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1/25/2006 || 2006 COMMONWEALTH ESSAY COMPETITION 0 The annual Commonwealth Essay Competition organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) will close for entries on 1 March 2006. The RCS expects to receive thousands of entries from around the Commonwealth, as in previous years. In 2005, some 5,000 essays from more than 1,100 schools were rec...Read More >>>   1/25/2006 || SOUTH FLORIDA JOB & BUSINESS EXPO TARGETS CARIBBEA... 0 MIAMI, FL - South Florida's Caribbean job seekers and small business-owners, will get a rare opportunity to come face to face with some of the country's leading companies & government agencies, seeking to hire as well as develop business partnerships with Caribbean professionals at The 2006 Florida ...Read More >>>   1/25/2006 || BRAZIL'S CULTURE MINISTER TO RECEIVE UWI BOB MARLE... 1 NEW YORK (JIS) - The American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) will for the first time present the prestigious 'UWI Bob Marley Award' to Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture of Brazil at the Foundation's ninth Annual Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42 Street, New York City, on Thursday...Read More >>>   1/25/2006 || BLACK CANADIANS REACT TO ELECTION 0 Canadians whose vote helped push the conservatives and their leader Stephen Harper into an election victory, have been celebrating with an overjoyed Harper whose party win ends twelve years of liberal government. Mr Harper succeeds Paul Martin as prime minister, but with a minority government. ...Read More >>>   1/24/2006 || SANDALS GOES TO GRENADA 0 The Sandals group is to expand into Grenada. The Grenada government says the group is to construct a multi-million dollar hotel on the island. Finance Minister Anthony Boatswain says discussions are far advanced for the construction of the US $60 million, 200-room hotel. Construction of the...Read More >>>   1/24/2006 || GUYANA WANTS ASSESSMENT OF WINDIES' AUSTRALIAN COA... 0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been asked to assess whether the performance of Australian cricket coach Bennett King and his team is helping Caribbean cricket bounce back from a decade-long slump, a senior official of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) said Monday. ...Read More >>>   1/24/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS: THE LESSONS FROM RED JERSEY DAY 0 by Lloyd Noel Whatever may, or may not, positively result from the general concept of the NRL “Levy cum Income Tax”, one aspect was very much in the public arena during the days leading up to Budget Day, and that was the concerted effort of both sides to get the general public in support of their...Read More >>>   1/23/2006 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT REVISES LEVY RATE 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: In keeping with a recommendation from the Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Grenada government has agreed that, for the first six months, persons earning in excess of EC$1,000 per month and up to EC$5,000 per month, will now be required to contribute a 3 percent Nat...Read More >>>   1/23/2006 || UNIONS PLAN TO FIGHT RECONSTRUCTION TAX IN GRENADA 0 Labour unions in Grenada have threatened a national shutdown over the government's decision to impose a three percent tax on incomes. Chester Humphrey, a Director of the Trades Union Congress, told workers at a protest rally to prepare for a lockdown. A few hundred workers braved showers to at...Read More >>>   1/23/2006 || GRENADA’S ECONOMIC FUTURE LOOKS PROMISING, SAYS FI... 0 T GEORGE’S, Grenada: “With reconstruction activity proceeding well, Grenada’s economy is estimated to have grown by 1.5 percent in 2005, after a contraction of 3 percent in 2004. This recovery was primarily driven by activity in the construction industry, supported by a revitalized cruise tourism se...Read More >>>   1/23/2006 || GRENADIAN ROBERTS SCORES FOR WIGAN IN A FIVE-GOAL ... 0 by Gary Smith Caribbean and international Correspondent LONDON, England - Grenadian international Jason Roberts continued his goal scoring form when he helped his Wigan Athletic side recovered from a shaky kick-off to beat Middlesbrough in a five-goal thriller in the English Premier on Saturday....Read More >>>   1/20/2006 || POLICE DENY TAWU REQUEST 0 Acting Commissioner of police, Mr. Winston James has denied the Technical and Allied Workers Unions request for the use of a public address system at a planned gathering and the use of a DJ sound system during a proposed procession in the Morne Rouge area today (Friday) from 10 a.m. A news releas...Read More >>>   1/20/2006 || GRENADA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 'SURPRISED' BY GOVERNM... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Grenada Chamber of Industry of Commerce says it surprised by a news release put out on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 by the office of the Prime Minister under the caption, "Levy for January 20th Budget Day". The release in question stated that the Government will implemen...Read More >>>   1/20/2006 || SAASS WINS OPENING GAME IN INDEPENDENCE CRICKET CO... 0 by Wallace J A Exclusive to Grenadianconnection.com The boys from the St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) won their opening match in Zone B of the inter-secondary school’s Independence Cricket Competition against the Westerhall Secondary School (WSS). The game was played at Progress...Read More >>>   1/20/2006 || ACCOMMODATION CRISIS FOR CRICKET WOLD CUP? 0 Meeting with tour operators in San Juan Puerto Rico, Caribbean hoteliers claim they are not to blame for the ongoing failure to reach an agreement on room rates for cricket fans coming into the region for next year’s International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket World Cup. Having failed to agree ...Read More >>>   1/20/2006 || TWENTY/20 TOURNAMENT GETS WEST INDIES CRICKET BOAR... 0 THE INAUGURAL Stanford Twenty/20 cricket tournament has received the blessings of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Late last year WICB president Ken Gordon said they were deliberately kept in the dark about plans for the Stanford 20/20 tournament. Gordon at the time said the WICB was not ...Read More >>>   1/20/2006 || UK UPHOLDS DECISION TO DOWNGRADE MARIJUANA 0 LONDON (AP) - Britain will uphold its 2004 decision to downgrade marijuana's classification as a less dangerous drug, the country's top law enforcement official said Thursday. Home Secretary Charles Clarke said experts' preliminary assessment was that marijuana use had not increased since it was ...Read More >>>   1/19/2006 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT 5 PERCENT LEVY ON ... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Government of Grenada has said that it will implement and announce the revised proposal on the National Reconstruction Levy on Friday January 20, Budget Day. The revised position came as a recommendation from the Chamber of Commerce after consultations with the Chamber...Read More >>>   1/19/2006 || JAPAN APPROVES FUNDING FOR FOUR MORE SCHOOLS IN GR... 0 ST. GEORGES, Grenada: The Japanese Government has approved funding for four more schools in Grenada under its Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP), to support the rehabilitation effort following Hurricanes Ivan and Emily. The GGP provides up to US$100,000 non-refundable ...Read More >>>   1/19/2006 || BITTER DISPUTES OVER CARICOM'S TRADE REGIME 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The latest ministerial meeting of the Caribbean Community's Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has concluded in Guyana with at least four member states expressing strong disagreements over the region's vital trade regime. Grenada and St Vincent and the Grena...Read More >>>   1/19/2006 || CARIBBEAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS SECURITY PLAN FOR 2007... 0 Caribbean Community officials met on Wednesday to devise a security plan for next year's cricket World Cup. Organizers expect about 100,000 visitors for the March-April 2007 tournament, which will be held in the Caribbean for the first time. "The single biggest challenge is that this has never b...Read More >>>   1/19/2006 || GRENADA AMONG FIVE NEW NATIONS ADDED FOR CHINESE O... 0 Five new nations including Mongolia, Tango, Bahamas, Grenada and St. Lucia will be added to the list for Chinese outbound visitors from March 1. According to a source from the China National Tourism Administration, China already signed tourism memorandum with the above nations. By then, Chinese ...Read More >>>   1/19/2006 || BET JAZZ BACK CARIBBEAN MEDIA AGAIN IN 2006 0 BET Jazz, one of the leading global television networks, announced its support for Counterpart International's popular Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) on Sustainable Tourism series this year. Cybelle Brown, BET Digital Networks' Vice President of Sales and Marketing, says the organization's contr...Read More >>>   1/18/2006 || WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS? 0 By Wallace J.A. Exclusive to Grenadianconnection.com In recent times, I have listened to discussions on the local radio stations, on call in programs and in the public domain about what is happening in the country and who should be and who should not be involved in ‘politics’. I think this i...Read More >>>   1/18/2006 || CARRIACOU AND PETIT MARTINIQUE CARNIVAL 2006 0 The Carriacou and Petit Martinique Carnival Development Organization has released its schedule of events for the 2006 Carnival season. Under the theme “Bigger and Better Carnival in 2006” it is expected that 2006 will be a very exceptional year for Carnival in Carriacou. EVENTS ...Read More >>>   1/18/2006 || ST LUCIA PM SAYS TRINIDAD SHOULD HELP CARIBBEAN CO... 0 ST. LUCIA CHALLENGED oil-rich Trinidad yesterday to help its Caribbean neighbours deal with skyrocketing fuel prices, rather than dissuade them from taking up Venezuela's offer of cheaper oil. Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning should "summon the will" to offer better fuel alternatives to m...Read More >>>   1/17/2006 || CARRIACOU MAROON FESTIVAL SET FOR APRIL 28-30 0 On Grenada's sister isles of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, maroons are age-old celebrations expressing appreciation for a productive harvest and petitioning success for the upcoming planting season. They are expressions of joy; feasts and celebrations whose sights, sounds and smells surround the ...Read More >>>   1/17/2006 || BRITISH GROUP TO HELP PARISHES HIT BY HURRICANES 0 A CHRISTIAN fellowship has given two parishes on the Caribbean island of Grenada a much-needed cash boost. The East Wickham Christian Fellowship collected £688 at its traditional service of songs at St Michael's Community Centre, Wrotham Road, Welling. This was the most cash the 45-member fell...Read More >>>   1/17/2006 || MORE CARICOM COUNTRIES TO SIGN ON TO CSM IN MARCH 0 ANOTHER six Caricom members have agreed to complete all arrangements and join the Caricom Single Market by March 31, the Caricom Secretariat announced Friday. The six - Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts/Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines - advised of their readin...Read More >>>     1/17/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS: GRENADA WHERE ARE YOU HEADING? 0 by Lloyd Noel, former Attorney General of Grenada and political commentator Listeners outside Grenada to our various radio stations, during the past two weeks or so, must have been left wondering whether they were witnessing a re-birth of the PRG days -- when media propaganda was the main to...Read More >>>