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2/28/2007 || LOCAL ARTISTES TO PERFORM AT TEMPO CONCERT IN GREN... 0 Grenada will be showcased on one of the Caribbean's most popular entertainment channels on Saturday, March 3. TEMPO, which is produced by MTV Networks in the US, will stage a mega concert promoting local artistes, while at the same time giving them the chance to be viewed by the wider Caribbean....Read More >>>   2/28/2007 || TRINIDAD EARTHQUAKES DESCRIBED AS UNUSUAL 0 Two earthquakes have now been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago in the space of one week. The lastest earthquake struck on Tuesday morning around 9:26 and was felt in several parts of the country, including areas along the Port of Spain east-west corridor and west of the capitol. It measured 4.3...Read More >>>   2/27/2007 || TWO GRENADIANS BECOME CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS IN DAM... 0 CATEGORY:DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ----------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Tuesday February 27,2007 by Rawle Titus ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Two more Grenadians have now joined the growing cadre of persons in the region qualified to teach courses and conduct damage and needs assessm...Read More >>>   2/27/2007 || CUBAN DISASTER MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ON FACT FINDIN... 0 CATEGORY:DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ---------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Tuesday Friday 27,2007 by Rawle Titus ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Cuba is to help Grenada improve its ability to mitigate against disasters. A two man delegation from Havana is in St. George’s wrapping up a ten da...Read More >>>   2/27/2007 || GRENADA NATIONAL STADIUM OFFICIALLY OPENED 0 CATEGORY:CEREMONIAL OPENING -------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Tuesday February 27,2007 by Wallace J.A ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: A massive crowd – estimated to be in the region of 9,000 persons – turned out last weekend at the Grenada National Stadium to be a part of an offici...Read More >>>   2/27/2007 || WORLD BANK KICKS OFF CARIBBEAN RELIEF PROGRAM 0 The World Bank’s new Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), has gotten off to an amazing start following an announcement in Washington, D. C. on Monday, February 26. Demonstrating support for the world’s first ever multi-country catastrophe insurance pool, donors have pledged US$47 m...Read More >>>   2/27/2007 || BEHARRY PORTRAIT IN LONDON GALLERY 0 The Grenadian soldier who won the Britain's highest military award, has gained another honour. Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry now has his own portrait hanging at the National Portrait Gallery in central London. Lance Corporal Beharry is the first living recipient of the Victoria Cross since 19...Read More >>>   2/27/2007 || KUWAITI FUND TO ASSIST IN FINANCING AGRICULTURAL F... 0 CAYEGORY:ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE ---------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Tuesday February 27,2007 by Wallace J.A GRENADA: The Government of Grenada last week signed a loan agreement for two million, five hundred thousand Kuwaiti Dinars (approximately 22.5 million EC Dollars) with ...Read More >>>   2/26/2007 || LARA PREDICTS AT LEAST A SEMI-FINAL SPOT 0 The West Indies players were expected to assemble from late yesterday for a camp as they prepare for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC). The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday that the players would have a workshop. The players will be together for the next week before the start o...Read More >>>   2/26/2007 || DERELICT REMOVAL CAMPAIGN SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE TO... 0 CATEGORY:ENHANCING ENVIRONMENT -------------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Monday February 26,2007 by Wallace J.A. GRENADA (Monday Feb. 26): The Ministry of Health and the Environment, in an attempt to enhance the aesthetics of Grenada’s physical environment, is expected to be...Read More >>>   2/25/2007 || GRAND ANSE MAN KILLED 0 CATEGORY:CRIME ------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Sunday February 25,2007 by Wallace J.A GRENADA: According to information reaching the news desk of Grenadian Connection, a young man from the Grand Anse area was killed yesterday (Saturday Feb. 24). The victim is believed to be a one who g...Read More >>>   2/25/2007 || LOTS OF SURPRISES TO COME. MR. PRIME MINISTER 0 CATEGORY:RELIGION ------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Sunday February 25,2007 by Osborne Baptiste (The views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not necessarily those of Grenadian Connection). PART 1 Fellow Grenadian, visitors; brothers and sisters in...Read More >>>   2/25/2007 || FDA UPDATE ON SALMONELLA OUTBREAK 0 CATEGORY:HEALTH(FDA UPDATE) ------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Sunday February 25,2007 PRODUCT TESTING by several states has now confirmed that Peter Pan peanut butter and certain Great Value brand peanut butter are the sources of the food-borne illness outbreak of Salmonella...Read More >>>   2/24/2007 || SAASS RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN ... 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS(DONATION) ------------------------------ INSIDE GRENADA Saturday February 24,2007 by Wallace J.A TELESCOPE, St. Andrew’s: The Sports Department and athletes of the St.Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) has received some much-needed support from the SAASS Alumni A...Read More >>>   2/24/2007 || LAW AND POLITICS - THE JUDICIARY - NECESSITY - THE... 6 CATEGORY:COMMENTARY ------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Saturday February 24,2007 by Lloyd Noel(Attorney-at-law) IN THESE SHORTENED DAYS AND TIMES - as we heading up to CWC 2007 in our Caribbean Region - it seems that nothing else matters, and or everything else can, or should be p...Read More >>>   2/23/2007 || GRENADA HAS RISEN FROM HURRICANE DESTRUCTION TO NE... 0 CATEGORY:POLITICS ----------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Friday February 23,2007 EDITOR'S NOTE: This article represents the views, policies and vision of the New National Party (NNP) headed by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. The NNP has been in office since 1995 - for three consecutiv...Read More >>>   2/23/2007 || GOUYAVE CENTENARIAN TO GET CWC BIRTHDAY GIFT 3 Lionel Ferguson can make it to the record books when he celebrates his 101st birthday by enjoying a Super 8 cricket World Cup match, April 16, at the newly rebuilt Grenada National Stadium. Ferguson, a sprightly resident of Gouyave, could well be the oldest person to attend a World Cup match. Wh...Read More >>>   2/23/2007 || CARICOM VISA SNAG 0 Immigration officials in Antigua and Barbuda say "a lot" of visitors have turned up without the special Caricom visa in place for the cricket World Cup. Caricom says the visa, which is required by all but a handful of countries, is for security and logistical reasons. A Danish couple complaine...Read More >>>   2/23/2007 || OLIVACCE TO ACT AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR MISS G... 0 Former Windward Islands Broadcasting Service (WIBS) star announcer, Eversley Olivacce, will be master of ceremonies at the upcoming Miss Grenada World Pageant at the GBSS Auditorium on March 31, 2007. The recently retired Olivacce who has worked with NBC in New York for the past 30 years, is re...Read More >>>   2/22/2007 || ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTRAGED OVER ATTACKS ON THE OFFI... 0 CATEGORY:SPECIAL REPORT --------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Thursday February 22,2007 GRENADA: A statement released from the Office of the Attorney General expresses concern and outrage over the recent attacks on the office of the Governor General by the Opposition, National Democ...Read More >>>   2/22/2007 || CHINA PUSHES IN CASTRIES 0 CATEGORY:DIPLOMATIC MOVE ---------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Thursday February 22,2007 THE CHINESE EMBASSY in Saint Lucia is calling on the new administration of Prime Minister Sir John Compton to speed up the signing a memorandum of understanding on continued relations. Appar...Read More >>>   2/22/2007 || COUNTRY POVERTY ASSESSMENT FOR GRENADA 0 CATEGORY:ECONOMIC NEWS -------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Thursday February 22,2007 ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Government of Grenada, in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), yesterday (Wednesday February 21, 2007) officially launched a Country Poverty Assessment...Read More >>>   2/22/2007 || PEANUT BUTTER RECALLED IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR POSSIB... 0 ConAgra Foods announced that it has taken the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling all varieties of Peter Pan Peanut Butter beginning with product code 2111 imprinted on the lid. ConAgra Foods is working with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a statistical report fro...Read More >>>   2/22/2007 || GRENADA LAUNCHES POVERTY CHECK 0 The Grenada government has launched a survey to determine the true extent of poverty in a country devastated by a hurricane in 2004. The Grenada government said in a statement it needed an accurate assessment of poverty conditions in the light "significant changes in the social, physical and econ...Read More >>>   2/21/2007 || MINI-BUS PASSENGERS EXPERIENCE BRUSH WITH DEATH AT... 0 CATEGORY:SPECIAL REPORT(ACCIDENT) ------------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Wednesday February 21,2007 by Wallace J.A GRENADA: According to reports reaching Grenadian Connection (GC), the driver and passengers on board a red mini-bus (HL414) travelling through the Grand Mal a...Read More >>>   2/21/2007 || FULLERTON STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF DOME... 0 CATEGORY:MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA Wednesday February 21,2007 by Wallace J.A GRENADA: During a National Democratic Congress' (NDC) press conference yesterday (Tuesday Feb. 20), Hon. Kenrick Fullerton, parliamentary representative for the constituen...Read More >>>   2/21/2007 || GRENADIAN OPPOSITION BEING PRESSURED TO APOLOGISE ... 0 The Grenada government has called on the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw statements it is alleged to have made attacking the office of the Governor General. Attorney General Elvin Nimrod has also called on the NDC to apologise to the Head of State for the offending state...Read More >>>   2/21/2007 || GRENADA MP TO STEP DOWN FROM PARTY EXECUTIVE AFTER... 0 Member of Parliament for Grenada's St Andrew South East constituency is stepping down from the National Democratic Congress executive. Kenrick Fullerton was recently accused of being involved in domestic violence and the party says it will not support behaviour of this type. Fullerton made the...Read More >>>   2/21/2007 || HISTORY OF ASH WEDNESDAY 0 Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, the penitential season that leads up to Easter, the holiest season of the Christian church year. The 40 days of Lent are traditionally a time of penance when believers fast and abstain from meat and pray and give alms. They use it to reflect and to traditional...Read More >>>     2/21/2007 || WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL CHAIN OPENS PROPERTY IN GREN... 0 Best Western International announces the opening of the Best Western South City Plaza Hotel, located in the Caribbean at Grand Anse Main Road in Grand Anse, St. George’s in Grenada. This new hotel, owned by Native Hut Limited, boasts 25 rooms including one suite. A complimentary continental brea...Read More >>>