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 […]
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CIBC FirstCaribbean and the RGPF Partner to Renew Road Signs in St. George’s
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 […]
CARCIP partners with local college to widen Internet access in Saint Lucia
The Saint Lucia Ministry of Public Service, Information and Broadcasting is partnering with the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College to conduct a series of surveys, as part of an in-depth analysis of the nation’s urban and rural broadband Internet connectivity gaps. The exercise is being rolled out in communities across […]
Sounding the Alarm in Jamaica! Neals J.
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 […]
Regional solutions to regional problems
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 […]
At the heart of US/Venezuela Relations
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 […]
Saint Lucia deepens investment in local technology sector
Saint Lucia is rolling out a series of training workshops intended to strengthen its information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The workshops will provide orientation and accreditation to eligible institutions or individuals who are interested in conducting training for an upcoming ICT Skills Development Programme, which covers a number of areas […]
Kaiso contribution with Chalkie
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 […]
Windies Cricket & UWI
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 […]
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE LEADER OF THE NDC, V. NAZIM BURKE ON THE OCASSION OF THE 27TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PARTY HELD AT GRENVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL (GSS) ON MARCH 1ST 2015.
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 […]
HIGHEST RESULTS IN FOUR YEARS FOR CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN
Bridgetown, Barbados 26th February 2015. CIBC FirstCaribbean has announced its best quarterly financial performance in four years. For the three months ended January 31, 2015, the Bank recorded net income of $26.6 million, which is its best performance since 2010. In making the announcement, CEO Rik Parkhill, noted: “Our results […]
Grenadian Educator to provide supplies to St Andrew School
NEW YORK, February 26, 2015 – Grenadian-born and New York-based High School educator and college professor, Dr Anthony Bridgeman, once again is giving back to his homeland. Together with one of his high school groups, West Islip High School, National English Honor Society, they have collected school supplies to send […]
Regional Cold War
Caribupdate Weekly, Editorial February 26, 2015 For Grenadians and other Caribbean nationals who have been celebrating last December’s announcement of plans by the US and Cuba to normalize relations, taking it as a sign of the end of the cold war in this part of world, development in Venezuela last […]
MY BROTHERS’ KEEPER
By Neals J. Chitan The dawn of Monday, January 12th 2015 brought heavy dark clouds of grief, sadness and hopelessness over the northern coastal community of Fancy in the beautiful island paradise of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The driver of a minibus destined for the capital city of Kingstown […]
STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC) ON THE ON-GOING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PROCESS
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) wishes to register its outright disappointment with the recent announcement by Government of Grenada, as conveyed to us by the Constitution Reform Advisory Committee (CRAC), regarding the on- going Constitution Reform Process. In its communiqué to the National Democratic Congress, the committee advised that the […]
