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4/7/2010 || AMBASSADOR FLETCHER ACCREDITED TO THE KINGDOM OF N... 1 BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 6, 2010 – Ambassador Stephen Fletcher has been appointed as Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, following his appointment to the Kingdom of Belgium. Ambassador Fletcher last week presented his credentials to Queen Beatrix,Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...Read More >>>   4/7/2010 || ELECTRICAL WIREMANS' EXAMINATION REGISTRATION COMM... 0 St. George’s, Grenada, April 6th 2010: Registration for the 2010 Wireman’s Examination has commenced and will continue until April 26th. Persons desirous of sitting the exam are required to register at the Ministry of Works, Ministerial Complex, Tanteen, St. George’s. Registration is also taking ...Read More >>>   4/7/2010 || GRENADA RECORDS SECOND HOMICIDE FOR THE YEAR 0 GRENADA - After what seemed to be a relatively peaceful and quiet start to 2010, things seem to be taking a turn for the worse with an apparent upsurge in the level of violence. Exactly one week ago, Grenada recorded its first homicide for the year and over the past weekend, another murder was recor...Read More >>>   4/6/2010 || POLITICAL TRICKERY IN THE MAKING IN GRENADA 18 Dear Sir: Another political trickery is in the making again in Grenada. This time it is a small clique of Grenadians who reside abroad, with the help of some of their high ranking political colleague within the NDC government. This time around the story is published in media circles about a Gren...Read More >>>   4/6/2010 || GRENADA BOARD OF TOURISM RE-LAUNCHES ISLAND-WIDE S... 1 April 5, 2010 -- The Grenada Board of Tourism will once again offer its island-wide savings program to visitors traveling to Grenada this spring and fall. Originally introduced last year, the More Spice promotion has been revamped to offer travelers even more incentives to visit the “Spice of the...Read More >>>   4/4/2010 || GRENADIAN MINISTER DEMANDS THAT DEVELOPED COUNTRIE... 0 Grenada’s Environment Minister, Michael Church has demanded that the developed nations, who have polluted in the biggest of way over the history of industrialization, must make the biggest sacrifices now and face up to their responsibility of face in leading a global solution to the global threat of...Read More >>>   4/4/2010 || LAURISTON AIRPORT RUNWAY REFURBISHMENT AND TERMINA... 0 Hillsborough, Carriacou - The Government of Grenada is still embarking on plans for the refurbishment and expansion of the Lauriston Airport in Carriacou. Finance Minister Hon. Nazim Burke, in his 2010 budget presentation, announced that $950,000 was being allocated for the airport refurbishment and...Read More >>>   4/4/2010 || URBANIZA TECHNICAL TEAM TO VISIT CARRIACOU 0 Hillsborough, Carriacou - A Brazilian technical team will visit Carriacou from April 8th to conduct a development suitability study for the proposed free port to be set up on the 13-square-mile island. The team is from Urbaniza, the Brazilian company that has signed a memorandum of understanding ...Read More >>>   3/31/2010 || GRENADA RECORDS FIRST MURDER FOR 2010 2 Grenadians are saddened by the senseless killing of a young man at Black Bay in St. John’s over the weekend, marking the first recorded homicide for the year. Dead is thirty-three (33) year old Byron Peters, aka Brian and Tommy, of Marigot in St. John’s. According to reports, Byron had an alterc...Read More >>>   3/31/2010 || A VOICE FOR THE CHILDREN OF HAITI 4 We all mourn the loss of life and suffer with the people of Haiti in their enduring such devastation through the natural disaster that has occurred in recent days. As an expression of solidarity with the people of Haiti, I would like to present a plan to assist the children of Haiti who have been...Read More >>>   3/31/2010 || TENTATIVE PROPOSAL A JOURNEY OF HOPE FOR THE CHILD... 1 Previously, we provided an outline of a proposal [A Voice for the Children of Haiti January 15, 2010 - see attached] whereby we would focus on aiding the orphaned children of Haiti as they deal with their poverty in shelter and basic needs following the January 12, 2010 earthquake which apparently l...Read More >>>   3/29/2010 || STOP BLAMING THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS BLAME NDC 15 St. George’s, Grenada: A two member delegation from Standard and Poor’s met with the five member delegation from Her Majesty’s Opposition comprising, Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Sen. Anthony Boatswain, Hon. Roland Bhola and Sen. Gregory Bowen. The meeting di...Read More >>>   3/27/2010 || SENATOR GEORGE PRIME CALLS ON MP ELVIN NIMROD TO B... 6 In political circles, it is normally said that, character is not about telling people what they want to hear, but about telling people what they need to know, it is about having the courage to set your vision and stick to it, without being blown off course even when the going gets tough and the toug...Read More >>>   3/27/2010 || SAASS AND SDCSS CROWNED 2010 INTERCOL CHAMPS!! 3 GRENADA - The Scotia Bank sponsored Inter Secondary Schools’ Athletic Championships (INTERCOL) 2010 lived up to the expectations of many and was filled with excitement and entertainment from its start on Wednesday March 24 to the end on Thursday March 25, 2010. At the end of Day 1 of competition,...Read More >>>   3/27/2010 || LAW & POLITICS - THE CONFLICTS – CONFUSION – AND C... 0 While the business of Government is not a popularity contests, it must be accepted that public affairs go as badly as public indifference permits, or as well as public involvement demands. As a very astute regional politician once put it, when looking at the performance of Governments...Read More >>>   3/25/2010 || UN TEAM VISTED CARRIACOU AND PETITE MARTINIQUE 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 24th, 2010- The twin-island parish of Carriacou and Petite Martinique could soon benefit from United Nations funding to deal with the effects of climate change and the prevailing drought conditions. An assessment of drought-affected ...Read More >>>   3/25/2010 || SAASS AND SDCSSS LEAD IN POINT STANDING AFTER DAY ... 1 GRENADA – The St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) in the Boys’ Division and the St. David’s Christian Secondary School (SDCSS) in the Girls’ Division lead the point standing after Day 1 of the Scotia Bank sponsored Inter-Secondary School' Athletic Championships 2010, held at the National ...Read More >>>   3/25/2010 || GULP HAS NEW POLITICAL LEADER 3 GRENADA - Over the weekend, the oldest political party in the country, the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP), held what can be accurately characterized as an ‘extremely impressive convention’ at the St. John’s Anglican school. Hundreds of supporters from around the country gathered at the conven...Read More >>>   3/25/2010 || OPPOSITION BELIEVES NAWASA IS VICTIM OF FISCAL INI... 11 St. George’s, Grenada: Members of Her Majesty’s Opposition believes that the state owned National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) is a victim of the fiscal initiatives and destructive policies of the NDC administration. This view was expressed when General Manager of the Authority Mr. Christ...Read More >>>   3/25/2010 || NEWS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GRENADA CULTURAL FOUND... 0 ST. MARK: On Thursday March 11th the Grenada Cultural Foundation met with the St. Mark Development Committee along with about 35 persons from the Parish to determine the way ahead for the Committee and community-based activities in the Parish. At the meeting one of the major challenges ident...Read More >>>   3/22/2010 || OPPOSITION WANTS MORE PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH FROM GOV... 5 St. George’s, Grenada, March 22nd, 2010: Members of the Opposition are calling on the Government to take a more proactive approach to the current water problem facing Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The Opposition believes that while we all have to be optimistic that the situation will...Read More >>>   3/22/2010 || SAASS COPS MAJOR AWARDS IN DRUMFEST 2010 5 GRENADA - The drum corps of the St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) stole the spotlight at the 2010 Inter-Secondary School Drumfest at the National Stadium last Friday and walked away with championship honors. The competition was organized by the Ministry of Culture and was attended ...Read More >>>   3/20/2010 || BUTCHERS IN CARRIACOU TRAINING IN PROPER GRUIDELIN... 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou, March 19th, 2010- Butchers in Carriacou are the beneficiaries of a series of training exercises in the proper guidelines for slaughtering, processing and handling meat for consumption. In the first of a two-part training, the Agriculture I...Read More >>>   3/20/2010 || BETTER IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT'S PROJECTS IN ... 0 By Deanna Isaac Carriacou Hillsborough, Carriacou - The Ministry of Works is to play a deeper role in the design and supervision of government’s capital projects on Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Government intends to embark on a number of projects on the sister isles, but the Ministry...Read More >>>   3/20/2010 || OPERA GRENADA READY TO STAGE “A NIGHT AT THE OPERA... 0 St. George’s - The much awaited “A Night at the Opera III” will be staged this weekend with two performances at the Ballroom of the Grenada Grand Beach Hotel. On Saturday March 20, from 8:00 PM, the curtains will go up on a gala performance under the distinguished patronage of their Excellencies th...Read More >>>   3/19/2010 || FORMER NADMA BOSS, HEADS R.C.C. 5 The former head of the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA), Mr. Sylvan Mc Intyre has been called up by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CEDMA) and has been appointed to Act as Director of Regional Coordination Centre (RCC) which has responsibility for coordinating on behal...Read More >>>   3/19/2010 || PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE FOR GRENADA WI... 7 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA - The development of the Grenada’s agricultural sector, climate change, investment in tourism and the current drought conditions in Grenada, were among matters discussed when Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas met with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Lati...Read More >>>   3/19/2010 || LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER TILLMAN THOMAS 1 March 6th, 2010 Hon. Tillman Thomas Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Ministry Ministerial Complex St. George’s Hon. Prime Minister, Permit me to offer my compliments and best wishes for 2010 and to clarify that I write in my individual and personal capacity. Again, Sir...Read More >>>   3/15/2010 || GULP TO HOLD CONVENTION OVER THE WEEKEND 0 GRENADA – The Grenada United Labour Party (GULP), the oldest political party in Grenada, will be holding its 2010 Convention on Sunday March 21, 2010 at the Gouyave Anglican School. A General Council Meeting, however, will take place before the Convention. This meeting is scheduled to take place ...Read More >>>     3/15/2010 || WHO'S CRYING NOW? 19 By P. Gittens I view with amazement, the pronouncements of those political pundits who sold the nation a bill of goods and had them throw their votes and five years of Grenada's life in a junk-pile called of all things "Perseverance" Every day they are wringing their hands and gnashing the...Read More >>>