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6/29/2009 || OAS SECRETARY GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP AGAINST THE GO... 0 The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, after finding out the details about the situation in Honduras, strongly condemned the coup been carried out by a group within the military against the Government of President José Manuel Zelaya. Mr. I...Read More >>>   6/27/2009 || GRENADA LOSES ANOTHER ICON 1 Joachim Mark died at a New York hospital late Friday night. He was 65. Mr. Mark was among honourees at Grenada's 35th Anniversary of Independence Celebrations in New York in February. He was cited as among the first batch of 43 students to attend the St. Andrew's Anglican Secondary School when...Read More >>>   6/27/2009 || ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY OPPOSITION LEADER DR. THE... 3 RESPONSE TO PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LAST POVERTY ASSESSMENT Fellow Grenadians, as you would have noticed, since the last General elections I have made a concerted effort to avoid responding to, and commenting on, the many blunders and false statements made by the NDC Government which assumed o...Read More >>>   6/27/2009 || GREP SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMMES DUBBED A SUCCESS 0 Hillsborough:- Forty-two persons in Carriacou are now better equipped in computer skills, food preparation and sewing thanks to the Grenada Rural Enterprise Programme (GREP) who sponsored skills training in those three areas over a three months period. It is now hoped that the participants will p...Read More >>>   6/25/2009 || MICHAEL JACKSON DEAD AT 50 1 Michael Jackson, king of pop, is dead. Paramedics were called to the singer's home around midday local time on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later after arriving at hospital in full cardiac arrest, said Fred Corral of the LA County Coroner's office. T...Read More >>>   6/25/2009 || LAW AND POLITICS - SOME TRYING TIMES AHEAD OF US 0 Concrete solutions in the social, economic and political spheres – are as important and necessary as defending and promoting the dignity and the fundamental rights of every human person. In trying to achieve the above, the words of those who take on the responsibility to provide that ...Read More >>>   6/24/2009 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT ASSURES ITS CITIZENS VAT WON'T ... 0 St. George’s, June 24, 2009 (GIS) - Government has given the assurance that the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) will not increase the tax burden on Grenadians when it's implemented. VAT must be seen in the context of enhancing and simplifying the way business is done in Grenada, Senator George Pri...Read More >>>   6/24/2009 || OPPOSITION LEADER WANTS REINSTATEMENT OF SPECIAL A... 8 ST. GEORGE’S: Opposition leader, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell says since the Government has failed to listen to his call to reinstate the special proficiency allowance paid to police officers, he is making a second appeal to the Government since it has been brought to his attention that discussio...Read More >>>   6/24/2009 || PASSING OF DON CHARLES 0 The Board of Directors and Staff of the Grenada Cultural Foundation would like to join the rest of the Cultural and Entertainment fraternity in extending sincerest condolences to the Family, Friends and Fans of Don Charles. The fraternity and Grenada by extension has lost a kind soul with excepti...Read More >>>   6/23/2009 || HEALTH OFFICIALS MAINTAIN VIGILANCE TO PROTECT CIT... 0 St. George’s, June 23, 2009, (GIS) - Health officials are continuing their vigilance to ensure that Grenada remains free of the H1N1 virus or Swine Flu. The latest effort of Health Ministry representatives is to implement a screening and clearance unit at the Grenada Yacht club. The unit will ...Read More >>>   6/23/2009 || GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA COMMITTED TOWARDS CREATING E... 0 St. George’s, June 23, 2009, (GIS) – The Government of Grenada is committed to providing an “enabling environment’’ where domestic and foreign entrepreneurs will see their investments bear fruit, Finance Minister Nazim Burke has said. He told the opening ceremony of a meeting in St. George’s on M...Read More >>>   6/23/2009 || TURF WICKET AT CULTURAL & SPORTING CENTRE OFFICIAL... 0 The development of cricket on the sister islands of Carriacou & Petite Martinique is on a upward trend with the construction of a turf wicket at the Cultural & Sporting Centre in Lauriston. The wicket which was a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Carriacou & Petite Martinique Affairs and ...Read More >>>   6/23/2009 || MT. ROYAL CHAMPIONS OF THE 2009 REPUBLIC BANK CRIC... 0 Minister for Carriacou & Petite Martinique Affairs Senator the Hon. George Prime was among persons at the Cultural & Sporting Centre in Lauriston to witness the magnificent victory of the Mt.Royal Cricket Club at the final of the Republic Bank Domestic Cricket Tournament. Mt.Royal who batted first ...Read More >>>   6/21/2009 || NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OF GOD ANNOUNCES 2009 MEN'S C... 0 The New Testament Church of God Announces the 2009 Men’s Convention to be held under the theme: “Empowering men to begin the rebuilding process” .The Convention will be held on Sunday 28th June 2009 at the GBSS Auditorium, Tanteen St. George’s. The morning session starts at 10am with Panel Disc...Read More >>>   6/21/2009 || OPPOSITION LEADER TO ADDRESS THE NATION 2 Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition Dr. the Rt Hon. Keith Mitchell will be addressing the nation on Wednesday 24th June 2009 on a matter of national importance. The address will be aired on GBN TV AND MTV at 8:30pm. This will be the first National Address by the Opposition Leader Dr. The Rt. Ho...Read More >>>   6/18/2009 || GRENADA’S AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO VENEZ... 0 CARACAS, Venezuela, June 18, 2009 – New Grenada Ambassador to Venezuela George Macleish presented his credentials to Minister of the People's Power for External Relations Nicolas Maduro Moros on Wednesday at the House of Antonio Jose de Sucre - Caracas Centre. Welcoming Macleish as new ambassador...Read More >>>   6/18/2009 || GRENADA TO EXPAND COOPERATION WITH CHINA 0 BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Grenada will expand cooperation with China and strive to attract Chinese tourists and investors, Grenada's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Peter David, said here Thursday. "China has always been a strong ally and faithful friend," David told Xinhua on the...Read More >>>   6/18/2009 || LAW AND POLITICS - ARE WE ON THE RIGHT ROAD ? 0 I do not believe that it can be truly disputed, that we in these tiny Tri-island State of Grenada, with Carriacou and Petite Martinique to make up the legal structure – have had more political upheavals, social and economic disturbances, and constitutional and legal bacchanal, than any other state i...Read More >>>   6/18/2009 || CHINA TO WORK WITH CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES TO COPE WIT... 0 BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China would cooperate with the Caribbean countries including Grenada to deal with the global downturn and achieve common prosperity, Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday. During talks with Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Wen said China attached importance to relations wit...Read More >>>   6/18/2009 || YOUNG PEOPLE IN CARRIACOU & PETITE MARTINIQUE GEAR... 0 Hillsborough, June 18 - Young people in Carriacou and Petite Martinique are gearing up for the third seating of the Carriacou & Petite Martinique Youth Parliament which is scheduled to take place at the Carriacou Health Services Conference Centre on June 30th, 2008. The activity organized by the ...Read More >>>   6/18/2009 || TURF WICKET BLESSING AND 1ST CRICKET MATCH IS PLAY... 0 Hillsborough, June 18th- Sunday, June 21st will be a special day for the cricket fraternity of Carriacou & Petite Martinique as the first cricket match is expected to be played at the mini-stadium in Lauriston. The final of the Republic Bank Domestic Cricket Tournament is scheduled to take place the...Read More >>>   6/16/2009 || PM THOMAS VISIT TO UK 1 VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE UNITED KINGDOM JUNE 12 – 14 2009 The Prime Minister of Grenada The Honourable Tillman Thomas, concluded a successful visit to the United Kingdom on Sunday June 14th 2009 before departing for an Official Visit to the People’s Republic of China. Prime Mini...Read More >>>   6/16/2009 || GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO FARMERS CALL 0 St. George’s, June 16, 2009 - Agriculture Minister Denis Lett says that government has heeded farmers' call for the creation of more markets for their produce. His ministry has collaborated with Windward Islands Banana Development (WIBDECO) in leasing the agro-processing plant in La Sagesse, St. Dav...Read More >>>   6/16/2009 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS VIGILANCE AGAINST H1N... 0 St. George’s, (GIS) – The Grenada Government is keeping up a strong vigilance against the H1N1 virus or Swine Flu, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers a global flu pandemic. On Monday, the Ministry of Health refused permission to dock at the St. George’s Port of a cruise liner, Oc...Read More >>>   6/16/2009 || GRENADIAN NATIONALS IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN A... 0 In collaboration with the Grenada Consulate in New York, a new umbrella organization was instituted. The new organization consists of approximately fifty organizations from Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, interested businesses and individuals from the Tri-state area. This signifies a new...Read More >>>   6/15/2009 || OPPOSITION LEADER DR. KEITH MITCHELL EXPRESSED APP... 1 Former Prime Minister. Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell expressed appreciation to the Government of India for it’s commitment to implement initiatives agreed upon while he served Grenada as Prime Minister. Dr. Mitchell expressed those sentiments to the newly appointed High Commissioner to India Mr...Read More >>>   6/15/2009 || PRIME MINISTER TILLMAN THOMAS ARRIVES IN BEIJING 0 Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas arrived in Beijing Monday afternoon, starting his week-long official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao. During his stay in Beijing, Thomas will meet Wen and top legislator Wu Bangguo, as well as delivering a speech at the China Foreign...Read More >>>   6/15/2009 || LAW AND POLITICS - WHAT KIND OF SOCIETY WE WANT TO... 0 Development of the whole human being has been said to be as important as achieving World peace among all people and races and religions. And development in that context must mean, not just providing man’s material needs of food and housing and jobs – although these are of the greatest...Read More >>>   6/15/2009 || HEALTH MINISTER PLEASED WITH ROLE PLAYED BY GRENAD... 0 St. George’s, June 15, 2009, (GIS) - Health Minister, Karl Hood, has commended Grenada’s pharmacists for the special role they play in the preservation of the nation’s health. June 14-19 has been designated "Pharmaceutical Association Week" and the minister is urging pharmacists to continue the g...Read More >>>     6/15/2009 || GRENDIN FACT SHEET 0 Statistics obtained from the Grenada Drug Information Network (GRENDIN) revealed that for the period January to December 2008, one hundred and seventy three (173) persons were admitted to the Grenada General hospital for drug-related problems. This number comprised of one hundred and forty (140) o...Read More >>>