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10/3/2009 || BELAIR POND RESTORATION COMMENCES 0 By Deanna Isaac, Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, October 2nd, 2009- A pond, which once was a major source of water, is being restored to its primary use. For many years, the Belair Pond has been covered with lilies. However, that is about to change with a feverish effort to clean the pond ...Read More >>>   10/3/2009 || COURTS/MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OECS READING COMPETIT... 0 By Deanna Isaac, Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, September 30th, 2009- Two Roman Catholic school students are the representatives of Carriacou and Petite Martinique in the national leg of a regional reading competition. They are Roshaun Lendore of L’Esterre RC School and Mekisha Gregg of th...Read More >>>   10/3/2009 || NYU DENTAL CARE OUTREACH PROJECT COORDINATORS VISI... 0 Gerry Hopkins of Hopkins Communications Group St. George’s, GRENADA; Oct. 1, 2009 Three officials from New York University’s (NYU) School of Dentistry arrived in Grenada yesterday to meet with Ministry of Health officials and wrap up logistical preparations for a massive dental care outreach p...Read More >>>   10/3/2009 || RESULTS OF INTER-SECONDARY RIGHTSTART FOOTBALL COM... 0 Wesley College and Grenada Seventh Day Adventist shared the point evenly yesterday when both Junior and Senior teams played at the River Sallee Grounds. Wesley College won the Juniors 3-2 while Grenada Seveth Day Adventist earn a comfortable 4-1 victory in the Senior match. Other matches played,...Read More >>>   10/3/2009 || LAW & ORDER - IS THE PUBLIC WELFARE PROMOTED BY CO... 1 By Lloyd Noel It has been widely said – that political action in a Country proceeds at the pace that is permitted by the understanding of its people. And it has also been declared by many who have spent decades operating in the system – that we seem to be imprisoned in a combina...Read More >>>   10/1/2009 || ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 6 Reprinted from NNPnews.com - Poor cancer and dialysis patients die because special support programmes which were implemented by the NNP administration were discontinued - Price for beach sand was increased by about 300% leaving thousands of construction workers, contractors, truck men and ot...Read More >>>   10/1/2009 || GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO PAY PUBLIC WORKERS 6 From the Office of the Leader of the Opposition St. George's, Grenada October 1st, 2009: Leader of the Opposition, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, says the late payment of Government workers is another clear indication of the inability of the Tillman Thomas Administration to manage the economy....Read More >>>   9/30/2009 || ZONE B OF THE REPUBLIC BANK RIGHTSTART YOUTH FOOTB... 0 By Lester Smith It was a goal spree as the Secondary Schools in Zone B of the Republic Bank RightStart Youth Football Tourament clashed at various fields across the country yesterday. Mc Donald's College hammered Westerhall Secondary 11-0 over at Fond Recreation Ground. Daniel Toussaint n...Read More >>>   9/30/2009 || CALL FOR PRIME MINISTER THOMAS TO REVERSE TREND 2 September 28th, 2009: Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell is calling on the Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas to take charge and reverse a developing trend which will only have negative implications for his Government and for Grenada. According to Dr. Mitchell, t...Read More >>>   9/29/2009 || LOCAL ACTOR, COMEDIAN AND EMPLOYEE OF THE GRENADA ... 1 Just as the country was trying to come to terms with what seemed to be a bizarre suicide in St. Patrick’s over the weekend, the country was today hit with another tragedy involving the death of a popular local actor, comedian and employee of the Grenada Board of Tourism, Asquith Duncan. Duncan, w...Read More >>>   9/29/2009 || ST. PATRICK’S MAN SETS FIRE TO HIMSELF 2 The people of the village of La Mode in St. Patrick’s were thrown into a state of shock over the weekend when a young man from the village, who was a former teacher of a secondary school in the parish, allegedly poured a flammable substance over his body and set himself on fire. The young man was...Read More >>>   9/28/2009 || REPUBLIC BANK'S RIGHTSTART YOUTH FOOTBALL TOURNAME... 0 By Lester Smith Results of matches played today in the Republic Bank RightStart Youth Football Tournament St. Rose Modern Secondary played host to Bishops College this evening at the Cuthbert Peters Park had a comfortable 5-1 victory as the visiting team entered this years' Tournament after a ...Read More >>>   9/28/2009 || HER MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION MEETS WITH THE IMF TEAM 5 September 28th, 2009: Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition Dr. The Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell headed an Opposition team which met with a six member delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Phil Young last Friday. The IMF team was in Grenada as part of their Article 1V Consultatio...Read More >>>   9/28/2009 || FIREMEN BRINGS GBSS FIRE UNDER CONTROL 2 GRENADA: Quick work by members of the Fire Department of the Royal Grenada Police Force over the weekend resulted in a fire at the Grenada Boys’ Secondary School being brought under control quickly before it caused severe and substantial damage to the recently reconstructed building. The fire, w...Read More >>>   9/28/2009 || TWO MATCHES TO BE PLAYED IN THE RIGHTSTART YOUTH F... 0 28.09.09 Two matches will be played in the RightStart youth Football Tournament today. Presentation Brothers College and GBSS will battle over at the Roy St. John Playing Field from 3:00 pm and over at the Cuthbert Peters Park, St. Rose Modern Secondary will host Bishops College from 2:00 pm. These...Read More >>>   9/27/2009 || VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN BEATON, ST. DAVIDS'... 2 From the Beaton, Laura, La Femme, Bailles Bacollet Community Development Organization Andrea Williams, 33 years old was involved in a chopping incident which took place in Beaton, the last Saturday in August. Her right arm was severed below the elbow and the thumb of the left hand was also chop...Read More >>>   9/27/2009 || PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER FETUS DUMPED IN RIVER 1 GRENADA – During the course of last week, the people living along the River Road area in St. George’s were alarmed to see a fetus dumped in the river. News of this bizarre finding spread rapidly throughout the River Road community and soon a crowd of villagers, media workers, police officers and ...Read More >>>   9/27/2009 || MINISTER OF EDUCATION CONCLUDES ONE WEEK VISIT TO ... 0 From Deanna Isaac Hillsborough, Carriacou - Education Minister Senator the Hon. Franka Alexis-Bernardine has reiterated the government’s determination to move education to a higher level throughout Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The Minister has appealed to teachers in Carriacou and...Read More >>>   9/24/2009 || MARGINAL INCREASE IN PRICES IN AUGUST 2009 0 From the Ministry of Finance ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009: The inflation rate in Grenada, for the month of August 2009, increased by 0.24%. This was the result of a 1.07% increase in the price of fuel and light. Overall, compared to August 2008, the inflation rate has ...Read More >>>   9/24/2009 || MP FOR ST. GEORGE NW CALLS FOR WORK ON THE BEAUSEJ... 1 From the Office of the Leader of the Opposition September 24th, 2009: Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition and Parliamentary Representative for St. George’s North West, Dr. The Rt. Hon Keith Mitchell is appealing to the NDC Administration to urgently continue work on the Beausejour to upper New...Read More >>>   9/24/2009 || POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE LAUNCHED IN CARRIACOU 0 By Deanna Isaac Hillsborough, Carriacou, September 24th, 2009- Developing the sporting talents of youth is one of the aims of a Police Athletic League that has been established in Carriacou. The league, to create what organisers describe as “well-rounded young men and women,’’ has had its la...Read More >>>   9/24/2009 || MINISTER OF EDUCATION COMMENCED ONE WEEK TOUR OF C... 0 Hillsborough, Carriacou, September 22nd, 2009- Education is the tool that fights poverty in developing nations like Grenada. That’s the message given to staff and students of schools in Carriacou visited Monday by Senator the Hon. Franka Alexis-Bernardine, Minister of Education. Senator Bernardi...Read More >>>   9/22/2009 || SPEEDZONE’S TALENT RECRUITMENT DRIVE – A SUCCESS 0 “Impressive turnout at Cuthbert Peters’ Park” ST. JOHN’S – 21st SEPTEMBER, 2009 – The first ever Talent Recruitment Drive was conducted in the parish of St. John on Saturday, 19th September by the popular SpeedZone Track & Field Club (SpeedZone), bringing together aspiring athletes from the paris...Read More >>>   9/21/2009 || LAW & POLITICS - THE MIS-USE OF POWER INCREASES TE... 1 By Lloyd Noel, Inside Grenada columnist Throughout history we have seen countless examples of persons who have used and abused power for their own purposes, rather than for the purposes of the Social group and the society as a whole. The mis-use and abuse of power have taken place ...Read More >>>   9/21/2009 || OPPOSITION CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO REPLAC... 2 From the Office of her Majesty's Opposition September 21st, 2009: Members of Her Majesty’s Opposition believes that the time has come for the Tillman Thomas administration to stop and look at the immediate and long term effects of some of it’s decisions and to desist immediately from any appro...Read More >>>   9/21/2009 || PRIME MINISTER LEADS GRENADA DELEGATION TO AOSIS M... 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st, 2009 _ Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is leading a Grenada delegation to climate change meetings in New York. The delegation includes the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Peter David, and Minister for International Trade and the Environment, Michael Church, ...Read More >>>   9/19/2009 || THE CCC SAGA CONTINUES TO UNFOLD...WHO IS SPEAKING... 4 Click on the images to the left to read documents purportedly coming from the departments indicated by the letterheads. The information in these documents may provide some insght into the saga involving the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) and the Ministry of Works.   9/19/2009 || STRENGTHENING GRENADA’S PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM. 0 St. George’s, September 18, 2009 (GIS) – A promise of continuous assessments and training has been made as part of an attempt aimed at strengthening Grenada’s parliamentary system. The nation needs a robust parliament that would be “much more than a place of fruitless ventilation,’’ House Speaker...Read More >>>   9/17/2009 || PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION LEAD... 1 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 2009 - Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has welcomed the support of the leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Dr. Keith Mitchell, for the recommendation of Mr. Agar Alexander as Grenada’s first Ombudsman since Independence. The Prime Minister’...Read More >>>     9/17/2009 || CABINET EMPHASIZE STAY IN SCHOOL MESSAGE DURING IS... 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 2009 _ Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and members of his cabinet spent Wednesday visiting primary and secondary schools across the island to emphasize the government’s focus on Education. The Prime Minister told staff and students at his ...Read More >>>