St. George’s, Grenada. On Sunday 15th March, staff of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank and members of the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) partnered once again to renew a number of road and directional signs along Melville Street in the capital, St. George’s. The CIBC FirstCaribbean team first worked alongside the […]
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Sounding the Alarm in Jamaica! Neals J.
By Neals Chitan Although the very last label I will like to wear is that of an “alarmist,” I have to sound the alarm today. You see, the term “alarmist” carries with it an urgent emotional connotation which heightens the need for immediate intervention and task force response, and that […]
Regional solutions to regional problems
Editorial, Caribupdate Weekly March 19, 2015 In the post-1972 election period in Grenada, after Eric Gairy announced that he was beginning the process to attaining full political independence from Britain, the opposition of the day – inside and outside of parliament – cranked up a “no’’ campaign. The parliamentary opposition […]
At the heart of US/Venezuela Relations
By Arley Gill In response to the suggestion that the United States has a definite foreign policy strategy in the Middle East, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson – who was Chief of Staff to Colin Powel, the then US Secretary of State who also served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
Kaiso contribution with Chalkie
St George’s, March 5, 2015 – Educator and eight-time Calypso Monarch of Trinidad & Tobago, Mighty Chalkdust, is coming to Grenada next week on an assignment with the Open Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Chalkdust, whose real name is Hollis Liverpool, will be the first presenter […]
Windies Cricket & UWI
Caribupdate Weekly, Editorial March 5, 2015: When it comes to cricket in the Caribbean and our combined representative team, the West Indies, hope lives eternally in the hearts and minds of many in the region. This is both good and bad. Hope and optimism are worthy qualities to embrace. But, they […]
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE LEADER OF THE NDC, V. NAZIM BURKE ON THE OCASSION OF THE 27TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PARTY HELD AT GRENVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL (GSS) ON MARCH 1ST 2015.
Mr. Chairman Deputy Political Leader Newly Elected Officers of the National Democratic Congress Members of the National Executive Council of our Party; Distinguished Delegates; Distinguished Guest Speaker, my Friend Harold Lovell Members of our Party; Members of the Media; Other invited Guests; Grenadians in the Diaspora; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sisters […]
Grenadian Educator to provide supplies to St Andrew School
NEW YORK, February 26, 2015 – Grenadian-born and New York-based High School educator and college professor, Dr Anthony Bridgeman, once again is giving back to his homeland. Together with one of his high school groups, West Islip High School, National English Honor Society, they have collected school supplies to send […]
Regional Cold War
Caribupdate Weekly, Editorial February 26, 2015 For Grenadians and other Caribbean nationals who have been celebrating last December’s announcement of plans by the US and Cuba to normalize relations, taking it as a sign of the end of the cold war in this part of world, development in Venezuela last […]
MY BROTHERS’ KEEPER
By Neals J. Chitan The dawn of Monday, January 12th 2015 brought heavy dark clouds of grief, sadness and hopelessness over the northern coastal community of Fancy in the beautiful island paradise of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The driver of a minibus destined for the capital city of Kingstown […]
STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC) ON THE ON-GOING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PROCESS
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) wishes to register its outright disappointment with the recent announcement by Government of Grenada, as conveyed to us by the Constitution Reform Advisory Committee (CRAC), regarding the on- going Constitution Reform Process. In its communiqué to the National Democratic Congress, the committee advised that the […]
The Happy Hour: A Socio-historical Discourse
By Arley Gill It may not be historically accurate to say that the “happy hour’’ tradition, held after funerals in Grenada, existed from time immemorial. However, it is a fact, as confirmed by the leading funeral director in Grenada, that over the last 10 to 15 years, it has become […]
Commercialization of Limlair Farm in Carriacou
Beausejour, Carriacou, February 20, 2015- Increased economic and social development is one of the expected benefits of the commercialization of Government’s estates. Government is now in the process of commercializing another one of its estates, this time on the sister isle of Carriacou. The Limlair Farm located on the northern […]
IMF conducting 2nd Review of Grenada’s Homegrown Programme
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, Friday, February 20, 2015: A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Ms. Aliona Cebotari, is currently in Grenada conducting the second (2nd) review of Grenada’s Homegrown Structural Programme. This review covers the period July – December 2014 and looks at 2015. Other partners participating in the […]
Post-election system failures
Caibupdate Weekly, Editorial February 19, 2015 Every few years, the Caribbean experiences a series of general elections that exposes both the strengths and weaknesses of our democratic electoral system. In 2008, for example, elections were held in relatively short order in Belize, Barbados and Grenada, with the victors singing “the […]
