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7/16/2008 || OAS OBSERVERS SAY GRENADA'S ELECTIONS LEFT 'VERY P... 2 Grenada’s general elections of this past July 8 left “very positive” impressions on the Organization of American States (OAS) election observers, Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin confirmed in a preliminary report delivered to the Permanent Council Tuesday. It was the third time that the OAS...Read More >>>   7/16/2008 || DEBUSHING WORKERS TO BE PAID ON FRIDAY 0 GRENADA: The Ministry of Works would like to inform the General Public that persons who were employed under the Government debushing Programme will soon be receiving their payments. Minister of State in the Ministry of Works Hon. Sylvester Quarless says persons who have worked under contract N...Read More >>>   7/16/2008 || THE WIND OF CHANGE – A NEW BEGINNING!!! 0 The ninth of July dawned like the beginning of a New Year for Grenadians, and it is fitting that we should be making new resolutions in preparation for the next five years and beyond. The P.M., Hon. Tilman Thomas, said at his swearing in Ceremony by the Governor General – that there was God in th...Read More >>>   7/15/2008 || GRENADA'S NDC STICKING WITH CHINA 2 Grenada's new Foreign Affairs Minister Peter David says there are no plans to switch diplomatic relations from China to Taiwan. Mr David says the National Democratic Congress administration of Prime Minister Tillman Thomas will continue to recognise the One China Policy. Speaking to BBC Caribb...Read More >>>   7/14/2008 || NEW GRENADA CABINET SWORN IN 5 All ministers of government in the new Grenada administration, headed by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, will take up office today (Monday, July 14). The ministers were sworn in at a ceremony at the National Stadium on Sunday. The ceremony, part of what was dubbed as a "Weekend of Thanksgiving an...Read More >>>   7/11/2008 || OPPOSITION NNP CALLS FOUL ON NEW GOVERNMENT 10 GRENADA: - During a press conference held at the New National Party’s (NNP) Head Office on Upper Lucas Street yesterday, Public Relations Officer for the opposition NNP, Mr. Terrence Forrester,leveled allegations of intimidation, instilling fear and victimization against the newly elected National D...Read More >>>   7/11/2008 || CRICKET IN ST. GEORGE’S A TRAGEDY! 1 It is with a deep sense of responsibility and obligation to the young, budding cricketers at the T.A. Marryshow Community College (TAMCC) that I am compelled to produce this report on the failure of the St. George’s Cricket Council to properly organise and manage cricket competitions over the last...Read More >>>   7/11/2008 || GRENADA POLICE DETAIN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE EMPL... 3 The police in Grenada on Thursday morning detained a woman whose job was to coordinate the outreach community programme for former Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. The woman was held after she was seen leaving the office with documents relating to government projects. Permanent Secretary in ...Read More >>>   7/11/2008 || ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FOR NEW GOVERNMENT 3 The new government in Grenada inherits many economic challenges, such as reducing high debt and tightening fiscal discipline. That's the assessment of the international ratings agency Standard and Poor's. It said Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and his new team will also have to tackle long-post...Read More >>>   7/10/2008 || HON. TILLMAN THOMAS BECOMES GRENADA’S EIGHTH PRIME... 1 Grenada’s new Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas, took the Oath of Office and the Oath of Allegiance yesterday (Wednesday July 09, 2008) during a swearing in ceremony which took place at the Grenada Trade Center in Grand Anse, St. George’s. The ceremony was attended my members of the diplomatic...Read More >>>   7/10/2008 || OAS OBSERVERS REPORT FEW PROBLEMS WITH GRENADA ELE... 0 The team of election observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) in a preliminary report on Wednesday described the overall impression of the electoral process in Grenada during the General Elections as extermely positive, with relatively few areas that could be improved. The OAS dep...Read More >>>   7/10/2008 || THOMAS TAKES CHARGE 0 Veteran politician Tillman Thomas was on Wednesday sworn in as the eighth Prime Minister of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Wednesday was also declared a public holiday in celebration of the change in government. Thomas, leader of the National Democratic Congress, was sworn in by Go...Read More >>>   7/9/2008 || ALEXIS CONGRATULATES TILLMAN THOMAS AND THE NDC 1 9th July, 2008 Press Release United Labor Party The National Democratic Congress (“NDC”) is to be congratulated on its convincing victory in the general election yesterday, in a national groundswell against the New National Party (“NNP”). So says United Labour Platform (“ULP”) Campaign Le...Read More >>>   7/9/2008 || GRENADA HAS A NEW PRIME MINISTER 22 Attorney Tillman Thomas has been elected Grenada's new Prime Minister. His National Democratic Congress (NDC) scored a resounding victory over incumbent Dr Keith Mitchell's New National Party (NNP) in Tuesday's general election. Preliminary election results show Thomas's NDC winning 11 of th...Read More >>>   7/8/2008 || NDC WINS GRENADA GENERAL ELECTION 6 According to unofficial reports, Grenada’s opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won 11 out of the 15 parliamentary seats at stake in Tuesday’s general election, thus ending 13 years of rule by the New National Party (NNP). The election campaign was marked by allegations of ne...Read More >>>   7/8/2008 || NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WINS GRENADA’S GENERA... 16 Grenadians turned out to the polls today in unprecedented numbers to participate in the general elections that many political observers were dubbing the ‘Mother of all Elections. ‘ Although some of the scientific pollsters on the island were predicting that the incumbent New National Party of Dr...Read More >>>   7/8/2008 || GRENADA HOLDS ITS BREATH 0 The people of Grenada have been awaiting the outcome of Tuesday's general elections. The governing New National Party is seeking a record fourth straight term - the opposition National Democratic Congress hopes to stop that from happening. Speaking moments before the close of the polls the NNP...Read More >>>   7/8/2008 || AS THE POLLS CLOSED... 1 The counting of ballots is already underway in Grenada where the polls closed on Tuesday evening. The governing New National Party is seeking a record fourth term but the opposition National Democratic Congress hopes to prevent that from happening. As Grenada waits to hear which party will eme...Read More >>>   7/8/2008 || LAW & POLITICS - NOW WE HAVE THE ANSWER – OR HAVE ... 3 In our midst today – there are those who have more questions than there are answers for, and those who have all the answers – or at least so they may think. But as we have reached the stage we are at to-day – after all that have been said and done and concocted, and even m...Read More >>>   7/8/2008 || TO THE POLLS WE GO! 7 Grenada's two main political parties are hoping that the majority of the more than 80,000 registered voters will favour them to form the next government when they go to the polls today. Forty candidates are contesting the 15 parliamentary seats in the election. Prime Minister Keith Mitchell sa...Read More >>>   7/8/2008 || D-DAY IN GRENADA - MITCHELL'S FATE IN VOTERS' HAND... 3 When they go to the polling stations today, Grenadians will have the opportunity of either sticking to the path the Spice Isle has travelled for the last 13 years or following the winds of change that have swept aside many incumbent governments in the Caribbean over the last 18 months. Keith Mit...Read More >>>   7/7/2008 || ANOTHER FATALITY RECORDED IN GRENADA 2 Members of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Eastern Division are conducting investigations into the death of Kelly Collins a 36 year old resident of Coals Gap in St. David. A body later identified to be that of Collins was discovered in a slightly bushy area in Bay Road, La Tante, St....Read More >>>   7/7/2008 || CARICOM OBSERVERS ARRIVE IN GRENADA 0 A Caricom elections observer team has arrived in Grenada for tomorrow's general election. The mission is headed by Versil Charles-Wright, Deputy Chief Election Officer of Trinidad and Tobago. In a statement, she said that in addition to checking the voting and counting of ballots, they'll be l...Read More >>>   7/6/2008 || LATEST SCIENTIFIC POLL INDICATES LIKELY VICTORY FO... 11 GRENADA:- The latest scientific election poll in Grenada, conducted by the New York based North American Caribbean Teachers Organization (NACTA), suggests that the incumbent New National Party (NNP) of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell will be victorious in the July 8, 2008 general election in Gre...Read More >>>   7/4/2008 || GRENADA AND OAS SIGN AGREEMENT FOR MONITORING OF J... 0 Grenada on Thursday signed an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS), formalizing the terms under which the Washington-based hemispheric organization is fielding a team of observers to cover the island’s July 8 general elections. Signing this agreement is “a demonstration of co...Read More >>>   7/4/2008 || GRENADIAN COPS VOTE TODAY 10 Grenadians will get a relief from the bombardment of political party media advertisements when the police vote today ahead of next Tuesday's general election. Electoral officials have warned against campaigning on Friday, when the country's security forces are scheduled to cast their ballots. ...Read More >>>   7/4/2008 || GRENADIAN ELECTORATE TIRED OF THE ADS 0 Both the governing New National Party and the opposition National Democratic Congress have mounted massive media campaigns making their case ahead of Tuesday's General Election. Friday's early vote by the police will put a stop to the bombardment of political ads. Many people are glad that the...Read More >>>   7/3/2008 || GRENADA RECORDS ITS 14TH MURDER FOR 2008 2 Members of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Eastern Division are conducting investigations into the death of Enoch Noel a 38 year old resident of Telescope in St. Andrews. Noel was involved in an altercation on Ben Jones Street in Grenville at around 7.45 pm on Wednesday 2nd July 2008...Read More >>>   7/2/2008 || GRENADA'S OPPOSITION SAYS NO STRUCTUAL ADJUSTMENT ... 10 The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), as the new government of Grenada, has absolutely no intention of introducing a structural adjustment programme (SAP), the party's finance spokesman has affirmed. Nazim Burke says that claims by the ruling New National Party (NNP) that the NDC is ...Read More >>>     7/1/2008 || ALEXANDER & BEDEAU TO APPEAR BY SUMMONS 21 The Prosecution Department of the Western Division of the Royal Grenada Police Force has laid a complaint before the Gouyave Magistrate’s Court as a result of investigations conducted into a report made by Kimlee Alexander that she was assaulted by Fitzroy Bedeau on the 18th, June 2008 in the Tow...Read More >>>