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6/19/2007 || CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN OPENS IN WASHINGTON 0 The largest ever contingent of Caribbean community (CARICOM) leaders to gather in Washington DC, began their series of meetings on Monday when the foreign ministers of CARICOM met with the United States Secretary of State of State, Condoleezza Rice. Thirteen of the community’s heads of governmen...Read More >>>   6/19/2007 || BRITISH POLICE TARGETING YOUNG BLACKS - REPORT 0 Young black people are six times more likely than whites to be stopped by British police and are subject to discrimination, a Home Affairs Committee report revealed. The study, titled 'Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System', unveiled damning findings suggesting that racism and stereo...Read More >>>   6/19/2007 || US PASSPORT LAW COULD BE POSTPONED 0 The United States Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff, has expressed disappointment with moves in Congress to postpone new passport requirements for Americans until June 2009. He said a delay would create a window of vulnerability for the US. The House of Representatives voted on Fri...Read More >>>   6/19/2007 || PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS IN NEW... 0 CATEGORY:SPECIAL EVENT ------------------------------ INSIDE GRENADA TUESDAY June 19,2007 News Release ST. GEORGE’S: Grenada's Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has praised the efforts of the Grenadian community in New York, in helping to attract investment to Grenada and in ...Read More >>>   6/18/2007 || LETTER TO THE LAND DEVELEOPMENT CONTROL AUTHORITY 0 CATEGORY:LETTER ------------------- INSIDE GRENADA MONDAY June 18,2007 By Sandra C. Ferguson June 18th, 2007 The Chairman and Members Land Development Control Authority c/o Physical Planning Unit Ministry of Finance St. George’s Attn: Mr. Nelson Louison, Chairman Mr. Andre ...Read More >>>   6/18/2007 || 'GRENADA THIRTEEN' TO BE RESENTENCED 6 After years of uncertainty, the "Grenada Thirteen" will be resentenced on Monday. The weeklong resentencing hearing will be held at the Grenada Trade Centre, which will be used as the high court for the purpose. The resentencing was ordered in February by the London-based Privy Council, the hig...Read More >>>   6/18/2007 || SHIV SPARKS WINDIES 0 Shivnarine Chanderpaul provided the spark with his 16th Test hundred, and Fidel Edwards provided the fire with three crucial wickets that kept West Indies on track in the rain-affected fourth and final Test against England yesterday. Chanderpaul was undefeated on 136, as West Indies, sent in to b...Read More >>>   6/18/2007 || CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN BEGINS IN WASHINGTON T... 0 Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, and United States Commerce Secretary, Carlos Gutierrez will deliver keynote addresses at the opening ceremony of the Conference on the Caribbean, which begins in Washington, D.C., tomorrow. The three-day major event will be held under the theme 'Confer...Read More >>>   6/18/2007 || HAMILTON MAKES IT TWO IN A ROW 0 The young British driver, whose grandparents came to Britain from Grenada, makes more Formula One history by winning his second Grand Prix in a row, this time in the United States. Hamilton had a 1.5 second lead over Fernando Alonso at the finishing line. Lewis Hamilton produced yet another in...Read More >>>   6/15/2007 || NNP TEAM HELD IMPRESSIVE MEETING AT BYELANDS 0 CATEGORY:POLITICS --------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 15,2007 The New National Party (NNP) has been having a series of village meetings throughout the tri-island state and last night saw the team at the rural village of Byelands, in the constituency of St.Andrew’s North –west....Read More >>>   6/15/2007 || COUNTERFEIT COLGATE TOOTHPASTE FOUND 0 CATEGORY:HEALTH --------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 15,2007 The Colgate–Palmolive Company today warned that counterfeit toothpaste falsely packaged as "Colgate" has been found in several dollar-type discount stores in four states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryl...Read More >>>   6/15/2007 || BUSH TO MEET CARIBBEAN LEADERS JUNE 18-21 0 US President George W. Bush will meet with leaders from the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during a conference on the region at the US State Department June 18-21, his spokesman said Thursday. "The Conference on the Caribbean continues an important dialogue between the United States and...Read More >>>   6/15/2007 || MAN BARRED FROM HAVING A GIRLFRIEND 0 A judge has ruled that a 24-year-old Canadian man is not allowed to have a girlfriend for the next three years. The ruling came after Steven Cranley pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges stemming from an assault on a former girlfriend. Cranley, who has been diagnosed with a dependent perso...Read More >>>   6/14/2007 || GRENADA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS COARD AND CO. TO ... 0 Grenada's Attorney General Elvin Nimrod says his government will do all within its power to ensure that former deputy prime minister Bernard Coard and others convicted of murdering prime minister Maurice Bishop in 1983 remain in prison. Addressing a political meeting in Carriacou Mr. Nimrod said...Read More >>>   6/14/2007 || GAYLE EXPECTED TO LEAD WINDIES IN ONE-DAYERS 0 It appears that seasoned opener Chris Gayle will lead the West Indies team for the two Twenty20 and three One-Day internationals against England later this month. Following a teleconference with the full West Indies Cricket Board of Directors yesterday, which lasted over two hours, well placed so...Read More >>>   6/13/2007 || GRENADA PM SUED BY FRAUD VICTIM 1 Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell, is being sued in the United States by a victim of convicted fraudster Eric Resteiner, from whom Mitchell allegedly received $1 million in bribes. According to the financial newsletter, OffshoreAlert, a civil complaint was filed against Mitchell, his w...Read More >>>   6/13/2007 || CARIBBEAN LOSING GROUND IN TOURISM MARKET 0 There are concerns that the Caribbean could be losing ground in the international tourism market. Destinations in Asia and Central America are said to be among the region's main challengers for the vital foreign exchange the industry brings. Figures for stay-over visitors in the region were do...Read More >>>   6/13/2007 || FISH FRIDAY CELEBRATES 2 YEARS 0 The Gouyave Fish Friday Festival Company is set to mark its 2nd anniversary of successful operations with a host of activities in the month of June under its June Jamboree 2K7 celebrations banner. According to Dr. George Vincent, Gouyave Fish Friday Festival’s chairman, “against all the odds we ...Read More >>>   6/13/2007 || FORTY TO SIXTY, THOUSAND PEOPLE COULD DIE 1 CATEGORY:RELIGION ---------------------- INSIDE GRENADA WEDNESDAY June 13,2007 By Osborne Baptiste (The following article reflects the views and beliefs of the writer and not necessarily those of Grenadian Connection). Fellow Grenadian, visitors, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus: G...Read More >>>   6/12/2007 || PM MITCHELL MEETS TENDERS BOARD 2 Finance Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has pledged to stamp out what he terms inconsistencies at the Tenders Board, in order to change its image. Mitchell noted that the work of the Tenders Board is vitally important to the development of Grenada. The Tenders Board is solely responsible for award...Read More >>>   6/12/2007 || NEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SET UP IN GRENADA 0 A nine-member group, called the Oversight Committee, which has been established to look into arrangements for the staging of local, regional and international events in Grenada, is breaking new ground. This move was born out of the circumstances that surrounded the wrong anthem being played duri...Read More >>>   6/12/2007 || WINDIES LOSE AGAIN 0 Shivnarine Chanderpaul's 15th Test hundred was topped by another decisive bowling performance from Monty Panesar that handed England a 60-run victory over West Indies in the third Test yesterday. Chanderpaul was undefeated on 116 - his first Test hundred in two years - as West Indies, chasing 455...Read More >>>   6/12/2007 || NNP TAKES ITS CELEBRATION TO CARRIACOU 0 CATEGORY:POLITICS ------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA TUESDAY June 12,2007 The celebratory atmosphere which had prevailed among NNPITES at Progress Park in St. Andrews a few Sundays ago had continued with greater intensity as the New National Party gathered its forces from Carriacou a...Read More >>>   6/11/2007 || HAMILTON TRIUMPHS AND MAKES HISTORY 0 British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, who has Grenadian family connections, became the first black to win a Grand Prix when he captured the Canadian event yesterday. The 22-year-old McLaren Mercedes driver, who took pole position in the race in qualifying Saturday, survived anxious moments i...Read More >>>   6/11/2007 || BATTERY OF 12 LAWYERS FOR GRENADA 13 0 Well-known Trinidadian attorney-at-law Keith Scotland will be among a dozen lawyers expected to speak on behalf of Bernard Coard and 12 other accused prisoners who will be resentenced for the killing of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his Cabinet colleagues more than two decades ...Read More >>>   6/11/2007 || US TEMPORARILY RELAXES PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR T... 0 United States immigration officials Friday temporarily relaxed passport requirements for some American citizens returning from trips to the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico. The US State Department announced that due to longer than anticipated processing times, nationals who had already applied for ...Read More >>>   6/9/2007 || TRISH BARTHOLOMEW EARNS ALL-AMERICAN IN 400 METER ... 1 CATEGORY:SPORTS(ATHLETICS) ----------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SATURDAY June 9,2007 by Wallace J.A TRISH BARTHOLOMEW, a former student and athlete of the St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS), has placed 7th in the 400m finals at the NCAA outdoor Track and Field Champion...Read More >>>   6/9/2007 || STORM BREWING OVER SELECTION OF WEST INDIES ODI CA... 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS(CRICKET) ---------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SATURDAY June 9,2007 by Wallace J.A According to a Ryan Patrick article appearing on the CaribbeanCricket.com webpage, there seems to be some controversy brewing over the selection of an ODI captain for the One Day serie...Read More >>>   6/8/2007 || SHELTER LIST TO BE RELEASED 0 CATEGORY:DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ---------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 08,2007 by Rawle Titus GRENADA: The National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) says the list of Hurricane shelters for the 2007 Atlantic season will soon be released. NaDMA Coordinator Sylvan ...Read More >>>     6/8/2007 || GRENADIANS TO PAY MORE FOR GAS AT THE PUMP 1 CATEGORY:MONEY/ECONOMY -------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY JUNE 8,2007 by Wallace J.A GRENADA: From today (June 8, 2007), Grenadians will have to dig deeper into their pockets in order to pay for gasoline, diesel and kerosene. According to government sources, the adjustment i...Read More >>>