CATEGORY:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -------------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - As work intensifies on the National Stadium for the ICC Cricket World Cup, the million dollar question being asked time and again is whether Grenada will benefi...Read More >>>

By Team Grenada GRENADA (July 25, 2006) - The Spice Island Beach Resort, located in St. George’s, Grenada, has once again won the much-coveted AAA Four Diamond Award rating and will appear on the AAA 2007 Caribbean Tour Book guide. This is the third year that this stylish 64-room hotel has rece...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:ECONOMIC NEWS ----------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: The economies of Grenada and OECS member states are showing encouraging signs of expansion. That’s the assessment of a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) curr...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:ECONOMIC NEWS --------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: Officials in the Ministry of Finance have reported a significant improvement in collection of the National Reconstruction Levy (NRL) following some timely adjustments. Governm...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:CARNIVAL ----------------------- By Team Grenada GRENVILLE, St. Andrews (July 24, 2006): The 2006 GCC/ b mobile Soca Monarch Quarterfinals was completed on Sunday July 23, with a very entertaining show - featuring the largest crowd ever witnessed for an event of this nature – in the ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY-COMMENTARY ------------------------- By Mr. Lloyd Noel (Attorney-at-law) During the past two weeks, as I looked and listened at the massacre and rhetorical shameful excuses - coming from Israel and Lebanon - as the former killed hundreds and devastated everything in sight in the latt...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ------------------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Grenadians and students from across the region will benefit from scholarships being provided by the St George’s University (SGU) under the Commonweal...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:RELIGION ---------------------- By Lyndon St. Cyr “You will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.” Isa. 49:23 Amidst the thousand enticements that vie for our devotion, ONLY one is sharp enough to pierce deep within the soul, the very hea...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: Approximately 1050 nationals are participating in the Holiday Recreation Programme, now into its second week. 1,000 young and aspiring sports personalities and 50 c...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS ------------------ By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: The National Cricket Team has earned much respected and admiration from the region following a splendid display in its opening match of the Inaugural Stanford 20/20 Tournament in St John’...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela says that it is keen to unite Latin America and the Caribbean for the benefit of its people. This is the main reason given for the World’s 5th largest Oil Producer, for ...Read More >>>

By Mr. Lloyd Noel (Attorney-at-law) We seem to be engulfed in a many-sided minefield, and from which all the sides are crying out for urgent attention, and in which all are equally important… The Football World Cup has now come and gone, and the hopes and dreams and ambitions of al...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: RELIGION ---------------------- By Lindon St. Cyr Ancient armies carried standards or marks of identification that served as symbols of the ideals of a people, a nation or even a culture. These standards, or banners as they are now called, were first used in Egypt, Babylonia, Assyri...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:AGRICULTURE -------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: A significant portion of local bananas is being exported to neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago on a weekly basis. Agriculture Officials say that the commodity has rebounded rem...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:AGRICULTURE -------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Agriculture officials have reported that the sector is on the rebound following the destruction caused by Hurricanes Ivan and Emily. News of the revival has come from Agricul...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Local 400 meters star Alleyne Francique is aiming to be the best ever in his pet event. He might not better the 43.18 seconds by the great Michael Johnson of the United States, but he hopes to be more consistent.“ My goal ...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Canadian Bank Notes Company Limited is providing support to Grenada in its preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. It has provided EC$750,000 to assist in the upgrading of the Lasagesse Playing Field for the even...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: President of the Grenada Bar Association, Ruggles Ferguson, has launched a scathing attack on Legal Advisor to the Government Hugh Wildman. “The case of the three soldiers in the Grenada 17 being used to prevent his appointm...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE -------------------------- By Team Grenada GRENVILLE, St. Andrew’s: Grenada is working diligently to increase its shipment of bananas to the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The island’s banana industry is rebounding after being almost completely destroyed by...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Lawyers representing the three sentenced to lengthy jail terms – Andy Mitchell, Cosmos Richardson and Vincent Joseph for their involvement in the death of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, his cabinet colleagues and othe...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Privy Council has rejected the petition filed for the release of Cosmos Richardson, Andy Mitchell and Vincent Joseph – three of the 17sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal execution of former Prime Minister Maurice ...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE'S, Grenada: The local media will have to raise its standard and become more professional, if it is to win the respect and admiration of a wider section of the population and further a field. This was one of the revelations coming out o...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:EDUCATION --------------------- By Stephanie Gordon We would focus on health care services - a growing need in today’s society. The need for quality health care in Grenada has become a major concern. Users of our health care facilities have ever so often, been subjected to the lack...Read More >>>

CATEGORY-COMMENTARY ------------------------- By Lloyd Noel “In my very sincerely considered opinion, I feel that those at Richmond Hill have more than paid their requisite price to Society - for the offences of which they were convicted; even though I firmly believe that the trial of th...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: ECONOMIC NEWS --------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: The United States Blockade of the Republic of Cuba is said to have cost the Spanish-speaking Republic some US$80, 000 million, 47 years after the Blockade was imposed in 1...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS -------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE's, Grenada: The honours were just about even after a two-match 20-20 series between regional cricket powerhouse Barbados and Grenada in Barbados last weekend. After romping to a comfortable vict...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St. George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Emergency Relief Programme to Grenada following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan, has ended after almost two years. The US$2.5million Programme, which began in Novembe...Read More >>>

By Trevor Thwaites (St.George's correspondent) ST.GEORGE'S, Grenada: The Petro Caribe Agreement has been established to help in the transformation of Latin America and Caribbean. It has been conceived as an integral process intended to promote the eradication of social inequalities and to fos...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: RELIGION ----------------------- By L. St. Cyr ‘If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in HIS sight, give ear to HIS commands and keep all HIS statutes, I will put none of these diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the L...Read More >>>

CATEGORY: CARNIVAL ---------------------- By Team Grenada GRENVILLE, St. Andrew’s: On Saturday of last week (July 1, 2006), over 1,500 persons turned out at the Grenville Car Park to witness the official launch of Rainbow City Festival, 2K6. This function is an annual one organized by the S...Read More >>>