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2/22/2010 || NDC'S PROBLEM WITH ITSELF 3 By Hamlet Mark MAYBE the government of the National Democratic Congress can have George Worme write a book on ‘Political Suicide 101’ because at a time of the toughest economic challenges, we’re being led down a street where we are majoring in minors. What’s unfolding in Grenada – as evident...Read More >>>   2/22/2010 || FAO AND CARE COLLABORATE ON CASH-FOR-WORK PROGRAMM... 0 FAO News Release Léogâne - More than a month after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January, FAO and the international humanitarian organization CARE have issued a joint alert over a national food crisis. “This is a hidden but pervasive crisis that has already touched all...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || 103 YEARS OF LIVING CELEBRATED 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, February 19th, 2010- Reaching 100 years and beyond no longer seems to be an oddity in Carriacou. In recent years, there have been celebrations for a few centenarians. The latest is Joseph Jerome of Top Hill. Family and friends joined him in ...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || CARRIACOU GETS READY FOR MAROON STRING BAND MUSIC ... 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, February 17th, 2010- A world class event intertwined with maroon food, big drum dancing and string band music is what locals and visitors alike can expect for the 2010 Carriacou Maroon Music and Regional String Band Festival. The festival,...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || BISHOP’S COLLEGE HELD ITS ANNUAL INTER-HOUSE SPORT... 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou - Under blazing mid-day sun on Friday, February 12th, athletes of Bishop's College took to the tracks at the Hillsborough Recreation Ground for the school’s annual sports meet. By the end of the day, the athletes of Stanisclaus (Green) House ...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM CARRIACOU 2010 CARNIVAL 0 Carnival on the sister isle of Carriacou in 2010 could be described as “an extremely successful event” and organizers of this premier event have every reason to be proud. Carnival Monday, which was designated a bank holiday by Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean, saw a number of masqueraders as w...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || JACK GRYNBERG FAILS AGAIN! 1 St. George's Grenada: The New National Party welcomes the strong decision against Grynberg and awaits the other two outcomes as the then opposition National Democratic Congress and their cohorts played heavily on this case during the election campaign in influencing people locally regionally and int...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || UN LAUNCHES LARGEST EVER APPEAL FOR NATURAL DISAST... 0 New York - The United Nations and its aid partners Thursday issued a call for nearly $1.5 billion to assist 3 million Haitians, one third of the Caribbean nation's population following last month's colossal earthquake, making it the largest-ever humanitarian appeal launched in the wake of a natura...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || MINISTER DAVID UNDERSCORES IMPORTANT ROLE OF DIPLO... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is constantly seeking to ascertain and indentify areas of mutual interests that can be potentially beneficial to Grenada and traditional and potentially new partners, according to Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter David. Addressing a business ...Read More >>>   2/20/2010 || GRENADA'S DELEGATION TO 33RD SESSION OF THE IFAD G... 0 Michael Bascombe ROME, Italy - Grenada is represented at the 33rd Session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, being held in Rome, Italy. The delegation is headed by Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Denis Lett, and includes, Ambassador Stephen Fl...Read More >>>   2/17/2010 || LAW & POLITICS - THE TIMES AHEAD ARE NOT RE-ASSURI... 4 By Lloyd Noel (Attorney-at-law) Inside Grenada Columnist The concept or the basis of re-assurance, is to reduce or lighten anxiety, pain or grief, and to heighten or restore confidence in individuals and the people as a whole. Each person is responsible for his/her up-liftmen...Read More >>>   2/17/2010 || THREE SENIOR PUBLIC OFFICERS APPOINTED TO ACT AS P... 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FEBRUARY 16th, 2010_ Three senior public officers have been appointed to act as Permanent Secretaries as Government seeks to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the management of the public service and the delivery of services to the people. Mr. Aaron Francois, Senio...Read More >>>   2/17/2010 || PM THOMAS AND DELEGATION REVIEW CLIMATE CHANGE CON... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Members of the Grenada delegation to last December's United Nations' Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen met at the Rainbow Inn in St Andrew on Sunday for a Review and Strategic Planning session. Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Environment Minister Michael Church,Ambassa...Read More >>>   2/17/2010 || TOURISM IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS AND WE ALL HAVE OU... 2 The tagline “Tourism is everybody’s business and we all have our part to play” is taking on more significance with the introduction of tourism education in schools. February 1st saw the start of the training with is being piloted in 12 schools across the island. The hope is that this foundatio...Read More >>>   2/17/2010 || SENATOR DR. PEMBA BRAVEBOY FROM GRENADA TO VISIT M... 0 MONTREAL, Canada - Senator Pemba Braveboy of Grenada will address Black law students from across Canada and other local members of the Montreal Black community on February 18th, 2010, at 8:00 PM, as part of Black History Month events and the opening session of the national conference of Black Law S...Read More >>>   2/17/2010 || FORMER MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT AIR JAMAICA’S PULL... 1 Former Minister for Tourism, Hon. Clarice Modeste-Curwen says she empathizes with persons who are being affected by the discontinuation of Air Jamaica’s services which took passengers from New York to Grenada and vice versa. The member of Parliament for St. Mark says Grenadians at home and in the...Read More >>>   2/13/2010 || SAASS WINS INTER SECONDARY SCHOOL VOLLEY BALL TOUR... 3 GRENVILLE, St. Andrew’s: The St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) is this year’s winner of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Empowerment’s Inter-Secondary School Volley-ball championship. SAASS, a powerhouse in the area of sports, got their hands on the coveted championship trophy last ...Read More >>>   2/13/2010 || OPPOSITION EXPESSES CONCERNS TO THE IMF 1 February 12th, 2010: Members of the Opposition say they are still holding firm to the view that Grenada is not ready for the imposition of the Value Added Tax (VAT). This was reiterated by Parliamentary Representative for Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Hon. Elvin Nimrod who led a delegation whi...Read More >>>   2/13/2010 || PRIME MINISTER MEETS GOVERNOR OF THE ECCB 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FEBRUARY 12th, 2010_ Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas on Thursday welcomed the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir K. Dwight Venner to his office at the Botanical Gardens in St. George’s. The Prime Minister, accompanied by Minister for Finance, Hon. ...Read More >>>   2/13/2010 || TOWN HALL MEETING PLANNED FOR RIVER SALLEE 0 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FEBRUARY 12th, 2010_ Government’s plans for the development of Grenada in general, and the north of the island in particular, will be center stage, when Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas and other Cabinet members meet with residents of River Sallee in a town hall meeting on Tu...Read More >>>   2/11/2010 || NNP CALLS ON LABOR SENATOR TO REPRESENT WORKERS OR... 5 By The NEW NATIONAL PARTY (NNP) 11th February, 2010: The NNP calls on the Labor Representative in the Senate to do the right thing. Either he represents the Workers or he resigns as the Labor Senator. It is a fact that the Senator is a Politician and is very aligned to the NDC Government. ...Read More >>>   2/11/2010 || KIRANI JAMES NAMED SEC RUNNER OF THE WEEK 0 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Freshman Kirani James of the Alabama men's track and field team was named the Southeastern Conference Runner of the Week as announced by the conference office on Tuesday. The Gouyave, Grenada native clocked the current fastest 400 meter time in the world on February. 6 at the...Read More >>>   2/11/2010 || AMBASSADOR FLETCHER PAYS COURTESY VISIT TO HIS HAI... 0 BRUSSELS, Belgium : Grenada's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union, H.E. Stephen Fletcher on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on his Haitian counterpart, H.E. Raymond Magloire at the Haitian Embassy in Brussels. The courtesy visit was made in light of continuing efforts by the ...Read More >>>   2/11/2010 || SCHOOLS IN CARRIACOU AWARDED FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENT... 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, February 11th, 2009- The Harvey Vale Government School has won two awards in the Environmentally Friendly Schools Initiative that was organised by the Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority (GSWMA). Harvey Vale captured a special award for th...Read More >>>   2/11/2010 || WATER SITUATION DISCUSSED WITH FARMERS IN CARRIACO... 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, February 11th, 2009- The cleaning of wells throughout Carriacou is now a top priority of agriculture officials of the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs, in the latest effort to deal with a long dry weather spell affecting th...Read More >>>   2/11/2010 || ORDER OF APPEARANCE FOR CALYPSONIANS 0 By Dexter Mitchell The following is a the order of appearance for calypsonians participating in Friday's Calypso Finals on the sister isle of Carriacou: 1. Leftist (Defending Champion). 2. Mental Kid 3. D-Man Easy 4. Super Flying Flint 5. Sister Sherma 6. Crate (former Monarch) 7. Danjum...Read More >>>   2/9/2010 || INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS CULMINATE 2 By Dexter Mitchell CEO Grenada Cultural Foundation Independence Celebrations 2010 culminated this weekend on a very high note with a splendid display of patriotism at the Grenada National Cricket Stadium on Sunday, preceded by an equally impressive cultural extravaganza on Saturday in the tow...Read More >>>   2/9/2010 || GAP WORKSHOP 0 Consumers of fresh produce need to be assured that the fresh foods sold to them (e.g. vegetables, fruits, ground provisions, meats, etc) have been grown under conditions that reflect Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). These practices are aimed at maintaining and enhancing consumer confidence in qual...Read More >>>   2/9/2010 || GRENADA ASSUMES CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ACP INVESTMENT... 0 BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 9, 2010 - Grenada, through Ambassador Stephen Fletcher in Brussels, Belgium, has assumed the Chairmanship of the ACP Investment and Private Sector Committee. The Committee is responsible for supervising, monitoring, and developing broad policy frameworks of the privat...Read More >>>     2/9/2010 || DELTA TO FINALISE FLIGHT ITINERARY FOR GRENADA ROU... 1 By Michael Bascombe NEW YORK, February 9, 2010 – Delta Air Lines said arrangements for direct service between New York and Grenada are expected to be finalised by this weekend. The airlines’ spokesman Carlos Santos said that the new agreement for the commencement of service on June 5th should ...Read More >>>