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6/27/2007 || RULING ON GRENADA 13 EXPECTED TODAY 0 The much-anticipated judgement for the "Grenada 13" will be presented in open court this morning, presiding judge Justice Francis Belle has revealed. At the end of yesterday's sitting, he announced he would sentence former deputy prime minister Bernard Coard and 12 others convicted for the 1983 m...Read More >>>   6/27/2007 || BEYONCE AND J-HUD REIGN AT BET AWARDS 0 The BET AWARDS '07, the annual mega-salute to music, film and sports from BET Networks, delivered a knock-out night full of performances, surprises and memorable moments live from the Shrine Auditorium. Mega-star Beyonce and first-time BET Awards nominee Jennifer Hudson each walked away with two...Read More >>>   6/27/2007 || JUDGE WORRIED ABOUT A-G'S STATEMENT IN 'GRENADA 13... 0 High Court Judge Francis Belle on Monday expressed concern about the impact a recent statement by Attorney-General Elvin Nimrod could have on the soon-to-be re-constituted Prison Review Board, even as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Christopher Nelson, apologised for the statement. No f...Read More >>>   6/27/2007 || GRENADA AND CUBA TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATIONS 0 In an action to further strengthen bilateral relations, Cuba and Grenada inaugurated the 10th Session of their Joint Intergovernmental Commission in Havana, on Tuesday. Grenada's Minister of National Security, Trade Development and Private Sector, Einstein Louison, who heads his country's delegat...Read More >>>   6/27/2007 || WICB REBUKES GAYLE FOR NOT WITHDRAWING STATEMENTS 0 hris Gayle has been reprimanded by the West Indies Cricket Board after he failed to retract his statements in the media criticising the regional governing body about the way they have handled some arrangements for the tour of England. Gayle last week condemned the WICB's handling of his appointme...Read More >>>   6/26/2007 || PAROLE BOARD TO BE CREATED IN GRENADA 2 Grenada officials said Monday they would create a permanent parole board for the first time in the island's judicial history, spurred by events following a 1983 coup that prompted a U.S. invasion. The announcement came during the resentencing hearing for the so-called Grenada 13. Christopher Nel...Read More >>>   6/26/2007 || PM ASKS ABOUT REMAINS 0 Grenadian leader Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, has reiterated his call for U.S. assistance for the families affected by the events of October 1983. In a meeting with U.S. State Department officials, over the weekend, Prime Minister Mitchell asked the State Department for any help that can be ...Read More >>>   6/26/2007 || THERE SHALL NEVER BE A PALESTINIAN STATE. 0 CATEGORY:RELIGION --------------------- INSIDE GRENADA TUESDAY June 26,2007 by Osborne Baptiste (Part 1) Fellow Grenadian, visitors, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus: grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus Christ our Lord. 2:Pe.1: 2. Brot...Read More >>>   6/26/2007 || PRIME MINISTER MITCHELL ASKS ABOUT BODIES 0 CATEGORY:SITUATION UPDATE ------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA TUESDAY June 26,2007 From the Office of the PM ST. GEORGE’S: Grenadian leader, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, has reiterated his call for U.S. assistance for the families affected by the events of October 1983. In ...Read More >>>   6/26/2007 || NEWS FROM GRENADA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (GFA) 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS -------------------- INSIDE GRENADA TUESDAY June 26,2007 by Lester Smith GREBADA: Three matches were played on Saturday to signal the start of the GFA First Divison Competition. Willis Youths won their encounter against Springs, 2-nil at Tanteen. Over at Queens Park, Morne...Read More >>>   6/25/2007 || UN DELEGATION VISITS GRENADA THIS WEEK 0 A two member delegation from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) was scheduled to arrive in Grenada yesterday for a one week visit during which they will assist the Ministry of Social Development in conducting its needs assessment for the implementation of the Madr...Read More >>>   6/25/2007 || PROSECUTION ASKS FOR LIFE SENTENCES FOR 'GRENADA T... 0 Making submissions on behalf of the Crown, Grenada’s Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Nelson, who is the lead prosecutor in the re-sentencing hearing of the "Grenada 13", asked the court to consider life sentences for the defendants or consecutive fixed term sentences. Nelson said the...Read More >>>   6/25/2007 || US PASSPORT REGIME UNLIKELY TO BE EXTENDED, SAYS M... 0 The recent decision by the United States Government to suspend, until September, a Homeland Security mandate requiring Americans entering that country to have a valid passport, is unlikely to result in a further extension of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), according to Grenadian Pri...Read More >>>   6/25/2007 || INFORMATION FROM THE CARNIVAL SECRETARIAT 0 CATEGORY:CULTURE(CARNIVAL) ------------------------------ INSIDE GRENADA MONDAY June 25,2007 by Shirma Wells, NCC GRENADA: Well folks we do plan to keep you updated as much as is possible as Spice Mas continues to move from one level to the next. We hope that you continue to keep up with...Read More >>>   6/24/2007 || CJ BELLE 'SHOULD GO' 0 CATEGORY:MAJOR DEVELOPMENT --------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SUNDAY June 24,2007 Reprinted from Nationnews.com by Maria Bradshaw IF Acting Chief Justice Francis Belle does not recluse himself from the resentencing hearing of Grenada's former deputy prime minister Bernard...Read More >>>   6/23/2007 || STATEMENT FROM ANTHONY ROMAIN 2 CATEGORY:LETTER TO THE EDITOR ---------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SATURDAY June 23,2007 By Anthony Romain I Anthony Romain am the father of Alleyne Romain who was thirteen years old in 1983, born on January 6th, 1970. I had a grocery/liquor business at the corner of St.J...Read More >>>   6/23/2007 || MOUNT CINNAMON OPENS SAVVY'S RESTAURANT 0 CATEGORY:SPECIAL EVENT ---------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SATURDAY June 23,2007 St. George's , Grenada : Spectacular views of the world famous Grand Anse Beach and picturesque St. George's town; 19th century Mediterranean styling; Peter De Savary has created Grenada's newest fin...Read More >>>   6/23/2007 || GRENADA BUREAU OF STANDARDS CONDUCTS TRAINING SESS... 0 CATEGORY:SPECIAL EVENT(WORKSHOP) -------------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SATURDAY June 23,2007 Release from GBS ST.GEORGE'S: The Grenada Bureau of Standards in partnership with the Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) hosted a one day workshop on th...Read More >>>   6/22/2007 || RAWLE LEWIS TO CAPTAIN WEST INDIES A ON TOUR OF ZI... 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS(CRICKET) ---------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 22,2007 By Wallace J.A Grenada and Windward Island’s cricket captain, Rawle Lewis, is expected to captain the West Indies A team on a tour of Zimbabwe later on next month to play three unofficial tests and tw...Read More >>>   6/22/2007 || STATEMENT BY THE NEW NATIONAL PARTY (NNP) ON THE "... 0 CATEGORY:POLITICS -------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 22,2007 By Ronald Straker I wish to speak today on the statement made by Hon. Elvin G. Nimrod while speaking at the NNP Rally in Carriacou, he said that Government would do all that is necessary and appropriate to ens...Read More >>>   6/22/2007 || GRENADA 13 JUDGE STAYING PUT; CALLS ALLEGATIONS 'B... 2 The judge presiding over the resentencing of 13 participants in Grenada's 1983 coup on Thursday rejected a call by prosecutors that he step down because of his ties to the political movement of the ousted prime minister. Supreme Court Judge Francis Bell said he was only "associated" with the New ...Read More >>>   6/22/2007 || PM SOUGHT RECOGNITION FOR CKLN IN MEETING WITH PRE... 0 CATEGORY:SPECIAL EVENT --------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 22,2007 ST.GEORGE’S: Prime Minister Mitchell met privately with President Bush as part of the meeting on the Conference on the Caribbean which continues in Washington. Before the meeting commenced, each Prime Min...Read More >>>   6/22/2007 || PARACLETE GOVERNMENT WINS AGAIN 1 CATEGORY:DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ----------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 22,2007 By Rawle Titus Paraclete Government School has recaptured the title of champion school of the annual primary school quiz on Disaster Management. It was by all accounts the tightest ba...Read More >>>   6/21/2007 || DRAMA HITS GRENADA 13 RESENTENCING 4 Hearings into the resentencing of the so-called Grenada 13 were interrupted on Wednesday after a letter was introduced into the proceedings. It challenged the suitability of Barbados-born judge, Francis Belle, to preside over the case, and accused him of belonging to an unnamed "political movemen...Read More >>>   6/21/2007 || TERRORISM, SECURITY DOMINATE TALKS BETWEEN BUSH AN... 0 Terrorism and regional security, including the protection of regional borders, dominated yesterday's talks between Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders in their meeting with United States President George W Bush at the State Department yesterday. Grenada's Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, in an...Read More >>>   6/21/2007 || CARICOM LEADERS GET CBI EXTENSION 0 Caricom leaders have secured an agreement from US President George Bush to extend the Caribbean Basin Initiative. The CBI was launched in 1983 and offers a package of trade benefits to a number of Caribbean and Central American countries to export textile and other manufactured products to the Un...Read More >>>   6/20/2007 || U.S. TO REDUCE PASSPORT WAITING TIME 0 The U.S. government promised on Tuesday to cut the waiting time for passports, as senators complained their phone lines were jammed by furious citizens caught up in a backlog of some 3 million applications. With some U.S. citizens waiting up to three months now to receive their passports -- doubl...Read More >>>   6/20/2007 || HUDSON AUSTIN IN HOSPITAL 0 The former leader of the People's Revolutionary Army, Hudson Austin, has been hospitalised suffering from stomach pains and bladder problems, one of the defence lawyers told the special sitting of the Grenada court yesterday. The court is hearing arguments in the resentencing of 13 people convicted ...Read More >>>   6/20/2007 || US OPENS CARIBBEAN SUMMIT WITH CALL TO BOOST COMPE... 0 The United States opened a summit with Caribbean nations Tuesday with a call to some of the poorest nations in its own backyard to strengthen competitiveness and create a business-friendly environment. "Competitiveness is a timely topic for the Caribbean," US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez t...Read More >>>     6/19/2007 || LAWYERS URGE LENIENCY FOR '83 COUP PLOTTERS 0 Lawyers for 13 leaders of a coup that prompted the U.S. invasion of Grenada pleaded for leniency at a resentencing hearing yesterday, saying their clients have experienced a "spiritual transformation" in prison. The death sentences imposed in 1986 on former Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard and...Read More >>>