CATEGORY:BUDGET SPEECH --------------------------- The following excerpt is taken from the 2006 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure,delivered by the Hon. Anthony Boatswain, the Minister of Finance, under the theme, "Consolidating Growth, Enhancing Revenue and Providing Safety Nets for the V...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPECIAL REPORT ---------------------------- By Team Grenada Inside Grenada Wednesday December 20,2006 ST. ANDREW’S, Grenada: It has been brought to the attention of Grenadian Connection (GC) that there are counterfeit EC $5.00 notes in circulation in various parts of the countr...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPECIAL EVENT --------------------------- By Team Grenada Inside Grenada Wednesday December 20,2006 GRENVILLE, St. Andrew’s: In keeping with the Christmas spirit and maintaining an atmosphere of love, joy, happiness and philanthropy which is synonymous with this time of year, t...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:BUDGET SPEECH -------------------------- The following excerpt is taken from the 2006 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure,delivered by the Hon. Anthony Boatswain, the Minister of Finance, under the theme, "Consolidating Growth, Enhancing Revenue and Providing Safety Nets for the Vuln...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites Inside Grenada correspondent Wednesday December 20,2006 ST.GEORGE, Grenada: The Agency for Rural Transformation (ART) “After School Programme” continues to inspire and transform the lives of nationals. Close to 5...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:BUDGET DEBATE ---------------------------- By Wallace J.A Inside Grenada correspondent Tuesday December 19,2006 TRADE CENTER, Grand Anse (Dec.18): Hon. Nazim Burke, the shadow Finance Minister of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), in responding to the budget pre...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:NATIONAL BUDGET ---------------------------------- (Excerpt from the Budget speech delivered by Hon. Anthony Boatswain, Grenada's Finance Minister) *(MEDIUM TERM PROSPECTS)* With reconstruction well underway the economy is projected to record positive ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:BUDGET PRESENTATION ---------------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites Inside Grenada correspondent GRAND ANSE, St. George: The Grenada Government last week Friday announced a Budget of EC$635.5 million dollars, which it said will be used consolidate the rebuilding and reconstruc...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS ----------------------------------- By Team Grenada Monday December 18,2006 ST. ANDREW, Grenada – The St. Andrew’s Carnival Development Committee (SACDC), on Saturday December 16, held a grand Bingo with a jack-pot of EC$25,000 at the Grenville Car Park,...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:BUDGET ------------------- The following excerpt is taken from the 2006 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure,delivered by the Hon. Anthony Boatswain, the Minister of Finance, under the theme, "Consolidating Growth, Enhancing Revenue and Providing Safety Nets for the Vulnerable.” ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:COMMENTARY ---------------------- By Osborne Baptiste (The following article represents the views of its writer and not necessarily that of Grenadian Connection). FELLOW GRENADIANS, brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, visitors to our shores: Peace, grace and mercy unto the bel...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:CRIMINAL MATTERS ------------------------------- By Team Grenada Sunday December 17,2007 ST.JOHN (Inside Grenada) - According to unconfirmed reports reaching Grenadianconnection, a young lady from Florida, in the parish of St. John, who has been missing for some days now, was fo...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:COMMENTARY ---------------------- By Lloyd Noel Sunday December 17,2006 ST.GEORGE'S (Inside Grenada)- I vividly recall, during my years in England working my way to get into Law School, to achieve my boyhood dreams of becoming a Lawyer - the British Prime Minister at the time, Har...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:NATIONAL BUDGET --------------------------- The following is the INTRODUCTION to the 2006 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure (delivered by the Hon. Anthony Boatswain, the Minister of Finance) which was presented under the theme, "Consolidating Growth, Enhancing Revenue and Providing S...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:EDITORIAL ----------------------- THE RECENTLY ELECTED Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Sir John Campton, has expressed concerns about the political involvement of Prime Ministers / political leaders from other Caribbean countries (during the build-up to elections) in sister states to seemi...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:ENTERTAINMENT ------------------------------ By Wallace J.A Inside Grenada correspondent Friday December 15,2006 OFFICIALS IN THE British Virgin Islands have not granted permission to the ‘Dutty Wine’ singer, Tony Matterhon, to put on a stage performance in the BVI. Matterho...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:FEATURE ADDRESS ------------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites Inside Grenada correspondent Friday December 15,2006 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Media practitioners across the region are being encouraged to lift their standard, so that they can play a more integral role in the ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:AGRICULTURE ----------------------------- By Wallace J.A. Inside Grenada correspondent Thursday December 14,2006 ST. ANDREW, Grenada - Earlier on this week, Mr. Matthew Bobb, a farmer from Crochu, St.Andrew’s, called in the local media to report on the tragedy that befell him. Four...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:NEW APPOINTMENT ---------------------------- GRENADA (Dec. 13, 2006) –Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada has appointed Tricia Thomas as the new Spa Director of the resort’s full-service, 5,600 square foot Janissa’s Spa. Bringing over ten years of experience in numerous high-en...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SPECIAL REPORT ---------------------------- By Wallace J.A. Inside Grenada correspondent Wednesday December 13,2006 DR. SIMON CLARKE, one of the region’s leading educational experts, has made an urgent plea to teachers in Jamaica (and by extension, the entire region), to assist...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:POLITICS ------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites Inside Grenada correspondent Wednesday December 13,2006 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for a re-opening of the Commission of Inquiry into the alleged wrong doing of Prime ...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:SCIENCE FAIR ----------------------------- By Wallace J.A. Inside Grenada correspondent Tuesday December 12,2006 TELESCOPE, St. Andrew’s – The St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School (SAASS) has (once again) performed with merit at the recently concluded National Science Fair....Read More >>>

CATEGORY:ELECTION RESULT ---------------------------- By Wallace J.A Inside Grenada correspondent Tuesday December 12,2006 SIR JONH CAMPTON, who led St. Lucia for some twenty-nine years – first from 1964 to 1979 and then from 1982 to 1996 – came out of political retirement last year to le...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ------------------------------ Duncan Campbell Monday December 11, 2006 ONE OF THE MOST controversial armed conflicts of the cold war era and one which caused a rift between Britain and the US is to be revisited this week in a British court. The case will re-exam...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:CONTROVERSY ----------------------- By Team Grenada Monday December 11,2006 ST. ANDREW’S, Grenada – A very well-publicized show-down between some top Trinidadian and Grenadian soca artistes at Moonlight City on Saturday December 8, 2006, did not live up to the expectations of patr...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:COMMUNITY EVENT ----------------------------- By Wallace J.A Inside Grenada correspondent Monday December 11,2006 MT.HORNE, St. Andrew – The St. Andrew’s North-west NNP Branch Executive held a successful Barbecue/ sport-o-rama at the Mt. Horne Playing Field yesterday (Sunday De...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:HURRICANE PREDICTIONS -------------------------------- By Wallave J.A Inside Grenada correspondent Sunday December 10,2006 ACCORDING TO A December 8, 2006 article written my Alex Morales and Courtney Dentch for Bloomberg - based in the USA - the 2007 Hurricane Season will be mo...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:LEGISLATION -------------------------- By Trevor Thwaites Inside Grenada correspondent Sunday December 10,2006 ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - The Grenada Government says that it is making great strides in the fight against corruption in public life. A release from the Department of Hum...Read More >>>

CATEGORY:HEALTH FACILITY ------------------------------ By Trevor Thwaites Insid Grenada correspondent Sunday December 10,2006 ST. GOERGE’S, Grenada - Health Officials say that work is now a pace to have a crucial part of the second phase of the General Hospital ready in time for the IC...Read More >>>