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6/15/2006 || LARA SAVES WINDIES IN THRILLING 2ND TEST FINISH 0 CASTRIES, St Lucia (AP) - Captain Brian Lara hit a dogged 120 to earn West Indies a hard-fought draw against India on the final day of the second Test at Beausejour Stadium yesterday. Lara's 32nd Test hundred spanned 307 balls, and even though he was out 45 minutes into the final session, his team h...Read More >>>   6/15/2006 || NEW BAGGAGE POLICY FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS 0 BRITISH AIRWAYS is to introduce changes to its baggage policy to make it easier for air travelers and to reduce queues at airports. The new guidelines will mean changes to hand, checked and excess baggage allowances and will be phased in from July across the airline's global network. Robin ...Read More >>>   6/15/2006 || US PASSPORT REGIME MAY CRIPPLE CARIBBEAN TOURISM 0 THE CARIBBEAN, the world's most tourism-dependent region, has again warned that it could lose up to US$2.6 billion annually, and nearly 200,000 jobs, when America imposes its new passport regime for citizens travelling abroad. The Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), however, says the impact will ...Read More >>>   6/14/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS - SOMETHING MUST BE VERY WRONG OR... 0 CATEGORY: COMMENTARY ------------------------- By Lloyd Noel “Things are bad, I must admit, but as a people with some level of faith in a Supreme Almighty - I cannot believe or accept it is beyond redemption; we therefore cannot give up all hope but must persevere, regardless of the odds....Read More >>>   6/14/2006 || TRINIDAD HIT BY ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE 0 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale shook parts of North Trinidad on Tuesday sending tremors through several areas. Residents said they felt the shaking as far as Diego Martin and Cocorite in the west, Maraval towards the northern coast and St Joseph in the ...Read More >>>   6/14/2006 || RAIN RESCUES WINDIES AS FOURTH DAY WASHED OUT 0 GROS ISLET, St Lucia (AFP) - India's hopes of victory may have been dashed, and West Indies' chances of salvation enhanced, when not a ball was bowled on the scheduled fourth day in the second Test yesterday. Persistent showers drenched the Beausejour Cricket Ground throughout the day, and West I...Read More >>>   6/13/2006 || REGISTRATION FOR SOCA MONARCH COMPETITION NOW OPEN 0 The Grenada Carnival Committee would like to invite all Soca Artistes desirous of partaking in the 2006 b mobile/GCC Soca Monarch competition to register at the Office of the Grenada Carnival Committee. Registration begins on Monday June 12 and ends on Friday June 30 at 4:00pm. Registration ...Read More >>>   6/13/2006 || 'JAMAICA, BARBADOS, GRENADA MOST VULNERABLE TO PRI... 0 WITH THE price of oil projected to rise above its current US$70 per barrel cost, Barbados, Belize, Grenada and Jamaica have been pegged as countries most vulnerable to a price surge. This is according to a report from leading global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm, Bear...Read More >>>   6/13/2006 || WINDIES ON THE ROPES 0 GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC) - Set up by three wicket hauls from Anil Kumble, Munaf Patel and Virender Sehwag, India claimed a big first innings advantage to press for victory after the third day of the second Digicel Test against West Indies at Beausejour Stadium yesterday. On a day cut short by 4...Read More >>>   6/12/2006 || ROOFING PHASE BEGINS ON GRENADA’S NEW STADIUM 7 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: It was another significant day for Grenada’s stadium project last Tuesday with the commencement of the roofing phase. The process, which will take four months, will see all the stands being covered except the Posse Stand. “We began the actual installation of the roof, a gre...Read More >>>   6/12/2006 || GRENADA CAPTURES SILVER GILT AT THE CHELSEA FLOWER... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Grenadian entry in this year’s Chelsea Flower Show in London has received the Silver Gilt Flora award after winning Gold for five consecutive years. This award is the highest in the Silver Gilt category, which is the second highest award at Chelsea. Grenada has been part...Read More >>>   6/12/2006 || ENGLAND'S TOP STRIKER MAY MAKE TT MATCH 0 England striker Wayne Rooney may make a shock World Cup debut against Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday. England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has not ruled out the possibility of Rooney making a return to action in the match. "I'm very optimistic, always. I'm born like that. We have to decide tha...Read More >>>   6/12/2006 || WINDIES IN TROUBLE IN 2ND TEST 0 A DOUBLE-strike by fast bowler Munaf Patel and leg-spinner Anil Kumble's key capture of captain Brian Lara put India in command against West Indies on the second day of the second Digicel Test at Beausejour Stadium yesterday. After India amassed a record 588 for eight declared, their highest Tes...Read More >>>   6/12/2006 || ALBERTO IS FIRST NAMED STORM OF 2006 HURRICANE SEA... 0 NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic Ocean's 2006 hurricane season, won't be windy enough to become a hurricane, forecasters said. It will be wet, dropping as much as 10 inches of rain on Florida. Alberto was about 375 miles (603 kilometers) ...Read More >>>   6/12/2006 || MADE IN HIS IMAGE 0 CATEGORY: RELIGION ------------------------ By Lyndon St.Cyr "Jesus, the great healer, indicated that sickness is not necessarily caused by a sinful act on the part of the person who is ill. Rather, it can result from living in a sinful, fallen world." God has revealed himself to his p...Read More >>>   6/10/2006 || MT.MORITZ LAUNCHES ‘MAS BAND’ FOR SPICE MAS 2006 0 CATEGORY: CARNIVAL ---------------------- By Mavis George (GC correspondent) The picturesque village of Mt. Moritz, located on the western side of Spice Island, in the parish of St. George, is known for its very strong community spirit. This spirit has manifested itself, on many occasions, in...Read More >>>   6/9/2006 || PM MITCHELL MEETS WITH OMBUDSMAN 0 Antigua & Barbuda Ombudsman Dr. Hayden Thomas met recently with Grenada Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. He was part of a team from the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (COA), which has offered Grenada assistance in setting up an ombudsman headquarters on that island. The offer was made ye...Read More >>>   6/9/2006 || NEW FORECAST SEES BAD HURRICANE SEASON, BUT MILDER... 0 PARIS, France (AFP): A long-range forecast issued Thursday became the second prediction in just over a week to declare that this year's Atlantic storm season would be bad, but nowhere as brutal as the 2005 record crop that produced Hurricane Katrina. Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), a London-based grou...Read More >>>   6/9/2006 || WORLD CUP GETS ROLLING 0 AFTER MONTHS of intense preparation, a fair amount of national soul-searching and near-fanatical scrutiny of the home team, the 18th soccer World Cup kicks off this morning - not a day too soon for hosts Germany. The country is buzzing on the eve of a month-long soccer extravaganza that includes...Read More >>>   6/9/2006 || STANDARDS & YOU: COMMITMENT TO TOTAL QUALITY MANA... 0 CATEGORY: PUBLIC EDUCATION ------------------------------- By Ms. S. Gordon "Commitment is simply deciding that you will do something, whereas leadership is about doing it." Total quality management can be defined as an approach, which entails managing all aspects of a business for qua...Read More >>>   6/8/2006 || CELEBRITY CRICKET HITS THE BIG APPLE 0 NEW YORK (June 7, 2006) - The stage is set for a fun-filled day of West Indian cricket at Idlewild Park in the borough of Queens this Saturday, to officially open the Caribbean Tourism Organisation's (CTO) Caribbean Week in New York activities. Back-to-back 20-over cricket matches featuring cel...Read More >>>   6/8/2006 || CARIBBEAN TOURISM MINISTERS TO MEET WITH NATIONALS... 0 Caribbean tourism ministers traveling to New York City for Caribbean Week 2006, slated for June 10 – 17, 2006, will interact with their New York-based constituents during Town Hall Meetings coordinated by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). The Town Hall Meetings will take place on Monday, Ju...Read More >>>   6/8/2006 || LARA CALLS FIRST-TEST CONTROVERSY 'RIDICULOUS' 0 ST JOHN'S (AFP) - West Indies captain Brian Lara has described as "ridiculous" the controversy that surrounded the catch taken by Daren Ganga to dismiss Mahendra Dhoni in India's second innings. Ganga took the catch on the deep mid wicket boundary to dismiss Dhoni on the penultimate day of the fi...Read More >>>   6/8/2006 || ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION RING BUSTED 1 NEW YORK (AFP) - US federal prosecutors said yesterday they had busted open an illegal immigration ring that provided permanent resident cards to hundreds of people through a sham marriage scam. An indictment unveiled in New York named 30 defendants including the sibling masterminds allegedly beh...Read More >>>   6/7/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS - SOMEWHAT LATE - BUT BETTER LATE... 0 CATEGORY: COMMENTARY ------------------------ By Lloyd Noel “We are not yet ready, and the stakes at risk in trying to prove me wrong are simply too high. As Leaders, you may have awoken from your slumber late in the day - but better late then never.” About three or four weeks ago when...Read More >>>   6/7/2006 || SOCA ARTISTS TO MEET THIS SATURDAY 0 All Soca Artistes who will be competing in this year’s Grenada Carnival Committee/Cable & Wireless Soca Monarch competition are invited to a very important meeting to be held this Saturday, June 10. The meeting will take place upstairs the Melville Street Fish Market and will start promptly at 10...Read More >>>   6/7/2006 || MORE CARNIVAL LAUNCHES 0 The 2006 Carnival season continues it merry march toward the big climax on August 14 and 15 with three more launches over the past weekend. On Saturday June 3, the Grenada Mas Band Association launched its Carnival season at the NIS Car Park with an impressive presentation of sketches of the Mas...Read More >>>   6/7/2006 || NAIL-BITING DRAW IN WINDIES VS. INDIA FIRST TEST 0 ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): Tailenders Fidel Edwards and Corey Collymore nervously batted through the last 3.1 overs of the fifth and final day to help West Indies wriggle free from the clutches of defeat to earn a draw against India in the opening Test at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Chasing a h...Read More >>>   6/7/2006 || JUNE IS CARIB-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 0 U.S. President George W. Bush has declared the month of June as Caribbean-American Heritage Month. In a White House proclamation Monday, Bush recognised the "great contributions" of Caribbean Americans to the fabric of America, and paid tribute to the "common culture and bonds of friendship that...Read More >>>     6/6/2006 || LEGAL FRATERNITY MEETING IN GRENADA FOCUSES ON OEC... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: There was a packed programme of activities for the legal fraternity over the weekend with the OECS Bar quarterly Council Meeting in Grenada, which coincided with the 25th Anniversary of the Treaty of Basseterre establishing the OECS. To commemorate the event, the Grenada Ba...Read More >>>