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April 13th 2015: “It’s not Soca! Not Calypso! It’s not reggae!  It’s not Hip pop! It’s a fusion, it’s a blend that will be appreciated and be enjoyed everyone” was the way Lil Vaughn described his latest release which also features Jamaican entertainer QQ. Last week Lil Vaughn launch is […]

Beausejour, Carriacou, April 13th, 2015- In the year 2005, Grenada made a wise decision to re-establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. In that negotiation, the People’s Republic of China had agreed to give Grenada two(2) thousand houses for low income persons amongst many other supports. Deputy Prime Minister, […]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) extends its most heartfelt condolences to the immediate family, relatives and friends of the late Hildebrand James, former Technical Director of the Government Information Service (GIS). We especially remember in our prayers Mrs. Verna James, his mother, a hardworking supporter of the St. Andrew South […]

April 10, 2015: The National Democratic Congress notes with great concern the deterioration in relations between the United States of America ( United States)  and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( Venezuela). We hold firmly to the belief that differences between states in our hemisphere must be addressed in good faith […]

Editorial, Caribupdate Weekly April 9, 2015 It is habitual, and part of our tradition, to emphasize the importance of the tourism industry by focusing on cruise industry; by rolling out statistics on numbers of ships scheduled to stop at our ports and by pointing to expected increases in cruise visitors […]

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, April1, 2015- GIS: There is a mounting excitement within the Diaspora in parts of North America as JetBlue presses ahead with plans to fly the Grenadian skies. News of heightened anticipation overseas is being reported by Elizabeth Ninomiya, JetBlue’s Manager of Corporate Communications for Latin America and […]

GEORGE’S, Grenada, (March 31, 2015): Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, this season’s SGU Knowledge Bowl was an exciting showdown between the defending champions, the gentlemen of Presentation Brothers’ College (PBC) and the ladies of St. Joseph’s Convent, St. George’s (SJC). Although both teams have made it to the finals four times […]

GEORGE’S, Grenada, (March 31, 2015): St. George’s University’s True Blue Campus was teeming with more than 1,400 secondary school students and young adults from all over the country on March 28 as they assembled for the 2015 SGU and Rotaract Club of Grenada (GRC) Career Day. The event attracted students seeking […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]