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Rising Prices

St. George’s, Grenada, March 16th 2011:  The Opposition New National Party  is very disturbed with Government’s total lack of concern for the effect of rising prices on the population, particularly the poor and vulnerable. The prices of food items and energy in particular, have been steadily climbing, exposing the NDC […]

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Plans to market Grenada’s carnival in North America

St. George’s, March 15, 2011 (GIS) – Grenada plans on marketing its 2011 carnival in North America and the Caribbean, starting in Trinidad later this month. Junior Culture Minister, Senator Arley Gill, made the disclosure at a meeting with Chris Alexander, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the Festival Management Committee […]

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PM Thomas, MPs build ‘houses and hopes’

St. George’s, March 15, 2011: One of the workmen, mixing concrete and bending steel on a bright Saturday recently in La Taste, deep inside his own constituency was Prime Minister Tillman Thomas.  Thomas headed a brigade of MPs, ruling party officials and community activists in seeking to make a difference […]

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Pysadee Outreach Hits St. John’s

The Pysadee Outreach goes to the parish of St. John for it’s 2011 distribution of school supplies on Thursday August 11th. The distribution would take place at the St. John’s Anglican School where students from the five primary schools in the parish would benefit.

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Marian Man Arrested for House breaking

St. George’s, Grenada – March 10, 2011: Officers of the Criminal Investigation Department, South St. George Police Station have made a major break through, in a series of housebreaking and stealing offences, and other property crimes which occurred within the areas of St.George’s and St. David’s.

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FR. MALLAGHAN HOME FOR BOYS — DISPUTE SETTLED

Settlement was reached in the dispute between the workers and management at the Fr. Mallaghan Home for Boys in Victoria, St. Mark’s. In a meeting chaired by the Minister for Labour, Hon. Glennis Roberts, the issues that were of concern to the mangement were discussed and agreement was reached. This afternoon […]

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Ribena and G.U.T Carriacou & Petite Martinique Inter-Primary Athletics Championship

Hillsborough Recreational Ground, Carriacou – The Ribena sponsored Inter-Primary Athletics Championship hosted by the G.U.T. Carriacou & Petite Martinique branch finally got underway last Tuesday at the Hillsborough Recreational Ground, after previously forced to reschedule due to rain.  The delay of the start of the competition did nothing to dampen […]

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MINISTER IS CONCERNED ABOUT ROAD CONDITIONS

St. George’s, Grenada, March 7th 2011: Former Works Minister, Hon. Gregory Bowen says our roads are in need of urgent attention as they are not only making driving difficult, uncomfortable, and costly for drivers individually, but also imposing a high economic cost burden on the taxpayers of Grenada. According to […]