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Her Majesty The Queen to honour young person from Grenada with prestigious Award for improving the lives of others

Her Majesty The Queen will present Jenella Edwards from Grenada with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, on Tuesday 26th June. The Awards recognise the work that young people from across the Commonwealth are doing to transform lives in their community and beyond. […]

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Health Officials in Grenada responding to Reported increase Dengue Cases on Island

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JUNE 6, 2018, (GIS): – An ongoing targeted fogging operation, supported by beefed up home inspections and health promotion public awareness activities are among aggressive measures being taken by Grenadian health-care officials in response to the recent spike in Dengue reported cases on the island. The beefed up […]

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GLOBAL CONSULTANCY BODY CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS’ DAY

The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI), in unison with its members and management consultants from around the world, recognizes and celebrates today as ‘International Consultants’ Day’. Today as we celebrate the genesis and accomplishments of the consulting profession, we also celebrate our clients and stakeholders for their engaging […]

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PM Dr Kieth Mitchell Address to Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank

Dr. THE Right honourable Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister And minister of FINANCE, planning, economic and physical development, Grenada, AND Chairman of the Board of Governors DELIVERED AT THE GRENADA TRADE CENTRE MAY 30TH, 2018   Colleague Heads of Government, fellow Members of the Parliament and Cabinet of Grenada; President […]

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Tobias Clement Feel the pain of ordinary Grenadian

Earlier this week Parliamentary representative for St. George’s North East speaking in parliament was seeking a pay increase for himself.  Mr. Tobias Clement who does not hold a cabinet position monthly salary is a EC $1200.00. In the last parliament Mr. Clement and other Parliamentarians without a ministry was in […]

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Finance Minister says Customs Officers are Diplomats

Minister of Finance, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell said that Custom’s Officers are Diplomatic representatives since in many cases they are the first point of contact for visitors to our country. As a result, he encouraged the Customs Management to position their most hospitable staff members at the Ports […]

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NDC Calls for Electoral Reform Before Another Referendumn

NDC Heartbeat Column 2nd issue On 30th September 2013, the Governor General unceremoniously fired Judy Benoit, Supervisor of Elections after she refused to tow the political line. From then, the electoral process and system in Grenada, have been under sustained attack. Unfortunately, the National Democratic Congress has been, for the […]

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Grenada to Host – National Consultation on Draft CARICOM Cohesion Policy

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENDA 10TH MAY, 2018: The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and CARICOM Affairs in collaboration with the CARICOM Development Fund Division of the CARICOM Secretariat will be hosting a National Consultation on the draft CARICOM Cohesion Policy developed by the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF). “Cohesion”, according to CDF, […]

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Action Plan Sargassum clean up Campaign approved

St. George’s, May 8, 2018: The Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment, Forestry, Fisheries, Disaster Management and Information in collaboration with the Ministry of Health will embark on a cleanup action of the sargassum on beaches in Grenada and Carriacou. The sargassum is on various beaches such as Telescope, Soubise, Marquis […]

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Services Expo 2018 – ‘ The Future is Now’

The Grenada Coalition of Service Industries is hosting their 2nd annual Services Expo under the theme ‘The future is Now’. To be held June 21st to June 22nd at the Grenada Trade Center, Morne Rouge Grenada. The 2017 Services Expo saw success in that there were 20 small, micro and […]

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Government want to dispel rumor on Sending Home of Imanis

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th, 2018 –GIS: The Ministry of Youth Development, Sports, Culture and the Arts would like to dispel the rumor that the Imani Trainees especially the batches 4 and 5 would be going home very soon. The Imani programme was designed to empower our young people through the […]

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Commonwealth Foreign Ministers meet at Lancaster

ST. GEORGE, GRENADA: April 19, 2018. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE:Foreign Ministers and senior officials from the 53 Commonwealth nations met at Lancaster House in London today, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM. They discussed how member states can work even closer together on sustainability, fairness, security and prosperity.The […]