During the last campaign leading up to the General Election of July 8th 2008 in which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was voted into office, the NDC made a number of promises to the people that should they be given the opportunity to lead the country for the next five years […]
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Attempts to bring more land under agricultural production
St. George’s, June 11, 2011 – The Grenada government is strongly supporting two initiatives designed to bring more land under agricultural production, a local monthly newspaper has reported.
Carnival City up and Running
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, June 10, 2011 – One of the innovations promised by the Grenada Carnival Committee (GCC) for 2011 was the hosting of a Carnival City. Thursday, June 9 saw the delivery of that promise and what a lovely affair it was. The amphitheatre nestled within the ruins of […]
WOMEN OF THE NEW NATIONAL PARTY SUPPORT WOMEN’S SEMINAR
Tuesday 7th June, 2011: Women of the New National Party (NNP) came out in vast numbers on Monday June 6th, to support a women’s conference spearheaded by the Women’s Arm of the NNP; at the Grenada Trade Centre Annex. Hundreds of women from all corners of the island came out […]
NNP – ELECTIONS ARE COMING!!!
Tuesday 7th June: 2011: Political Leader of the New National Party and Former Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell has hinted at an early poll by the ruling NDC Administration. Speaking to hundreds of women supporters at an NNP Women’s Seminar at the Grenada Trade Centre […]
PRIME MINISTER LEADS GRENADA DELEGATION TO UN CONFERENCE ON HIV
ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JUNE 7th, 2011_Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas this afternoon left Grenada for New York, where he will attend the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS, which begins on Wednesday at 9.00AM.
Visit gives rise to idea of Grenada/Trinidad mini pan competition
By Lincoln Depradine St. George’s, June 6, 2011 – It was an experiment that worked and now there is consideration to organising a mini Trinidad/Grenada steelbands’ competition. Minister of State for Culture, Senator Arley Gill, and Grenada Carnival Committee (GCC) chairman, Colin Dowe, have both promised to try and make […]
TCL Group Skiffle Bunch joins the Launch of Spicemas 2011
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, June 6, 2011 – The Grenada Carnival Committee (GCC) will like to express its sincerest thanks to the National Lottery Authority (NLA), L.L. Ramdhanny & Co. Ltd. and George F. Huggins (Grenada) Limited for facilitating the participation of the TCL Group Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra in the […]
Pannist enjoys Grenada, grandfather’s homeland
By Lincoln Depradine St. George’s, June 5, 2011 – Trinidadian Keina Calliste is the daughter of one of the Caribbean’s greatest calypsonians and she has familial ties to Grenada.
Costa Rica: An Army-Less Nation in a Problem-Prone Region
The Central American nation of Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world that does not possess a standing military. Nevertheless, Costa Rica, like other Latin American countries, faces a variety of security threats that test the country’s security capacity. Major national security issues include border control, […]
INDIA TOUR OF WEST INDIES LAUNCHES IN PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD COURTESY OF DIGICEL
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 – Port of Spain, Trinidad: Digicel, proud sponsor of West Indies Cricket, last night officially launched the arrival and upcoming series of India Vs. West Indies at a cocktail event in Movietowne, Invaders Bay. This glamorous affair, which also incorporated the Trinidad Premiere of “Fire in […]
Steelband Jamboree: Trinidad versus Grenada
The Grenada Carnival Committee and the Grenada Steelband Association proudly announces a grand Steelband Jamboree this Friday.
HISTORY-MAKING PARENT CONFERENCE IN TORONTO
Another 15 year old boy has been tragically gunned down on the streets of Toronto. For the past decade, we have seen scores of boys being cut down in the prime of their lives, creating what is now a desensitized reaction of “Oh another one!” within our communities. These […]
Roberts implicates GFA in Warner, FIFA scandal
St. George’s, May 31, 2011 – A former Grenada national football player, who has served on the executive of the Grenada Football Association (GFA), has implicated the association in the money scandal that has resulted in the suspension of Jack Warner from FIFA, football’s world governing body.
FORMER GRENADIAN FINANCE MINISTER TAKES THE NDC GOVERNMENT TO TASK
Tuesday 31st May, 2011: Former Minister of Finance Senator Anthony Boatswain has taken the NDC Government to task on what he has described as bad policies and bad economic management of the Grenadian economy. Senator Boatswain speaking at the NNP’s rally on Sunday in the northern parish of St. Patrick […]
