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4/30/2009 || GRENADIAN CALYPSONIAN FACES RAPE CHARGE 24 Grenada’s reigning Calypso monarch, Biko Lewis, appeared at the Sauteurs Magistrate Court yesterday where he was formally charged and cautioned for the offense of rape. The 24 year old calypsonian, who resides in the Parish of St. Patrick, is accused of raping a fifteen year old girl from the sam...Read More >>>   4/29/2009 || OPPOSITION LEADER URGES STUDENTS TO TAKE PRECAUTIO... 1 Wednesday, April 29th, 2009: Leader of the opposition, Dr. The right Hon. Keith Mitchell, is advising all Grenadian students in Mexico to take all the necessary precautions to protect themselves from the swine flu which has resulted in the death of persons who have contracted the virus. Dr. Mit...Read More >>>   4/29/2009 || MINISTRY OF HEALTH TESTING INDIVIDUALS ARRIVING AT... 0 St. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, APRIL 29th 2009_The Ministry of Health is aware of the arrival into the country of two persons from one of the countries affected by the Swine Influenza on an American Airlines flight on Tuesday evening. The Ministry is taking all steps necessary to ensure relevant tests ar...Read More >>>   4/29/2009 || GRENADA EXHIBIT - GREAT PAVILION F19 - THE CHELSEA... 1 Gary Rhodes, the presenter of the recent TV series ‘Rhodes across the Caribbean’, will be Grenada’s celebrity guest on Press Day, Monday 18th May. Gary is a frequent visitor to the island where his fine dining Rhodes Restaurant at The Calabash Hotel is the first of its kind in the Caribbean. Known ...Read More >>>   4/28/2009 || VYBS KARTEL PLEADS AGAINST GRENADA BAN 1 Deejay Vybz Kartel is hoping that the government of Grenada will retract its decision to not grant him a work permit, based on the artiste's aim to advocate safe-sex methods. Yesterday, it was reported that Kartel, real name Adidja Palmer, had been barred from performing at a show in Grenville, S...Read More >>>   4/28/2009 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT SHOWING NO CONCERN FOR GRENADIA... 3 (I write to you on behalf of students studying in Mexico in order to update the nation as to our present situation as it relates to the “swine flu influenza” since our local media houses have failed to take up their duty as informants) We were advised on Thursday 23rd April at 11:00pm by the Mini...Read More >>>   4/27/2009 || GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN CONTACT WITH STUDENTS IN M... 0 NEW YORK, April 27, 2009 – The New York Office of the Consul General and Embassy of Grenada in Washington DC have been in contact with Grenadian students in Mexico following an outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico. Officials from both offices in the United States spoke jointly with Stephann St. John a...Read More >>>   4/27/2009 || LAW AND POLITICS - THE NUTMEG BOARD & AIRPORT REAC... 1 The Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association (G.C.N.A.), and the Point Salines International Airport (P.S.I.A., are two very important and high profile establishments in our general and special areas of development – both in the Tourism and Agricultural sectors, which together form the basis and back...Read More >>>   4/27/2009 || AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HON. KARL HOOD OF THE ... 0 The following is an an address delivered by the Hon. Karl Hood, Minister of Health, Grenada and Chair of the OECS Health Ministers on the Occasion of the Opening of the 12th Ordinary Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism, PANCAP Bay Gardens Hotel, Saint Lucia 27 -28 April 2...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || POPULAR CALYPSONIAN PICKED UP BY POLICE IN CONNECT... 9 Earlier on this week, a very popular local calypsonian was picked up by local lawmen in connection with the sexual assault of a young secondary school girl believed to be about 15 years old. It is reported that the young school girl was on her way to church last week Sunday (April 19) when she wa...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || GRENADIANS COULD SOON BE PURCHASING SALTFISH FROM ... 0 HILLSBOROUGH, Carriacou, April 25, 2009 – Grenadians could soon be purchasing a large portion of their saltfish from Petite Martinique. Prime Minister and Leader of the National Democratic Congress, Hon. Tillman Thomas, is welcoming the development. “It speaks to exactly what our government has...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT DENIES WORK PERMIT TO POPULAR J... 3 The Government of Grenada has denied performance work permits to popular Jamaican Dancehall Artist Adija Palmer aka Vybz Kartel, and his band. The "red-hot" entertainer, whose controversial lyrics have brought him lots of media attention both in and out of Jamaica, was scheduled to perform a “rap-it...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || PRIME MINISTER HOLDS TOWNHALL MEETINGS IN CARRIACO... 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA - Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and members of his Cabinet staged successful meetings in Carriacou on Thursday and Petite Martinique on Friday. The meetings addressed several issues of concern to the islands and the state of Grenada, including the recently announced st...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || GCNA’S PROJECT COST OVERRUN OF MILLIONS AMONG WORR... 1 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 24, 2009 – Government has cited a cost overrun of more than $7.5 million as among the “worries and fears’’ that have led to a move that could see the dissolution of the board of the Grenada Cooperative Nutmeg Association (GCNA). A final decision on the future of the boa...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || GRENADA, CANADA DISCUSS LIFTING VISA RESTRICTION 0 ST. GEORGE’S, April 22, 2009 – A senior government minister and executive member of the ruling National Democratic Congress says it’s “up to Grenada’’ to take steps to try and receive concrete benefits from talks recently held with officials of the United States and Canada. Foreign Minister Peter...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || GRENADA HOSTS CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN WEST INDIES AN... 0 Grenada is set to host the 2nd Test between West Indies and Bangladesh, July 17-21, according to the West Indies Cricket Board. The WICB on Wednesday announced the fixtures for the upcoming Digicel Series 2009 tours by India and Bangladesh in the West Indies. India arrive in Jamaica on June 22 wh...Read More >>>   4/25/2009 || CARICOM LEADERS IN VITAL TALKS AT FIFTH SUMMIT OF ... 0 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held a series of side meetings in the margins of the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM Leaders met with The Pr...Read More >>>   4/21/2009 || ART EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING AWAY OF L... 0 The Agency for Rural Transformation Ltd.(ART) expresses its sadness on the passing of Lady Beginner, Doris Alexander. Lady Beginner pioneered women’s involvement as front line calypsonians in the calypso arena in Grenada during an era when calypso was regarded as a “man’s domain” and women’s role...Read More >>>   4/21/2009 || LETTER TO MR. ASHLEY BERNADINE FROM DR. FRANCIS AL... 1 Dear Ashley You, Ashley, last night, Monday, appeared on TV asserting your determination to continue as President of the Grenada Bar Association (“the Bar”). This necessitates my elaborating on my letter of the 17th . Averil Trotman-Joseph, Anande, saw her undoubted competence, unquesti...Read More >>>   4/21/2009 || SPORTS MINISTRY MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER NATIO... 3 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 21, 2009 - The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture wishes to express condolences to the family of Stephen “Jaley” Bernard of Grenville Street, St. George’s but who resided at Morne Toute, St. George’s. “Jaley” Bernard died at the General Hospital on Sunda...Read More >>>   4/21/2009 || GRENADA'S PM INVITED BY UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO CL... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Genada -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has invited Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas to attend a meeting on global warming and environmental concerns in New York later this year. The invitation was issued following an address the Prime Minister delivered on the ...Read More >>>   4/21/2009 || PASSING OF OVID GILL 0 We regret to announce that our colleague Ovid Gill passed away this morning (April 20th) at his home at Woodlands, St.George’s. He was 79 years. Mr.Gill has enjoyed a distinguished legal career for the past 48 years, having been called to the Grenada Bar in January 1961. After his call to th...Read More >>>   4/21/2009 || WE THE PEOPLE VS. GEORGES COHEN - THE CASE OF CA... 0 It is most unusual for me to be offended by our mild-mannered Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas. But when, at his Town Hall meeting - held at the Grenada Trade Centre on the evening of Tuesday, March 31st - he seemed to dismiss certain concerns raised by citizen Cliff Robertson in respect of Geor...Read More >>>   4/21/2009 || GRENADA AND CHILE TO DEEPEN COOPERTION 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA - The leaders of Grenada and Chile have agreed to deepen diplomatic relations between the two countries in an effort to improve south-south cooperation. At a meeting on Saturday night, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told the Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, the two countr...Read More >>>   4/19/2009 || THE CASE OF CALIVIGNY ISLAND 4 It is most unusual for me to be offended by our mild-mannered Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas. But when, at his Town Hall meeting - held at the Grenada Trade Centre on the evening of Tuesday, March 31st - he seemed to dismiss certain concerns raised by citizen Cliff Robertson in respect of Geor...Read More >>>   4/19/2009 || INFORMATION FROM CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 0 St. George’s - The public is hereby informed that all petroleum products are price controlled items and retailers are expected to be guided by the Price Control Regulation as administered by the Consumer Affairs Department of the Ministry of Finance. In this regard, retailers are expected to imm...Read More >>>   4/18/2009 || STATEMENT BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBB... 1 We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, have met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17th, 2009, in advance of the inauguration of the Fifth Summit of the Americas. It is a source of immense pride for us that the Fifth Summit of the Americas is taking place for the firs...Read More >>>   4/18/2009 || PRESIDENT OBAMA’S CUBA POLICY CALLED “STEP IN THE ... 0 ST. GEORGE’S – President Barack Obama’s decision to lift U.S. curbs on family travel and remittances to Cuba is “a step in the right direction,’’ says Grenada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Peter David. The Minister, who is also General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC),...Read More >>>   4/18/2009 || NDC NEED TO STOP TAKING REVENGE ON GRENADIANS 2 We are appalled at the amount of disrespect and dislike this administration has been showing for the poor people of Grenada. This administration seems to be only seeking the interest of their party supporters and surrogates. Never before in history, under any former Government have we heard people c...Read More >>>     4/17/2009 || PRIME MINISTER AND CARICOM LEADERS AGREE ON AGENDA 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, APRIL 17th 2009_ Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and his CARICOM colleagues this morning met to agree their positions on some of the critical issues to be discussed at the fifth Summit of the Americas, in Port of Spain which officially begins at 5.00pm today, Friday, April 17th 2...Read More >>>