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3/16/2009 || GRENADIAN ORGANISATIONS FORM UMBRELLA BODY 1 NEW YORK, March 16, 2009 - More than 20 New York-based Grenadian organisations have come together to form an umbrella grouping. They took that decision last Friday (March 13th, 2009) at a meeting initiated by Consul General Hon. Derrick James. The groups have agreed to work together and to coordi...Read More >>>   3/16/2009 || LAW & POLITICS - NOT A VERY WISE DECISION GUYS!! 0 It has been very well documented over the years, that the basic concept and over-riding rationale for success or failure – is not so much what we do, but how and when we do whatever it is. It is also a very reasonable position to adopt – that when dealing with personal, or family, or...Read More >>>   3/16/2009 || EDITORIAL FRON THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS 1 March 16, 2009 - The grassroots of the National Democratic Congress ought to be commended for the frank, blunt and open manner in which they discussed the operations of the Party and Government when the NDC held its National Convention on March 1. The membership criticized the Party’s leadership wh...Read More >>>   3/16/2009 || THE COMMONWEALTH AT 60 “SERVING A NEW GENERATION”. 0 LONDON, UK, March 16, 2009 - Commonwealth Week concluded in London on Friday 13th March 2009, with a High Level Seminar to commemorate International Women’s Day and the 30th Anniversary of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at the Commonwealth Sec...Read More >>>   3/16/2009 || LAW & POLITICS - THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS ARE SPREAD... 0 Whether one is living in the U.S.A. or in any Island in the Caribbean, and whether the news program being looked at is on CNN or any newscast in the Islands - the pictures and the reality are the same bad news, in that the economic hardships are rampant everywhere. And for...Read More >>>   3/14/2009 || PM THOMAS UPDATES CARICOM ON ICT 0 BELIZE CITY, Belize, March 14, 2009 – Prime Minister and Political Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Honourabe Tillman Thomas has updated regional Heads of Government on Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) at the just concluded Twentieth Inter-Sessional ...Read More >>>   3/14/2009 || GRENADA CONSIDERS PRISONERS' FATE 0 Soft reggae music - known as "lovers rock" - hangs in the air piped gently through the public address system of the main hospital in Grenada's hilly capital, St George's. The tranquil mood is in stark contrast to the events of 1983 when the nearby fort, which overlooks the General Hospital, was ...Read More >>>   3/14/2009 || OAS MISSION SATISFIED WITH ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ELE... 0 The Organization of American States (OAS) election observers today expressed their satisfaction in the conduct of yesterday’s general elections in Antigua and Barbuda. The polls returned Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer’s United Progressive Party (UPP) to power for another five years after it won ...Read More >>>   3/14/2009 || NDC CONGRATULATES PRIME MINISTER SPENCER AND UPP I... 0 Prime Minister Tillman Thomas & the NDC of Grenada congratulate the victorious United Progressive Party and Leader Baldwin Spencer of Antigua & Barbuda on being re-elected to government in Antigua and Barbuda. Our party leader and Prime Minister Honourable Tillman Thomas, who is in Belize at this...Read More >>>   3/13/2009 || CARRIACOU CRICKETERS PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING SESSI... 0 Three young cricketers from Carriacou , Derrick Quashie from Hillsborough Secondary School and Curtly Charles and Jeremy Fraser from Bishop’s College have been selected to participate in training sessions for selection on Grenada’s national under 19 cricket team. Their selection is In keeping wit...Read More >>>   3/11/2009 || POLICE SHOOTING 3 The Royal Grenada Police Force confirms a shooting incident in the Hope Vale area of St. George’s. The incident occurred this morning, March 11th 2009, at around 10.20 during an operation conducted by members of the Drug Squad of the R.G.P.F. While executing a warrant to conduct a search of hi...Read More >>>   3/10/2009 || PRIME MINISTER THOMAS AND CARICOM COLLEAGUES TO DI... 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MARCH 10, 2009_ Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas and Heads of Government from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will focus on possible mitigating factors to deal with the effects of the global economic and financial crisis on the region when they meet in Belize City, Belize o...Read More >>>   3/9/2009 || DOVER GOVERNMENT THE CHAMPION OF GUT CARRIACOU INT... 0 Hillsborough, March 9th, 2009- There is a new young track star in Carriacou and Petite Martinique. He’s L’Esterre Rosary School’s Mickel Joseph, who stole the spotlight at the Carriacou Inter-primary Schools sports meet of the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT). Joseph dominated all the events in w...Read More >>>   3/9/2009 || DIVISION OF GENDER & FAMILY AFFAIRS RECOGNIZES WOM... 0 Hillsborough, March 9th, 2009- Carriacou, like other parts of the nation, paid tribute to women on the just-concluded observance of International Women’s Day. As part of the commemoration on the sister island, the Division of Gender & Family Affairs within the Ministry of Carriacou & Petite Mart...Read More >>>   3/9/2009 || WINDWARD ISLANDS DEFEAT BADBADOS IN REGIONAL CRICK... 0 Windward Islands beat Barbados by one wicket on the fourth and final day of their ninth round WICB first-class match at Kensington Oval on Monday. Needing 196 for victory, the Windwards reached 200 for 9, with Darren Sammy hitting Kemar Roach for six over third man to win the match for the Windward...Read More >>>   3/9/2009 || CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION POSTPONES SUSTAINAB... 0 The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has announced the postponement of its annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development, otherwise referred to as the Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC). The current global situation has made it difficult for countries and delegates to give ...Read More >>>   3/9/2009 || RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED IN THE MARGARET DOWE NETBA... 0 In Games played over the weekend in the Margaret Dowe Netball Tournament, North West Combined defeated Town United 28 goals to 14 and Down De Road Super Strikers had the better of AGD Tempe United 19 goals to 17 on Saturday March 07, 2009. On Sunday March 08, Darbeau Rookies played against Mt. Ru...Read More >>>   3/6/2009 || REACH GRENADA BELIEVES THAT ‘LITERACY CHANGES LIVE... 0 New York, NY, March 6th 2009 – REACH Grenada recently provided $5,358 US dollars worth of Jolly Phonics Learning Resources for the Primary Partnership with Schools to support early learning. This substantial order was placed with local supplier Michael Philbert of Grenada Teachers’ School Suppliers ...Read More >>>   3/6/2009 || LIAT DISMISSES "DISHONEST" GRENADA EMPLOYEES 0 ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, March 06 – Regional airline LIAT on Friday said it would adopt a “zero tolerance” approach to breaches of its policies governing honesty and integrity. A statement from the airline said that while the overwhelming majority of LIAT’s workers were professionals of the highest i...Read More >>>   3/6/2009 || GRENADA’S AMBASSADOR PRESENTS LETTER OF CREDENCE T... 0 BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 6, 2009 - Grenada’s Ambassador to the European Union, Stephen Fletcher recently presented his credentials to the Acting President of the Council of the European Union, Mr Jan Kohout, and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. The two officials discusse...Read More >>>   3/5/2009 || MINISTER PRIME THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT A NEW YORK B... 0 Minister for Carriacou & Petite Martinique Affairs, Senator the Hon. George Prime, is leaving the state today, Thursday, March 5, for a speaking engagement in the United States. Minister Prime will be one of the guests of honour at the 13th Anniversary Extravaganza of the New York-based Carriaco...Read More >>>   3/5/2009 || REVIEW COMMISSION MET WITH CARRIACOU RESIDENTS TO ... 0 Some of the alleged irregularities involving land distribution in Carriacou and Petite Martinique have been brought to the attention of a Review Commission headed by lawyer Carol Bristol, Q.C. Among the cases brought to the notice of the Commission, which recently met at the Sea Wave Upper Level...Read More >>>   3/5/2009 || ICTS CAN PROVIDE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR CARICOM 0 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been urged to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a driver for economic survival as one means of combating the global economic down turn. This encouragemen...Read More >>>   3/5/2009 || PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR EFFICIENT PUBLIC SECTOR 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MARCH 4th 2009_ Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas has called on Grenada’s public officers to become more efficient and effective in the delivery of services to all customers. The Prime Minister, in an address to the ceremony launching the Grenada Public Sector Modernization...Read More >>>   3/5/2009 || PRIME MINISTER LEADS DELEGATION TO BARBADOS MEETIN... 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA - Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas is leading a Grenada delegation to a special meeting of OECS/East Caribbean Currency Union countries with Barbados and Trinidad in Bridgetown on today (Wednesday.) The meeting will discuss the recent financial difficulties affecting the CL...Read More >>>   3/5/2009 || ADDRESS BY PRIME MINISTER HO. TILLMAN THOMAS ON TH... 1 “Today’s event to launch public discussions on the OECS economic union in Grenada is timely. It is occurring in a period of the world’s history characterized by one of the worst economic depression. Everyone, everywhere is experiencing the negative consequences of this major crisis. It is against...Read More >>>   3/5/2009 || CHINESE DELEGATION MEETS PRIME MINISTER THOMAS 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA - Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas on Monday discussed possible increased technical co-operation in the areas of Education, Agriculture and Agro processing with a visiting delegation from the Peoples Republic of China led by the Minister of the International Department of the ...Read More >>>   3/3/2009 || PRIME MINISTER THOMAS MEETS WITH CHINESE DELEGATI... 0 Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas on Monday discussed possible increased technical co-operation in the areas of Education , Agriculture and Agro processing with a visiting delegation from the Peoples Republic of China led by the Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of t...Read More >>>   3/3/2009 || WINDIES STAY IN FRONT AFTER TAME DRAW 0 West Indies' bid for a victory over England in the fourth Test yesterday that would have given them an unbeatable series lead ended in a draw, following solid batting from the visitors led by Alastair Cook. England, trailing by 149 runs on first innings, finished on 279 for two in their second in...Read More >>>     3/3/2009 || MINISTER APOLOGISES TO THE MEDIA 1 A government minister in Grenada has apologised to the local media fraternity for jokingly suggesting jail time for journalists who practise irresponsible journalism. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office quotes Health Minister Karl Hood as saying his comments were made in jest and not wi...Read More >>>