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7/7/2007 || UPDATES FROM THE GRENADA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS(CRICKET) ------------------------------ INSIDE GRENADA SATURDAY July 07,2007 by Lester Smith Three matches were played on Wednesday July 04,2007 in the 4th round of the GFA Premier League. At Tanteen, front runners Paradise and Police played to a 3-3 draw. Chantimelle and Ha...Read More >>>   7/6/2007 || FREED CONVICT SAYS 1 One of three of the Grenada 13 released last week by a high court judge has been talking about the events that unfolded during the 1983 coup in the capital, St Georges. Lester Redhead spent the past 24 years behind bars convicted for the execution of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and other...Read More >>>   7/6/2007 || HIV CASES ON THE RISE IN GRENADA 13 A top health official here is reporting a rise in the number of reported HIV casesfor the first six months of the year. Director of the National Infectious Disease Control Unit, Dr. Alister Antoine, said the recording of new cases is a result of the ongoing government initiatives, such as the Vol...Read More >>>   7/6/2007 || CARICOM LEADERS TO LOBBY FOR RELAXED US PASSPORT R... 0 Regional hotel and tourism officials have been given the assurance that CARICOM heads of government will help fight their case to have the United States relax its passport requirements for nationals returning home from the Caribbean. President of the Caribbean Hotel Association, Peter Odle, says ...Read More >>>   7/5/2007 || GRENADIAN COP SEEKS US HELP TO FIND COUP VICTIMS’ ... 1 A former police detective in Grenada is seeking the help of the United States in locating the remains of the revolutionary leaders killed in a coup nearly 24 years ago. Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and most of his Cabinet were executed in a power struggle in the then People's Revolutionary Gover...Read More >>>   7/5/2007 || REGIONAL HEADS AGREE TO IMPLEMENT CARICOM TRAVEL C... 0 Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed on the implementation of a CARICOM travel card that will be issued to every CARICOM national except those on the Community’s watch list. This agreement came out of negotiations at the ongoing 28th CARICOM Heads of Government Sum...Read More >>>   7/5/2007 || GRENADA REACHES WORLD CUP TARGET 0 The government of Grenada is expected to collect close to eight million dollars in ticket revenue from the 2007 Cricket World Cup. This was announced by Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, who received a report from the ICC/CWC 2007 Committee on the region’s hosting of the event. The report also na...Read More >>>   7/5/2007 || NEW PROPOSALS FOR WINDIES CRICKET 0 A committee led by former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has recommended the formation of a professional league for West Indies cricket. The announcement was made by Grenada's prime minister Keith Mitchell on the final day of the Caricom summit in Bridgetown. The reversal of the declin...Read More >>>   7/4/2007 || LETTER TO HON. YOLAND BAIN-HORSFORD - BY SANDRA FE... 9 CATEGORY:LETTER --------------------- INSIDE GRENADA WEDNESDAY July 04,2007 by Sandra Ferguson Hon. Yolande Bain-Horsford Member of Parliament, St. Andrew’s S.W /Minister of Social Development c/o Ministry of Social Development Ministerial Complex St. George’s Hon. Bain-Horsford,...Read More >>>   7/4/2007 || IS IT A CASE OF INDUSTRIAL TERRORISM? 0 CATEGORY:LETTER TO THE EDITOR ---------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA WEDNESDAY July 04,2007 by Zephyr (Editor's note: The views expressed in the following article represents those of the writer and not necessarily those of Grenadian Connection). Dear Editor, I will like you...Read More >>>   7/2/2007 || CARICOM LEADERS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS 0 Caricom leaders holding their annual summit in Barbados were getting down to business on Monday in a meeting with US congressman Charles Rangel. Mr Rangel who chairs the powerful congressional Ways and Means Committee, was a key figure in last month's US/Caricom summit in Washington. He's expe...Read More >>>   7/2/2007 || OUTCRY OVER GRENADA RESENTENCING RULING 3 The families of those killed in Grenada's 1983 coup have sharply criticised last week's ruling that allowed for the immediate release of three of the Grenada 13 and the subsequent release of the other ten within three years. Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, four cabinet colleagues and six supporter...Read More >>>   7/2/2007 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES NIGERIAN DOCTOR 0 The Grenada government says it is investigating a Nigerian national who is operating in the country as a medical practitioner without the necessary license from the island’s medical board. A statement issued by the Ministry of Health said that it was also investigating the educational background ...Read More >>>   7/1/2007 || MAURICE BISHOP AND OCTOBER 19, 1983 MARTYRS FOUNDA... 1 CATEGORY:PRESS RELEASE ------------------------------ INSIDE GRENADA SUNDAY July 01,2007 Editor's note: The following press release represents the views and sentiments of the MAURICE BISHOP AND OCTOBER 19, 1983 MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND FAMILIES OF OCTOBER VICTIMS. We the members of the f...Read More >>>   7/1/2007 || 15 YEAR OLD CHARGED WITH MURDER OF SENIOR CIVIL SE... 0 CATEGORY:CRIMINAL MATTERS ------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SUNDAY July 01,2007 by Wallace J.A On June 25 (last week Monday), the people of St. Lucia and Grenada, especially from the LaDigue area in St. Andrew’s, were completely shocked at receiving news about the sadistic an...Read More >>>   6/30/2007 || GFA MATCHES OVER THE WEEKEND 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS(SOCCER) ---------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA SATURDAY June 30,2007 by Lester Smith Both First Division and Premier Division will be featured this weekend in local football: On Saturday, D'Sports Shop Morne Jaloux and Sunjets United will meet at Queens Park. FUTGOF a...Read More >>>   6/30/2007 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES NIGERIAN DOCTOR 4 The Grenada government says it is investigating a Nigerian national who is operating in the country as a medical practitioner without the necessary license from the island’s medical board. A statement issued by the Ministry of Health said that it was also investigating the educational background ...Read More >>>   6/30/2007 || 'GRENADA 13' NOT APPEALING DECISION 1 Attorneys representing 13 members of the 'Grenada 17' who were resentenced by a High Court judge here Wednesday said they will not be appealing the court's decision. Edward Fitzgerald Q.C., the lead defence attorney, said while his clients did not give the team any instructions to appeal the judg...Read More >>>   6/29/2007 || STATEMENT OPPOSING THE RELEASE OF THE GRENADA 17 0 CATEGORY:MAJOR DEVELOPMENT --------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 29,2007 by Claudia Whiteman I am Claudia Whiteman, wife of Unison Whiteman of Confer, Calivigny, and St.George’s. I was 38 years at the time of Unison’s death. Nsona Whiteman our first daughter w...Read More >>>   6/29/2007 || STATEMENT FROM NADIA BISHOP 7 CATEGORY:SITUATION UPDATE -------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA FRIDAY June 29,2007 by Nadia Bishop My name is Nadia Bishop. I am the daughter of the late Prime Minister of Grenada, Maurice Rupert Bishop. My mother Angela Bishop, and my brother John Bishop, support this statemen...Read More >>>   6/29/2007 || WINDIES WIN AT LAST! 0 West Indies offered a collective sigh of relief, after Devon Smith and Marlon Samuels hit half-centuries to set things up, then Dwayne Smith and Darren Sammy helped them formalise a 15-run win in the first Twenty20 International against England yesterday. West Indies successfully defended a targe...Read More >>>   6/29/2007 || GRENADA 13 SAGA: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO RULING EVO... 1 Former Grenada attorney general Lloyd Noel has criticised the government's reaction to the release of three of the Grenada 13. Following the Judge's ruling on Wednesday, a statement from the governing New National Party expressed disappointment at the court's decision. "Government, like the va...Read More >>>   6/28/2007 || CALYPSO CRICKETERS ENTERTAIN ENGLISH FANS 0 CATEGORY:SPORTS(CRICKET) ----------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA THURSDAY June 28,2007 by Wallace J.A The West Indies 20/20 cricket team, captained by opening- batsman Chris Gayle, pulled off a sensational victory in front of a mammoth English crowd at Kennington Oval today. The to...Read More >>>   6/28/2007 || FUNERAL SERVICE FOR COSMOS BERNARD TO TAKE PLACE O... 0 Funeral mass for Cosmos Conrad Bernard, former superintendent of the Western Division and Carriacou for the Royal Grenada Police Force, will take place at Our Lady of Charity Roman Catholic Church located at 1669 Dean Street Brooklyn, New York on Friday, June 29, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. following the vis...Read More >>>   6/28/2007 || GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR PRAYER FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED 0 CATEGORY:SITUATION UPDATE ------------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA THURSDAY June 28,2007 Press Secretary (Office of the Prime Minister) St. George's: In light of the recent events relating to the re sentencing hearing of the so called "Grenada 13, " the Government of Grenada would...Read More >>>   6/28/2007 || LAW AND POLITICS - THE PICTURE LOOKS GLOOMY & DAU... 0 CATEGORY:COMMENTARY ----------------------- INSIDE GRENADA THURSDAY June 28,2007 by Lloyd Noel GRENADA: Let me firstly apologize to the readers of this column for having missed two issues in June. I had to travel to England on family matters and did plan to send back the material for publ...Read More >>>   6/28/2007 || BRITAIN’S NEW PRIME MINISTER TO FACE PRESSURE FROM... 0 Britain’s new Prime Minister Gordon Brown is already under pressure to turn his attention to the UK’s relationship with the Caribbean. One organization focusing on the matter of Caribbean trade, has already given Mr. Brown a 100-day ultimatum. Having now taken over the leadership from Tony Bla...Read More >>>   6/28/2007 || GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON GRENADA 13 3 In light of the recent events relating to the re sentencing hearing of the so called “Grenada 13, ” the Government of Grenada would like to make its position clear on a number of matters. The Government of Grenada would like to make it clear that the Executive and the Judiciary are separate and i...Read More >>>   6/28/2007 || GRENADA 13: THREE RELEASED 2 After an initial delay that was being questioned by their lawyer, three men ordered released from prison in Grenada for their part in a 1983 coup are now free. The judge hearing the case, Justice Francis Belle of Barbados, on Wednesday morning ordered the immediate release of Christopher Stroude,...Read More >>>     6/27/2007 || THREE MEMBERS OF THE GRENADA 13 ARE FREE 8 CATEGORY:BREAKING NEWS ------------------------- INSIDE GRENADA WEDNESDAY June 27,2007 by Wallace J.A ST. GEORGE’S: Today, Justice Francis Belle of Barbados, who presided over the re-sentencing of the Grenada 13, delivered his judgment which saw three men from the group walk out from pris...Read More >>>