CATEGORY: CONSTRUCTION -------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE, Grenada: Almost a month after signing the contract, work has commenced on the second phase of the Bridges and Road Improvement Project (BRIMP). Communications and Works Minister the Ho...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: PUBLIC EDUCATION ------------------------------ By S. Gordon Standards and standardization are fundamental elements of society; it is the foundation stone on which industrial society is built. Standards govern the exchange of goods and services; it can be defined as documents stati...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: HOUSING PROBLEM ---------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) BELMONT, St. George’s: Agriculture Minister the Hon Gregory Bowen says that squatters occupying prime lands in the Mt Pandy area in Belmont South St George will be relocated to make room for ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: HOUSING PROBLEMS --------------------------- By Davis Joseph (St.Andrew's correspondent) GRENVILLE, St. Andrew’s: Squatting is on the increase in the Moon Shadow Park district in Grenville, in spite of a ‘No Squatting’ sign which has been erected in the area by the relevant authorit...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: RELIGION ---------------------- By Lyndon St.Cyr In a world of pluralism one often wonders if there is just ONE right way or MANY right ways. Or maybe there is neither right nor wrong, it just depends on how you see it. In the Gospels Jesus makes an exclusive claim that I a...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: COMMENTARY ----------------------- By Lloyd Noel The happenings in our political comings and goings, and their ups and downs, have been bothering me for some time now; and while there have been periods of calms and lulls and seemingly passive times, the trend has generally been to...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: POLITICS ---------------------- By Wallace J.A LA FILLETTE, St. Andrew’s: On Thursday of this week (May 25, 2006), the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell, visited the rural village of La Fillette to hold one of his village meetings. La Fillette is in the St. Andrew’s Nort...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: CREATIVE ARTS --------------------------- HIS PRECIOUS GIFTS HE has give us glorious mornings And the brightness of the sun; Food to be eaten And work to be done. HE has given us striking rainbows And the flowers and song; The hands of a dear one While they help us along. ...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: Agriculture Minister the Hon Gregory Bowen says that squatters occupying prime lands in the Mt Pandy area in Belmont South St George will be relocated to make room for the multi-million dollar Blue Lagoon Project, which shou...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: EDUCATIONAL -------------------------- By S. Gordon There is a big difference between what quality ‘is’ and what quality ‘means’. When you say quality ‘is’ you are giving a definition of quality, for example quality is the extent to which products, services, relationships are free ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: CRIMINAL OFFENCE ---------------------------- By Team Grenada ST.GEORGE’s, Grenada: Members of the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) have arrested three persons in connection with an offence committed against some Chinese nationals working on the National Stadium at Queen’s Park, St...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: CELEBRATION By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) MORNE JALOUX, St. George's: The Village of Morne Jaloux in Southeast St George’s last Sunday (Mother’s Day) paid tribute to one its most senior citizens, Miss Elaine Pivotte. It was a double celebration for Ms Pivotte, who ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: SPORTS -------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) TANTEEN, St. George's: Police produced a superb performance to beat Telford Construction TAMCC to win the 2006 St George’s 35 overs Cricket Competition last Saturday at the Tanteen Playing Field. They won the...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: COMMENTARY --------------------- By Lloyd Noel Our Political history in the Commonwealth Caribbean, since the Independence fever started to spread its heat in 1962 - after Jamaica abandoned the West Indies Federation (1958-1962) and went Independent, and Trinidad and Tobago soon got...Read More >>>

CATEGORY : EDUCATIONAL ---------------------- By S. Gordon In order to understand the role and functions of the Grenada Bureau of Standards, it is necessary to examine the history of standards and standardization. The history of standards goes back into antiquity. Most engineers and scien...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT ------------------------ By Dexter Mitchell JUNIOR CALYPSO WORKSHOPS May 22, 2006:The junior calypso workshops continue targeting the young people across Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique. On Saturday May 20th it was the turn of the youngsters from the Paris...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: RELIGION ------------------- By Lyndon St.Cyr If we are to make any progress, be it academic, social or financial, we must be willing to find out the original purpose for us being here. A man’s life, then, is seemingly incomplete if he does not diligently seek his source. It is incu...Read More >>>

By Wallace J. A SUNDAY May 21, 2006: According to reports from CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency), the Montserrat Soufriere Hills Volcano recorded signs of increased activity during the early hours of Saturday May 20, 2006 and by 7.20am, the first dome of the volcano collapsed....Read More >>>

CATEGORY:PUBLIC EDUCATION ------------------------- By S. Gordon Before a standard can be developed, the need for such a standard must be identified. In some cases, government can identify the product for which a standard is required. In other cases, professional organizations, consumer gro...Read More >>>

By Davis Joseph (St.Andrew's correspondent) GRENVILLE, St. Andrew's: A number of police officers attached to the Grenville Police Station are expressing some concern over the apparent delay in the resumption of work on two important buildings in the town of Grenville: the Grenville Police Station...Read More >>>

By Davis Joseph (St.Andrew's correspondent) GRENVILLE, St. Andrew's: Members of a bus association claim that they favor the idea of stickers being obtained through the Traffic Department, and not through the president of their bus association. These ‘stickers’ are placed on the bus and authoriz...Read More >>>

By Davis Joseph (St.Andrew's correspondent) PEARLS, St.Andrew's: Hundreds of residents throughout the village of Pearls and surrounding areas took to the streets of the historic village in a carnival like atmosphere last Sunday to celebrate the beginning of the ‘Pearls Day’ fiesta. Residents ...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites(St.George's correspondent) The 2006 Cable and Wireless Netball season was off to a colourful start last week Saturday in St George’s. The many colours blended beautifully as the players from the 14 participating teams marched energetically from the Cable and Wireless Building o...Read More >>>

By Wallace J. A MORNE LONGUE, St. Andrew’s: Residents from the idyllic village of Morne Longue, nestled at the foothills of the historic Fedon’s Peak, came out in full force, on Thursday May 18, to partake in a community project - spearheaded by a village disaster sub-committee - in keeping with ...Read More >>>

GRENVILLE, St.Andrew’s: A young man from the rural village of Conference, St.Andrew’s, has found himself in trouble with the law and has been sentenced to four months in prison. Earnest Forrester was handed this sentence by Magistrate Augustine at the Grenville Magistrate’s Court after he was found ...Read More >>>

Four members of the Blinded production team are back in Grenada after, participating in the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. The team which included Anderson Quarless the producer, departed Grenada on May 3rd where they made their debut by presenting to hundreds of movi...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) TANTEEN, St. George's: It was a somewhat scary Tuesday afternoon for the staff at the Ministerial Complex, who was forced to hastily retreat from the building after receiving a bomb threat. According to reports Cabinet Secretary Agar Alexander receiv...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE's, Grenada: After buying over the Franchise from Shell a little more than a year ago, Sol Gas has begun a heightened campaign to force its product into the homes of more people across the region. The Shell Brand was officially launched las...Read More >>>

By S. Gordon Labels are important to both manufacturers and consumers, for it aids manufacturers in advertising their products and allows consumers to make wise purchases, in most cases consumers cannot see the contents or sample a product, as a result consumers are not aware of what the product...Read More >>>

By Wallace J.A MORNE LONGUE, St. Andrew’s: On Monday May 15, 2006, members from the NaDMA District Executive for St. Andrew’s NW visited the Morne Longue village to oversee the election of officers to form the Morne Longue village disaster sub-committee. The function was held at the Morne Longue ...Read More >>>