ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA, Monday, 16 June 2014: US based charity, reachwithin, says a few spaces are still available to attend their REACH Grenada’s division two-day conference, Children & Caregivers: The Importance of Their Relationships. It takes place on Thursday 26thand Friday 27thJune 2014 at St George’s University. Organised in collaboration […]
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Prime Minister Mitchell congratulates Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, June 13, 2014 – GIS:On behalf of the Government and People of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Honourable Keith Mitchell extends heartfelt congratulations to the new government of Antigua and Barbuda, and new Prime Minister, Honourable Gaston Browne. Prime Minister Mitchell believes […]
GUESTS OF CALABASH GRENADA RAISE MONEY FOR THE BELAIR CHILDREN’S HOME
GRENADA (5 June 2014) Guests at Calabash Grenada have contributed over EC$500 to the Bel Air Children’s Home at Calliste. The money has been raised from the sales of a booklet that describes the tropical gardens in which the hotel is set. A regular guest at the hotel was so […]
Grenadian roots of the world’s first black professional footballer
Caribupdate Editorial June 6, 2014: With the opening of the World Cup of soccer, it is opportune moment to pay tribute to a player with Grenadian roots that created footballing history in England. His name is Arthur Wharton. Wharton was born in Ghana; but, his father was born in Grenada to […]
Grenada government “ready to go’’ with new teaching hospital
New York, June 2, 2014 – Grenada has secured backing from the Chinese government and other overseas partners who will join St George’s University (SGU) in establishing a new teaching hospital in the country, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has announced. “We are ready to go, Sisters and Brother,’’ Dr Mitchell […]
MARTIAL ARTS SEMINAR ON THIS WEEKEND IN GRENADA
By Gerry Hopkin, JD St. George, Grenada; May 27, 2014 — Martial arts enthusiasts and aspiring practitioners of Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Kick-Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts are in for a meaningful learning experience and special treat this coming weekend, said Sensei Melvaughn Coutain of the Grenada School of Martial Arts, […]
Cadrona Home benefits from Netherlands Insurance Sponsored, Wonderful World Concert!
It is indeed a wonderful world when we can give back to our community in a meaningful way. The Cadrona Home for the Aged is the most recent beneficiary of one of the many exceptional benefit concerts produced by Valerie Daniel, local opera /concert singer and voice specialist. The benefit […]
Former foreign minister David joins PM Mitchell’s ruling party
Former foreign minister Peter David, who served more than 10 years as general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has now joined the ruling New National Party (NNP) of Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell. David, who served in the NDC government after its 2008 general election victory, was formally […]
Endorsement of Peter David
St. George’s, Grenada May 20th, 2014: The New National Party wishes to extend a special invitation to you the Media, Party supporters and the general public to attend an endorsement ceremony at the Paraclete Government school on Tuesday 20th May in the constituency of St. Andrew North West, starting at 6pm. This […]
CIBC FirstCaribbean toasts staff on Employee Appreciation Day
St. George’s, Grenada, May 15, 2014– CIBC FirstCaribbean celebrated its over 3000 employees across its 17 territories on Thursday May 15 as part of the annual Employee Appreciation Day activities. The leadership of the regional bank joined with their colleagues from the CIBC group worldwide in saying a rousing “thank […]
Town Hall meeting planned to educate citizens on the CCJ
Beausejour, Carriacou, May 16, 2014- As Grenada pushes forward with constitutional reform, one of the issues being raised is making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the nation’s final Appellate Court. Supporting Grenada’s move to the CCJ is Hon. Elvin Nimrod, Minister for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs. He is also […]
Westerhall Estate Workers get increase in wages
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, May 15, 2014 – GIS: Some fourteen workers at Westerhall Estate are to benefit from a three percent increase in wages effective April 1, 2014. This is the result of an industrial agreement, which was signed on Tuesday May 13, 2014, between the Grenada Seamen and Waterfront Workers […]
Former Honorary Consul General of Grenada in New York Stephen “Spin Break” Alexander Eulogy
Stephen Walter Alexander better known as “Spin Break” was born in the community of Grand Bras in the parish of St. Andrews, Grenada on May 12th 1940. He was the son of Veronica Alexander and William Thomas but was raised by his grandmother Lucy Bernard. They are all now deceased. […]
Grenada Trade union leader accuses colleagues of “instigating’’ booing
St George’s, May 11, 2014 – Trade union veteran Chester Humphrey, who was booed by some workers at Grenada’s May Day rally, alleges that the jeering was politically instigated from inside the labour movement itself. It was “politics’’ and “it was organized and instigated’’, said Humphrey, a former labour senator. […]
Grenadian trade unionist speaks about “booing” during May Day celebrations
GRENADIAN trade unionist Chester Humphrey who was surprisingly jeered at the recent May Day celebrations in St George’s rcent spoke about the incident in an exclusive interview with the St George’s based weekly newspaper CARIBUPDATE WEEKLY. The interview was conducted by the newspaper’s editor Lincoln Depradine, and reproduced here with the appropriate […]
