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8/10/2006 || GUYANA AND GRENADA FOR FIRST SEMI-FINAL OF STANFOR... 0 Guyana and Grenada will contest the first semi-final of the Stanford Twenty/20 tournament at the Stanford Ground in Antigua today. Friday’s second semi-final will see Trinidad and Tobago meeting Nevis. The winners will advance to Sunday’s final which offers US$1 million to the champion and US...Read More >>>   8/10/2006 || MISS SPICY GRENADA 2006 TICKET OUTLETS 0 To all concerned, the following are the Official Ticket outlets for Miss Spicy Grenada Queen Show carded for August 10, 2006 at the Tanteen Recreational Grounds. ST. GEORGE'S Niki's Shoe Shop Presents, Excel Plaza Grand Anse ST. ANDREW'S Rainbow boutique, Grenville Grenville Gas statio...Read More >>>   8/10/2006 || TRINIDAD'S INTERNATIONAL SOCA MONARCH FOR MANHATTA... 4 Winner of Trinidad's International Soca Monarch and Groovy Soca Monarch titles, Shurwayne Winchester, is set to rock Manhattan on Friday, August 18, with a performance at Club Eugene, 27 West 24th between 5th and 6th Avenue. Winchester will perform at Caribbean Fever Fridays, the first upscale a...Read More >>>   8/10/2006 || MWAG CONDEMNS KILLING OF SIX COLLEAGUES IN GUYANA 0 CATEGORY:CRIME ------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA (August 10, 2006) – The Media Workers’ Association of Grenada (MWAG) issued a strong condemnation of the brutal and senseless killing of six media workers in neighboring Guyana yesterday. MWAG joined with...Read More >>>   8/10/2006 || BRITISH AUTHORITIES THWART TERRORIST PLOT 0 CATEGORY:TERRORISM ------------------------ By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) AUGUST 10, 2006 – Today, British authorities thwarted an allege plot by terrorists to commit mass-murder by blowing-up several aircrafts mid-air from the United Kingdom to the USA. It is believed that ...Read More >>>   8/9/2006 || NADMA CAUTIONS AGAINST COMPLACENCY AFTER FORECAST ... 0 CATEGORY:WEATHER NEWS --------------------------- By Rawle Titus GRENADA (August 9, 2006) - The National Disaster Management Agency says the recent downgrading of the 2006 hurricane forecast must not be interpreted as reason to be relaxed about preparing for a disaster. In a new forecast...Read More >>>   8/9/2006 || MISS DESSIME PETERS CROWNED ‘MISS HERITAGE 2006’ 0 By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENVILLE, St. Andrew’s - The ‘Miss Heritage Queenshow’, which was organized by the promoters of the Rainbow City Festival, took place at the Grenville Market Square on Monday August 07, 2006 (Emancipation Day). Even though heavy downpours of...Read More >>>   8/9/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS - THE LESSONS WE ARE LEARNING - H... 0 CATEGORY:COMMENTARY -------------------------- By Lloyd Noel (Attorney-at-law) "Justice is so necessary and so relevant for each and every one of us that no price is too high to obtain it and preserve it. To let others take it away from us - is tantamount to a return to slavery before Emanc...Read More >>>   8/9/2006 || GOOGLE RED-FLAGS SPYWARE WEBSITES 0 The world's leading Internet search engine Google has begun warning users from visiting websites that may harm their computers. The warning pops up if you click on a link that leads to a site known to host spyware or other malicious software. These sites have been catalogued by the Stop Badware ...Read More >>>   8/9/2006 || FORECASTERS LOWER PREDICTIONS FOR 2006 HURRICANE S... 0 The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season should be slightly less active than originally predicted, but still above long-term averages, federal forecasters said yesterday as they warned coastal residents not to let their guard down. Forecasters now expect there to be 12-15 named storms and seven to nine...Read More >>>   8/9/2006 || EASIER US IMMIGRATION FOR CUBANS 0 The Bush administration is preparing to ease some immigration rules for Cubans who want to live in the United States. Officials say the aim is to focus on reuniting families now separated by politics and the sea. The proposal comes one week after Cuban president Fidel Castro temporarily gave u...Read More >>>   8/8/2006 || SPICE MAS 2006 IS ON WITH A BANG IN GRENADA 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Spice Mas 2006 is off to a good start in Grenada and the Children’s Carnival Frolic on Saturday is living proof of what can be expected this year. The junior bands paraded through the Carenage unto the Tanteen Recreation Ground “Carnival City”. According to the Grenada Carni...Read More >>>   8/8/2006 || CARIBBEAN LEADERS URGED TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT MIDDLE ... 0 Israeli attacks in Lebanon have been criticised by former St Lucian prime minister John Compton. Sir John wants Caribbean governments to add their voices against the humanitarian crisis being created there. "They should not even wait for the UN, they (Caribbean governments) should have made a ...Read More >>>   8/8/2006 || CROP-OVER CLIMAXES 0 Thousands of Barbadians lined the streets of the nation on Monday for the final day of carnival festivities. The big street party is known locally as the Grand Kadooment. At the weekend Calypsionian Kid Site, walked away as the Calypso Monarch for his song which poked fun at the Owen-Arthur ...Read More >>>   8/7/2006 || CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL FROLIC PROVIDED LOTS OF ENTERT... 0 As the Spice Isle continues to “bounce back” and as preparations for Cricket World Cup 2007 continue, the 25th anniversary of Carnival celebrations in the month of August is well on its way. On Saturday August 5 the spotlight fell on the youngsters of this great nation as the Grenada Carnival Co...Read More >>>   8/5/2006 || GRENADA PERFORMS CREDITABLY AT CUT GAMES 0 By Wallace J.A ( Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENVILLE, St. Andrew’s – Team Grenada performed very commendably at the recently held CUT games in St.Lucia, which ran from July 21 – 22. The CUT (Caribbean Union of Teachers) games have been taking place for well over twenty years and involves ke...Read More >>>   8/4/2006 || NADMA CORNER - NADMA HOSTS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE UNI... 0 CATEGORY:DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ---------------------------------- By Rawle Titus ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) recently played host to a workshop that has brought together professionals seeking to revive the Primary Health Care Unit in St. George’s. W...Read More >>>   8/4/2006 || RAINBOW PROMOTERS PROMISE A FESTIVAL OF A LIFETIME 0 CATEGORY:CULTURAL CELEBRATION --------------------------------- GRENVILLE, St.Andrew’s - Organizers of this year’s Rainbow City Festival are promising an experience of a lifetime. Committee Members are full swing into this year’s festival, which was officially launched on July 2, 2006, and g...Read More >>>   8/4/2006 || DIGICEL GROUP CLOSES US$150 MILLION FUNDING ROUND ... 0 Digicel Group, the fastest-growing mobile telecommunications company in the Caribbean, today announced it has raised US$150 million in capital through a corporate bond offering to further support its continued growth strategy and rapid expansion efforts in key markets of Trinidad & Tobago and Haiti....Read More >>>   8/3/2006 || PARACLETE MAS BAND GETTING READY FOR CARNIVAL 2K6 0 CATEGORY:CARNIVAL ---------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) PARACLETE, St.Andrew’s – Work is progressing very satisfactorily at the Paraclete Government School ahead of the August 14 & 15 carnival celebrations. Villagers from Paraclete as well as from the nearby com...Read More >>>   8/3/2006 || CHRIS SKIRTS LEEWARD ISLANDS, BAHAMAS ISSUES HURRI... 0 MIAMI, USA (Reuters): The Bahamas on Wednesday issued a hurricane watch for the Turks and Caicos islands and for the southeastern Bahamas as Tropical Storm Chris neared hurricane strength in the Caribbean, the US National Hurricane Center said. The third tropical storm of the Atlantic season str...Read More >>>   8/3/2006 || REGION TUNES IN TO CARIBVISION 0 The Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) lead Prime Minister for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), Owen Arthur, has fully embraced CaribVision, describing it as the region's very "own" television station. Delivering the keynote address at Tuesday's official launch of the channel by the Ca...Read More >>>   8/3/2006 || BARBADOS, GRENADA LINKING UP FOR CWC 2007 ACCOMMOD... 0 The officials from Barbados and Grenada preparing for the 2007 International Cricket Council's Cricket World Cup (CWC) are looking at a joint arrangement to accommodate the large numbers of visitors coming for the tournament. Roy O'Neale, chief executive officer for the Grenada local organising c...Read More >>>   8/2/2006 || CONTROVERSY OVER CARNIVAL 2K6 THEME SONG 0 CATEGORY:CARNIVAL ---------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA (August 2, 2006) – Just when Grenadians were about to express satisfaction with the lack of mêlée in this years carnival buildup, a controversy involving the use of the theme song ‘August is the Time’...Read More >>>   8/2/2006 || GRENADA-BORN JUDGE HONOURED WITH CANADA’S HIGHEST ... 0 TORONTO, Canada: Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada has announced the appointment of Julius Isaac, former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada, to the Order of Canada on July 24, 2006. Justice Isaac, a Grenadian by birth, was a member of the bar in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Grenada a...Read More >>>   8/2/2006 || TROPICAL STORM CHRIS THREATENS REGION 3 Tropical Storm Chris strengthened yesterday as it approached the eastern edge of the Caribbean, prompting a run on groceries and gas as people prepared for the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The storm had top winds of nearly 45 mph (75 kph) as it passed over the Leeward Islan...Read More >>>   8/2/2006 || MODEL DAY CARE CENTRES BEING CONSTRUCTED 0 By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) GRENADA - The Springs Day Care and Pre-Primary School will be reopened in March of 2007, after being put out of commission by Hurricane Ivan in September of 2004. A brand new and improved facility is being constructed under the Basic Needs Trust ...Read More >>>   8/1/2006 || G’DA CARNIVAL COMMITTEE RELEASES LIST OF FINALISTS 0 CATEGORY:CARNIVAL ----------------------- By Team Grenada GRENADA (August 1, 2006) – President of the Grenada Carnival Committee, Mr. Dexter Mitchell, today released the much-anticipated list of finalists for the various calypso/ soca competitions scheduled to take place later on this month. ...Read More >>>   8/1/2006 || GRENADA TO DO BATTLE AGAINST GUYANA 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS -------------------- By Wallace J.A (St. Andrew's correspondent) GRENADA – The inaugural Stanford 20/20 Tournament is presently down to four teams, each of which will be vying for a place in the finals on Sunday August 13, 2006. The winning team in the finals will take home a ...Read More >>>     8/1/2006 || LAW AND POLITICS - DISGRACEFUL - UNBELIEVABLE - DI... 0 CATEGORY: COMMENTARY ------------------------ By Lloyd Noel (Attorney-at-law) All the above descriptions or adjectives - as well as the hundreds of others being used or devised, to describe or attempt to explain what is happening in our CARICOM state of T&T - are flooding the Media and airwav...Read More >>>