By David Kuan-Chou Chien The 71st World Health Assembly (WHA) will meet in Geneva from May 21-26 of this year, and Taiwan, as an active global health partner seeks participation. Since 2009 to 2016, Taiwan has been invited to the WHA as an observer and shared its unique experience in […]
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Action Plan Sargassum clean up Campaign approved
St. George’s, May 8, 2018: The Ministry of Climate Resilience, the Environment, Forestry, Fisheries, Disaster Management and Information in collaboration with the Ministry of Health will embark on a cleanup action of the sargassum on beaches in Grenada and Carriacou. The sargassum is on various beaches such as Telescope, Soubise, Marquis […]
Services Expo 2018 – ‘ The Future is Now’
The Grenada Coalition of Service Industries is hosting their 2nd annual Services Expo under the theme ‘The future is Now’. To be held June 21st to June 22nd at the Grenada Trade Center, Morne Rouge Grenada. The 2017 Services Expo saw success in that there were 20 small, micro and […]
GUYANESE ARCHITECTURE FIRM ALLOWED TO RECOVER GY$15M
Port of Spain, Trinidad. New Building Society Ltd was ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to pay Rodrigues Architects Ltd for services provided in relation to the construction of New Building Society Ltd’s head office. The CCJ discharged a stay of execution that had been granted in a […]
CCJ’s Educational Arm to Expand Focus as CCJ Academy for Law
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Academy for Law and Court Administration (CALCA), the educational arm of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), is embracing an expanded mandate and has been reconstituted as the CCJ Academy for Law. As a part of this new development, the Academy has been incorporated […]
Government want to dispel rumor on Sending Home of Imanis
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th, 2018 –GIS: The Ministry of Youth Development, Sports, Culture and the Arts would like to dispel the rumor that the Imani Trainees especially the batches 4 and 5 would be going home very soon. The Imani programme was designed to empower our young people through the […]
CCJ President-Designate Selected by UN body for International Judicial Board
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Honorable Mr. Justice Adrian Saunders, who will assume the post as president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on July 4th, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Global Judicial Integrity Network by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) […]
Commonwealth Foreign Ministers meet at Lancaster
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA: April 19, 2018. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE:Foreign Ministers and senior officials from the 53 Commonwealth nations met at Lancaster House in London today, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM. They discussed how member states can work even closer together on sustainability, fairness, security and prosperity.The […]
Caribbean Artist Breaks His Silence as International Music Heavyweights Benefit from Caribbean’s Culture and Sound
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. April 20th, 2018: Beyonce Knowles is this month, the talk of the town. The Internet remains abuzz, singing her praise for a job well done at the recent Coachella music festival, in California. The Caribbean meanwhile, is pretty quiet and one man who’s been a part of the entertainment […]
‘Hookie’ makes major splash in Jamaica Carnival
Kingston, Jamaica (Sonique Solutions) – The recent Jamaica Carnival weekend was indeed one for the books. Adding to this mix of epic events was the inaugural ‘Hookie Jamaica’ experience which gave fete lovers an opportunity to beat the daytime heat with a pool party extravaganza complete with both breakfast and […]
Thirty nine years of diplomatic relations celebrated in Havana
TUESDAY APRIL 17TH, 2018, HAVANA, CUBA, On Saturday April 14th, 2018, the Grenada Embassy in Havana celebrated 39th years of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. Those present included Students, Cubans of Grenadian descent, representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to Grenada, other dignitaries and friends […]
Statement regarding suspected terrorist attack on Adventist Church in Pakistan
On Sunday evening, April 15, suspected terrorists opened fire in front of the Quetta Seventh-day Adventist Church in Pakistan, killing two and injuring eight. One of those killed was the 18-year old son of an Adventist church member. The leaders of the major political parties have condemned this brutal attack, for which the Islamic […]
Caribbean groups hail sexual rights ruling in T&T, call for leadership and legal services
Georgetown, Guyana – April 16, 2018: CariFLAGS (Caribbean Forum for Liberation and Acceptance of Genders and Sexualities), the LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) regional network celebrates with its member organisations and regional partners the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) High Court decision in Jason Jones vs Attorney General […]
SAINT LUCIAN JAZZ GIANTS FEATURED AT 2018 FESTIVAL
With its return to genuine jazz music, the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival will this year feature four of the most prolific and creative Saint Lucian jazz musicians. With Luther Francois, Barbara Cadet, Denys Baptiste and Ronald Boo Hinkson on its line-up, the festival pays tribute to outstanding Saint Lucian musicians […]
Adventist missionary killed in Papua, Indonesia
Apr 04, 2018 | Manilla, Philippines | Teresa Costello with additional reporting by Darron Boyd and Wesley Szamko Berni Fallery Kunu, a 24-year old health worker, serving as part of a two-man team in a remote area of the Star Mountain regency in Papua, Indonesia, was killed on March 29, […]
