>>   5/16/2006 || WEST INDIES WELL OILED AND GELLING 0 AFTER ROTATING the West Indies team during the Zimbabwe seven-match one-day series, captain Brian Lara believes they have found the right combination to tackle India. "We have this situation where we tried different players. What we were really looking to do was to come up with the best possible...Read More >>>   5/16/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS - WE ARE INTO POLITICALLY TRYING ... 0 By Lloyd Noel The political scenario in the Region now-a-days, and the happenings in our own backyard in these Spice Isles, must be sending out the message that we are into, or on the road to trying times ahead. Although some could validly argue, that we are always facing trying times in these...Read More >>>   5/15/2006 || PARIS CLUB TO RESCHEDULE $16M IN GRENADA'S PUBLIC ... 0 PARIS, France (AFP): The Paris Club of government creditors said Friday it had agreed to reschedule debts valued at 16 million dollars it is owed by the government of Grenada. The agreement, signed with the government of Grenada, reduces by more than 90 percent the debt service owed the Paris Clu...Read More >>>   5/15/2006 || ABOVE-AVERAGE HURRICANE SEASON IN CARIBBEAN COULD ... 0 BRIDGETOWN: An above-average hurricane season in the Caribbean could spell trouble for building and renovation efforts at 12 stadiums selected to host matches and pre-tournament matches for the 2007 cricket World Cup, the event’s managing director said on Thursday. Construction crews are aiming ...Read More >>>   5/15/2006 || REGIONAL EDUCATORS URGE GOVERNMENTS TO TACKLE TEAC... 0 THE CARIBBEAN Union of Teachers (CUT) says teacher migration is having an adverse effect on the region's education system and has called for immediate action by regional governments to tackle the problem. Vice-president of the CUT, Marvin Andall, said that teachers generally work under some of t...Read More >>>   5/15/2006 || WINDIES COMPLETE EASY SERIES ROUT 0 WITHOUT ANY intervention from the elements this time, Zimbabwe's inexperienced line-up were again no real challenge for the West Indies, subsiding to a 104-run defeat in the final fixture of the seven-match Digicel One-Day International Series yesterday at the Queen's Park Oval. The comprehensiv...Read More >>>   5/15/2006 || MORE EU SUPPORT FOR CARIBBEAN 3 THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has agreed to release billions more in budgetary aid to Caribbean countries, but has stressed that the region must demonstrate its commitment to achieving integration in order to benefit from the increased aid package. The EU's president, José Manuel Barroso, made the ann...Read More >>>   5/15/2006 || A WEST INDIAN ANTHEM? 0 A new West Indian anthem was played for the first time on recently at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain at the start of the pre-World Cup friendly between the Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors and Peru. Composer Ernie Ross, a Trinidad-based, Guyana-born advertising executive Ernie Ross...Read More >>>   5/15/2006 || STANDARDS & YOU - CUSTOMER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP 0 Customer-supplier relationship can be defined as the process through which a company maximizes customer information in an effort to increase loyalty and to retain customers business. The goals to effective customer-supplier relationship are: 1. to build long term and profitable relationship wit...Read More >>>   5/14/2006 || MOTHERS' DAY POEMS 0 *WHAT MY MOTHER MEANS TO ME* She is so sweet and nice, so caring and gay, And she knows my hurt, in a mysterious way. She treats me with endless love and compassion, And always puts me ahead of everyone. Whenever I’m with her, my fears go away, And she makes me feel in an extra special way. ...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || GTUC… THE WATCH DOG… 0 By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE's, Grenada:The Grenada Trades Union Council (GTUC) says that it will recommit itself to advocating and agitating for the rights of workers. “TUC has to become a watch dog and at the same time partner with other social organizations to ensur...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || CIWU WANTS NEW INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATION 0 By Trevor Thwaites(St. George's corespondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Commercial and Industrial Workers’ Union (CIWU) is calling for the enactment of new Industrial legislation that will ensure that workers receive adequate compensation after being severed from their jobs for one reason or the...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || STANDARDS AND YOU - THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET & EC... 0 By Stephany Gordon The Caricom Single Market & Economy (CSME) is an arrangement that facilitates the free movement of goods, services, labour and capital between member states of Caricom without any barriers/tariffs so as to create a single economy and achieve harmonization in economic and trade ...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || JUDGES CALYPSO WORKSHOP 0 The Grenada Carnival Committee will be hosting a Calypso Judges Workshop on Saturday May 20th. The Workshop starts at 1:00pm at Marryshow House, H.A. Blaize Street, St. George’s. All past and present Calypso Judges are invited to attend and a very special invite is extended to persons interested ...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || WEST INDIAN IN NEW YORK TO FEEL MUSIC IN THE AIR 0 NEW YORK (May 12, 2006) – The scriptures teach that "in everything, give thanks to God," and on Sunday, June 11, 2006, Caribbean-Americans and believers from all walks of life will do just that when the first "Caribbean Gospelfest," part and parcel of Caribbean Week activities in New York, comes to ...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || CWC SEEN AS OPPORTUNITY FOR GRENADA REVIVAL 0 Grenada can bounce back from its troubles courtesy of the World Cup, according to a top official This challenge came from Chris Dehring, managing director and chief executive officer of ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. Dehring, recently delivered a public lecture at St. George's Univer...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || GRENADA RESORT UPGRADES SECURITY AFTER US CITIZENS... 0 ST GEORGE’S , Grenada: The Executive Director of the Grenada Grand Beach Resort, Daniel Nicholas, says the resort has now employed the services of a new private security company to provide better service following reports that two American citizens were robbed in the hotel compound. This incident...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || 'FAMILY MAN' LOSES £60-M SUIT AGAINST MARLEY FAMIL... 0 THE UK High Court yesterday ruled against Wailers bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett in his £60-million claim against the Marley family and their record label. Barrett was reportedly denied on all 23 points of the suit in a 172-page judgement. Barrett had claimed the sum on behalf of himself a...Read More >>>   5/12/2006 || LARA FINALLY PLEASED WITH TEAM'S PERFORMANCE 0 FOR THE first time in the series, West Indies captain Brian Lara was pleased with his side's manner of victory over their lowly rated opponents, Zimbabwe. "It was something I was looking for since the beginning," Lara said of the comprehensive 10-wicket thrashing in the fifth ODI of the seven-ma...Read More >>>   5/11/2006 || YOUTH MINISTER VISITS SAASS 0 By Wallace J.A TELESCOPE, St. Andrew’s (May 11, 2006): Today, the Minister responsible for Youth Development, Sen. Emmalin Pierre, visited her alma mater, SAASS, to speak to the Form Five students who are presently ‘gearing up’ for their external examinations. The Minister reminisced about her...Read More >>>   5/11/2006 || SADO TO CONDUCT NIGHT MARKET 0 By Davis Joseph (St.Andrew's correspondent) GRENVILLE, St.Andrew’s: The St. Andrew’s Development Organization (SADO) is currently putting final structures in place to conduct a night market in St Andrew’s. A number of organizations were invited to participate in the event and many of them have ex...Read More >>>   5/11/2006 || COURT-RELATED MATTERS 0 By Davis Joseph ( St.Andrew's correspondent) *INMATE WANTS FREEDOM* GRENVILLE, St.Andrew’s: A prison inmate, who appeared at the Grenville magistrate’s court last Monday, is appealing to the court for his freedom, claiming that he does not want to return to the Richmond Hill Prison and live ...Read More >>>   5/11/2006 || ICC APPROVES WORLD CUP VENUES IN GRENADA, BARBADOS... 0 Bridgetown: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved the 12 venues for 2007 Cricket World Cup. "All the venues are on stream and we are doing fine. We are where we believe we should be at this time," ICC Venue Development Director, Don Lockerbie said. The tournament will start on...Read More >>>   5/11/2006 || AIR JAMAICA BOOSTS SUMMER SCHEDULE TO GRENADA 4 NEW YORK, USA: Air Jamaica has announced more flights to the Caribbean island of Grenada this summer, increasing its non-stop schedule from four to five flights per week to and from New York's JFK International Airport, beginning the week of June 25, 2006. JM 94, which currently operates on Tues...Read More >>>     5/11/2006 || GAYLE POWERS WINDIES TO VICTORY 0 CASTRIES, St Lucia (AP) - Chris Gayle hit an unbeaten 95 off 91 balls yesterday and opening partner Sewnarine Chattergoon hit 54 not out as the West Indies overwhelmed Zimbabwe to secure a 10-wicket win in the first day-night cricket international in the Caribbean. The West Indies sealed the seve...Read More >>>