CATEGORY:SPECIAL OBSERVANCE -------------------------------- By L. Simeon Collins (Director, Grenada Bureau of Standards) “Standards: big benefits for small business” is the theme of World Standards Day to be celebrated in Grenada on Friday October 13, 2006. This theme was chosen by th...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:OBSERVANCE ------------------------ By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA – For the first time, Child Month would not be celebrated in October as was done in previous years. The month that has been traditionally set aside to focus attention on the children of the ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS (FOOTBALL) By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) OCTOBER 11, 2006 - News coming out of T&T seems to suggest that all is not well with the soccer fraternity in the twin-island republic. The Soca Warriors, who represented Trinidad at the recent Soccer World Cup in G...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPECIAL OBSERVANCE ------------------------------ By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA - Grenadian lawyers are in the process of observing Law Week, which began on Sunday October 8, 2006. The theme selected for this year’s observance is: Towards eradicating vio...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:COMMENTARY ---------------------- By Mr. Lloyd Noel (Attorney-at-law) In my column last week, I asked the question of our Politicians in the Region as a whole - “what can we really expect” - when those same politicians perform and behave, as though they truly believe that their tin...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:POLITICS ------------------------- Press Release from the New National Party The New National Party regrets to inform the general public that its headquarters on Lucas Street has been broken into by an intruder. Hours after the Government released a statement regarding the defa...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:TOURISM --------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - A move by the United States Congress to amend the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) which mandates American nationals returning home by air from the Caribbean to be in poss...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:POLITICS ------------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada – The ruling New National Party (NNP) of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell is visibly upset over the defacement of one of its billboards in the south of the island and is pointing an...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE ------------------------------------ By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA – Workers of the Grenada Cooperative Nutmeg Association (GCNA), who were employed with the association before the year 1999 but lost their jobs as a result of the passag...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS (CRICKET) --------------------------------- By Wallace J.A.(Inside Grenada correspondent) ST.ANDREW’S, Grenada (Saturday October 07,2006) – The idyllic Progress Park, located in the rural village of Paradise, St.Andrew’s, is expected to be buzzing with excitement tomorrow (S...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS (BASKETBALL) ------------------------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA (Saturday 07, 2006) – The GNBA (Grenada National Basketball Association) championship is currently into its semi-final stage. The top four teams in the First Division wil...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:POLITICS ----------------------- EDITOR'S NOTE: This article represents the views, policies and vision of the New National Party (NNP) headed by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. The NNP has been in office since 1995 - for three consecutive terms. In the last general election, the NNP ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS ------------------- By Wallace J.A. (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENVILLE, St.Andrew’s (October 06, 2006) – The staff and students of the St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) were in a celebratory mood this afternoon after their football team defeated the boy...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:DISASTER PREPAREDNESS --------------------------------- By Rawle Titus (NaDMA communications officer) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada (October 05, 2006) - The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) has welcomed the appointment of a Disaster Preparedness Coordinator to the Grenada Red Cro...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:CELEBRATION ----------------------------- By Wallace J.A.(Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA (October 5, 2006) – Many teachers throughout the tri-island state turned out to work today wearing their union jerseys , not as a means of protest, but as a way of drawing attention to t...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:COMMENTARY --------------------------- By Mr. Lloyd Noel (local attorney-at-law) At the pace everything seems to be moving now-a-days - some real and some imaginary, and in the fast and busy World across the Globe, as well as in our relatively quiet neck of the woods in the CSM...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:DONATION ----------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) TELESCOPE, St. Andrew’s (October 04, 2006) – Today, Mr. Ollivierre and an entourage from Cable & Wireless paid a visit to the St.Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) to make a presentation of some ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:COMMENTARY ------------------------ By Dr. Francis Alexis (Local attorney-at-law and political leader of the PLM - People's Labour Movement). ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada – Locally based Grenadian plant scientists, Mr. Dean Jules and Dr. Guido Marcelle teamed up with UK-based Englishman ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS ------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) OCTOBER 03, 2006 – West Indies cricket captain and batting maestro, Brian Lara, thinks that the West Indies have only themselves to blame for having to play a qualifying round of matches to get into the ICC Ch...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:POLITICS ----------------------- EDITOR'S NOTE: This article represents the views, policies and vision of the New National Party (NNP) headed by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. The NNP has been in office since 1995 - for three consecutive terms. In the last general election, the NNP ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS -------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (Inside Grenada correspondent) QUEEN’S PARK, St.George’s - Total construction is not expected to be completed by the end of December, but from all indications the National Stadium being prepared for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, wi...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS ----------------------- By Trevor Thwaites (Inside Grenana correspondent) ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - It will be the first awards ceremony for a number of years, but it is an activity the Grenada Cricket Association (GCA) hopes to become an annual affair, when it hosts an award...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:POLITICS ----------------------- EDITOR'S NOTE: This article represents the views, policies and vision of the New National Party (NNP) headed by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. The NNP has been in office since 1995 - for three consecutive terms. In the last general election, the NNP...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT -------------------------------------- By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA – One of the most visible persons associated with Grenada’s carnival celebrations over the past two years, Mr. Dexter Mitchell, has been sacked from his job as the...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:EDUCATION ------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites (Inside Grenada correspondent) ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - “I will return to Grenada to work in the industry. I want to be part of the positive developments taking place. Hotels are going up and thousands are coming regularly to my ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:EXTRADITION ------------------------------ By Wallace J.A (Inside Grenada correspondent) SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 – Czech financier, Victor Kozeny, alias ‘the Pirate of Prague’, will soon be extradited (from the Bahamas) to the United States where he faces a long list of corruption charg...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:EARTHQUAKE ------------------------ By Rawle Titus (NaDMA communications officer) SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 - On Friday morning (29th September) at 9:08 a.m. local time, an earthquake occurred less than 5km off the north coast of Trinidad. The preliminary magnitude is 5.5 and location for...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:GOVERNMENT -------------------------- (An NNP -New National Party- perspective) A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AROUND US: --------------------------------------------------- The IMF indicates that real world GDP is expected to grow at around 5 percent in 2006. Internati...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:LEGAL MATTERS ------------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites (Inside Grenada correspondent) ST.GEORGE, Grenada - The Grenada Bar Association is calling for improved facilities in the local jurisdiction. The Courts, which were damaged by Hurricane Ivan, have not been brought back...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPORTS ------------------- By Wallace J (Inside Grenada correspondent) GRENADA – ICC World Cup organizers are of the opinion that the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, south Trinidad will not be ready in time for the 2007-cricket extravaganza. The stadium, with a projected seating c...Read More >>>