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8/1/2006 || LOWERING THE EDUCATION BAR 0 There have been many complaints in schools across the region that young people have apparently suddenly stopped learning and are now having a difficult time keeping up with the rest of the world as far as education and becoming serious professionals later on in life are concerned. We did say the ...Read More >>>   8/1/2006 || GRENADA OFFICIALS POSTPONE MATCHES 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada - Cricket matches to test the readiness of Grenada's pitch for next year's World Cup were postponed because work on the outfield was two weeks behind schedule, local organizers said on Monday. The matches scheduled for August can be held in September, said Aalon Robinson, pro...Read More >>>   8/1/2006 || WORLD CUP TO CREATE TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGION... 0 NEW DELHI, India (CMC) - Cricket World Cup 2007's managing director and CEO Chris Dehring says Caribbean governments should stand to benefit from the trade opportunities being created by next year's event. Speaking to CMC Sports from India during the recent CWC 2007 brand launch, Dehring pointed ...Read More >>>   8/1/2006 || CASTRO STEPS ASIDE AFTER SURGERY 0 Cuban leader Fidel Castro has temporarily handed power to his brother Raul because of illness. A statement written by the president and read out on TV by his personal secretary said Mr Castro had undergone surgery to halt internal bleeding. The Cuban leader, who turns 80 this month, said a pun...Read More >>>   7/31/2006 || EMANCIPATION DAY IN G/VILLE 0 CATEGORY:CULTURAL CELEBRATION -------------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENVILLE, St.Andrew - Emancipation Day is also being celebrated with more favour and meaning this year in St Andrew. It’s being added to the activities put on by the St Andrews De...Read More >>>   7/31/2006 || GRENADA CELEBRATES ITS HERITAGE WITH ANNUAL CARNIV... 2 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada July 31, 2006: Grenada issues a special invitation to all visitors to join the party from August 6th - 15th when Grenada hosts Carnival 2006. This annual event, which features Calypso and Soca Monarch competitions, Panorama Championship, and a masquerader competition, is un...Read More >>>   7/31/2006 || OPPOSITION URGES CARICOM TO PICK A SIDE IN MIDDLE ... 0 Grenada's opposition party is calling for the Caribbean Community to state its position on the ongoing Middle East conflict involving Israel and Lebanon. The opposition's spokesman on foreign relations in the National Democratic Congress, said the region must state a common external policy on the ...Read More >>>   7/31/2006 || EC RESIDENTS TO FEEL FULL IMPACT OF RISING OIL PRI... 0 Eastern Caribbean countries have embarked on a common fuel pricing policy which is expected to see them immediately passing on any changes in world market prices to consumers. According to a statement released Friday, member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) have all agree...Read More >>>   7/31/2006 || C-STAR AIRLINES/AIR JAMAICA REACH SPECIAL PRORATE ... 0 In a strategic move toward improving regional air transportation through closer collaboration, Caribbean Star Airlines and Air Jamaica today announced the establishment of a new prorate agreement. The agreement benefits the travelling public in two primary ways: • Improved Connectivity – Caribbe...Read More >>>   7/31/2006 || PM MITCHELL MEETS INDIAN COUNTERPART 0 New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell today met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and discussed measures to strengthen bilateral relations. India has already been providing technical support to the Grenada Government in the area of Information and Communication Techno...Read More >>>   7/30/2006 || EMANCIPATION CELEBRATED IN A BIG WAY 0 By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - Emancipation Day (August 1) is being celebrated in a big way this year in Grenada. The Grenada Cultural Foundation has planned a series of activities to mark the occasion with three weeks of special activities to heighten aware...Read More >>>   7/29/2006 || PM MEETS WITH INDIAM PM 0 By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell, who is presently in India with other regional cricket officials to launch the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, will take the opportunity to touch base with his Indian counterpart, Pri...Read More >>>   7/28/2006 || CWC 2007 ORGANIZERS PLAY DOWN FAN CONCERNS 0 Organisers of the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies played down Indian fan concerns about travel and accommodation, saying they were confident the event would be a big hit. "You will not be disappointed with the hospitality," World Cup chief executive Chris Dehring said in New Delhi late ...Read More >>>   7/28/2006 || ORDER OF APPEARANCE FOR SOCA MONARCH, CALYPSO SEMI... 0 2006 GCC / b mobile SOCA MONARCH SEMIFINALS ORDER OF APPEARANCE NO. NAME 1. MR. WEST 2. COPPER 3. ERICA 4. GENERAL PEPE 5. TERROR KID 6. GARY WILLIAMS 7. SPONTANEOUS 8. CHAIN 9. JERICHO THE DUKE 10. LAVAMAN 11. KJ 12. MR. LENZ 13. BIG JAY 14. SOCA BANTON 15. MAPPY G 16. AJAMU 17...Read More >>>   7/28/2006 || GRENADA PM SAYS CRICKET WORLD CUP WILL HELP CREATE... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has signaled the region’s readiness to host the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Speaking at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Global Brand Launch in New Delhi, Mitchell told the audience that the Cricket World Cup would leave a legacy of grea...Read More >>>   7/28/2006 || TICKETS FOR KEY MATCHES IN CRICKET WORLD CUP LIKEL... 0 KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) - Cricket World Cup Inc's commercial manager Stephen Price says tickets for the key matches for next year's event are likely to be sold out. Price was speaking as the application phase of the ticketing campaign gets ready to end on July 31. "At this point it appears tha...Read More >>>   7/27/2006 || GRENADA CONTRIBUTES TO UN PEACEKEEPING 0 Former Commanding Officer of the Grenada Coast Guard Unit of the Royal Grenada Police Force, Osmond Griffith, on assignment to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), has recently been appointed Chief of the United Nations Police Technical Advisors attached to the Haitian Coast...Read More >>>   7/27/2006 || GRENADA FIRST TEAM INTO 20/20 SEMIS 0 Grenada ‘s players did a rain dance of delight after they beat St Vincent and the Grenadines on Wednesday evening to be the first team to advance to the semifinals of the Stanford 20/20 Cricket Tournament . The victory, by 12 runs, came through the Duckworth/Lewis Method after rain ended the matc...Read More >>>   7/27/2006 || ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP LAUNCHED THIS WEEK IN INDIA 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS ------------------ By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - Organizers of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 are taking the event to the Far East with the launch of the big Cricketing Extravaganza this week in India. A two-day media Blitz has been pl...Read More >>>   7/27/2006 || LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR SOME OF BEST ICC CWC 2007... 0 KINGSTON, Jamaica - Cricket fans worldwide have less than a week to secure a chance to see some of the best matches in next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean – and there’s a rush on for match tickets! As next Monday’s deadline for the end of ICC CWC 2007 Public Ticketing: Phase 1 – Ap...Read More >>>   7/27/2006 || GRENADA'S REGIS COPS MEDAL AT CARICOM AND CAC GAME... 0 CARTAGENA, Colombia (CMC) - Hazel-Ann Regis and Kineke Alexander registered the first track and field medals for Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries at the 20th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games on Tuesday night. Engaging favourite and gold medallist Ana Guevara in a fierce battle, G...Read More >>>   7/27/2006 || 2006 GROOVY MONARCH SEMIFINALISTS NAMED 0 • Scholar • Soca Sterling • Soca Banton • Mr. Lenz • Gee Pey • Ranking Marvin • Yaga Miser • Mr. West • Maximillion • Dry Bones • Junior Blood Fire • Mr. Killa • Biko • Sheldon Douglas • Copper • Papa Jerry • Big Jay • D Hammer • Berbice • Croqueta • Small Pin from the bus termin...Read More >>>   7/26/2006 || WILL G/DA BENEFIT FROM WORLD CUP 0 CATEGORY:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -------------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - As work intensifies on the National Stadium for the ICC Cricket World Cup, the million dollar question being asked time and again is whether Grenada will benefi...Read More >>>   7/26/2006 || MELODY-PAPITETTE 2006 CALYPSO SEMIFINALS 0 Seventy-two (72) Calypsonians faced the judges in the preliminary stage of the Calypso competition. The judges selected nineteen (19) Calypsonians to compete in the Melody-Papitette Calypso Semifinals on Sunday July 30th. The list includes four first-time semifinalists: 15-year-old Zina, Syo...Read More >>>   7/26/2006 || GRENADA PM TO REPRESENT THE REGION AT CWC BRAND LA... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell is to represent the region at the Global Brand Launch of the International Cricket Council 2007 World Cup in India. Mitchell will also be the featured speaker at the event, where he will join ICC top executives in a global promot...Read More >>>   7/26/2006 || BRITIAN NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY, SURVEY SHOWS 0 LONDON, England (AFP) - Family days out in Britain are a "rip-off" and the country as a whole is "not family-friendly", according to a survey of parents published yesterday. Parents with young children in London pay the most for days out and for trips to restaurants, spending more than 3,500 poun...Read More >>>   7/26/2006 || CARIBBEAN CARRIERS TO SPLIT DUTIES FOR CWC 0 Air Jamaica, BWIA West Indies Airways Ltd, Caribbean Star and LIAT will divide duties based on their capabilities under the air transportation contract for Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC 2007). Their joint bid by the airline to transport teams, officials, media and sponsors associated with the comp...Read More >>>   7/25/2006 || SPICE ISLAND BEACH RESORT WINS PRESTIGIOUS AAA FOU... 0 By Team Grenada GRENADA (July 25, 2006) - The Spice Island Beach Resort, located in St. George’s, Grenada, has once again won the much-coveted AAA Four Diamond Award rating and will appear on the AAA 2007 Caribbean Tour Book guide. This is the third year that this stylish 64-room hotel has rece...Read More >>>   7/25/2006 || DIGICEL'S CARIBBEAN HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 0 KINGSTON, JAMAICA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/24/06 -- Digicel, the fastest-growing telecommunications company in the Caribbean, today announced that it is providing hurricane alerts, tracking maps, supplies and public safety information to help customers in the greater Caribbean region prepare for 2006 ...Read More >>>     7/25/2006 || OECS RESIDENTS TO PAY MORE FOR GAS? 0 Residents of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will soon have to start paying the full market price for petrol as their governments move to remove subsidies on the retail price of the commodity. That's one of the recommendations coming out of a meeting of the governors of the Ea...Read More >>>