Thirty five year old former Guyana sprinter Roger Gill, who competed for Guyana at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta was killed in a car crash in Brooklyn on Sunday March 2, 2008. The 2008 BMW in which Gill was riding hit an unoccupied truck early Sunday morning. He died shortly after at […]
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Did ‘Bushman’ abused Police Officers?
Popular reggae singer Dwight ‘Bushman’ Duncan has been left distraught after claims of being abused by police officers outside of a carnival event in St Thomas last Saturday.
TRADE: U.S.-Colombia Pact Mired in Row Over Labour Abuses – Charles Davis
WASHINGTON, Mar (IPS) – U.S. President George W. Bush has made the passing of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia one of his administration’s top priorities, arguing that a failure to do so would harm U.S. national security and hurt relations with one of Washington’s few remaining allies in […]
Prime Minister’s Mitchell Suite Dissmissed
ST GEORGE ‘S, Grenada: The Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the Prime Minister of Grenada Keith Mitchell in relation to a libel action commenced by him last year against Lloyd Noel and Cayman Net Ltd, the parent company of Caribbean […]
PRIME MINISTER BRIEFED ON GRENVILLE MARKET SQUARE PROJECT
Officials of the Ministry Of Communication and Works and the Project Coordination Unit of the Ministry of Economic Development and Planning have briefed Prime Minister Dr. The Rt. Hon. Mitchell, on the current status and scheduled implementation of the Grenville Market Square Development Project.
Easter Extravaganza at Peter de Savary’s Mount Cinnamon Grenada
Peter De Savary’s Mount Cinnamon villa resort is pleased to announce “Easter Extravaganza.” The brand new resort has only just recently opened on March 1, but is already creating an impressive programme for its guests. From March 20th to 27th, guests at Mount Cinnamon will be treated to a week-long […]
The Annual Job Ready Workshop “Exceptional Customer Service and Professionalism”
The Job Center has taken the initiative to organized The Cable and Wireless Annual Job Ready Workshops in the mainland and in Carriacou. The event which is carded to take place on March 6th and March 27th in Grenada and Carriacou respectively will target job seekers, new hires, forms four […]
MV WINNIFRED CREW SAFE – VESSEL SPOTTED IN VENEZUELA
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is reporting that the crew of the MV Winnifred is safe. The Grenadian-registered cargo boat which left Trinidad for Grenada on Thursday February 28, 2008, was reported to have been missing.
TUC CONDEMNS POLICE SECRET RECORDING
The Grenada Trades’ Union Council (TUC) is horror-struck with the news that a young Police Officer was caught clandestinely recording a meeting of Her Majesty’s Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at its Lucas Street Party Headquarters in St. George’s on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008.
Happy Hill School Painting
Ingrid Jackson, the NDC election candidate for St. George North-West, says a group of young people who engaged in a painting project in the community last weekend should be a model for other youth to follow.
ITB Berlin MARCH 5-9, 2008
The world’s most important trade and consumer show for the travel industry opens its doors at Berlin’s trade show site from 5th to 9th March, 2008. The whole world meets at ITB Berlin – people working in the travel industry and people who want to catch up on the most […]
DR ALEXIS: NNP baiting Grenada crisis
The New National Party government of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is trying to provoke a crisis situation in Grenada, former Attorney General Dr. Francis Alexis warned Saturday.
MEMO: Questions Sen. Obama Should Answer About Tony Rezko
Regarding: Questions Sen. Obama Should Answer About Tony Rezko The trial of indicted influence peddler Tony Rezko – longtime friend and political patron of Sen. Barack Obama — starts today . Sen. Obama’s name has already surfaced in pre-trial documents submitted by the prosecution and, according to media reports, is […]
NAFTA-Gate: False Denials from the Obama Campaign
Over the last few days, the Obama campaign has made a number of false claims about its communication with the Canadian government regarding Sen. Obama’s position on NAFTA.
RIGHTS-LATIN AMERICA: Men Have Gender Issues, Too – Dalia Acosta
HAVANA, Feb 28 (IPS) – Although it may seem obvious, the need to involve men in the effort to attain gender equality is not clear to everyone in Latin America and the Caribbean, where quite a few people think it is an issue that mainly concerns the women’s rights movement.
