By Gerry Hopkin, JD As the Spice Isles — Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, prepare to celebrate 41 years of independence on February 7, 2015, it is important for us to be cognizant of the fact that INDEPENDENCE is about much more than a day when we officially earned the […]
News
News from around the world and the Caribbean News and information
STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC) ON THE PASSING OF KHALIL LEWIS
The Political Leader and Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) take this opportunity to express our profound condolences to our executive member, Mr. Vincent Roberts, on the passing of his son, Khalil Lewis, on Friday, January 23, 2015. The party also extends similar sentiments to Khalil’s mother, Ms. Petipha […]
World Fuel Prices Push Electricity Rate to Lowest Level in Four Years
Tuesday, 27 January 2015: Grenada Electricity Services Ltd. (GRENLEC) is pleased to note that lower fuel prices on the world market have significantly lowered the cost of electricity. In January, GRENLEC announced a fuel rate of $0.4759/kWh or unit. This means customers are paying the lowest fuel charge since November 2010 […]
CTU celebrates 25th Anniversary with ICT Week in Port of Spain
Jan 27, 2015. Port of Spain—Prime Minister of Grenada Dr Keith Mitchell is among several high-profile speakers to present at a regional conference to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) next week. Among the technology development experts slated to speak at the CTU’s quarter-century celebrations are Professor […]
WICB seeks ICC assistance in resolving India situation – WICB to send delegation to meet with BCCI
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today communicated its intent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to find a workable solution for the premature end of the West Indies tour of India in October 2014. WICB President Dave Cameron met with some of […]
STATEMENT BY THE NDC ON THE DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT AT THE MEDIA WORKERS ASSOCIATION OF GRENADA ( MWAG) AWARDS CEREMONY
The National Democratic Congress regards with much alarm and disbelief, the reaction of Prime Minster Mitchell and other Government officials to the embarrassment caused to the Ambassador of the Peoples Republic of China, and indeed to the Government and People of the People’s Republic of China, by the recent statement […]
WIA MAKES DONATION OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO FIRE VICTIMS OF OLEON DENNERY & LA GUERRE BABONNEAU
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia – Monday, January 12, 2015 – The Women’s Arm of the United Workers’ Party, Women in Action (WIA) will make a presentation of school supplies to two young ladies who lost their dwelling by fire, over the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays at La Guerre, Babonneau and […]
Pierre cared about staff’s wellbeing
By Lincoln Depradine Though much has been written and said about Leslie Pierre since his passing in December, I still feel constrained to publicly express my condolences to his wife, Clytie, his children, grandchildren and other surviving relatives. It will be remiss of me if I did not pay even […]
US & Cuba: Time for good neighbourliness
By Arley Gill At the Treaty of Paris in 1898, Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba and Puerto Rico. This was followed by US military government in Cuba. Subsequently, the US passed the Platt Amendment which allowed the United States to establish and maintain tremendous influence on the Caribbean island of […]
Delta announces new service to Grenada
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, January 9, 2015 – GIS: Delta Airline has announced that it will be starting a new weekly service between Atlanta and Grenada this summer. The United States based airline says the new service will be operated on Saturdays starting June 6th 2015 and ending August 15 2015. […]
National Celebrations Committee reveals plans 2015 Independence Celebrations
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, January 8, 2015 – GIS: Almost one month away from Grenada’s anticipated 41st Independence Anniversary, the National Celebrations Committee (NCC), on Tuesday, hosted a media launch to formally begin the countdown to the grand patriotic event. The NCC revealed that this year’s celebrations will be observed under […]
NEW PARTNERSHIP TO PROPEL CARIBBEAN FOOD AND BEVERAGE SECTOR
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (January 7, 2015) – Renewed hope for the region’s agricultural sector is on the horizon with the imminent announcement of a global initiative to transform the Caribbean’s food and beverage industry. The US-based Global Business Innovation Corporation (GBIC), comprising business partners from the United States, […]
Calypso Rose performs before appreciative crowd
Though she was barely able to walk a week before because of gout, Calypso Rose was still able to woo her audience Sunday afternoon/evening, as Brooklyn paid tribute to the woman who “broke the glass ceiling” in the calypso genre. “This woman – sometimes I sit and wonder what got […]
The Parliament must meet monthly to do the people’s business
…Opposition Leader, Lennox Linton The United Workers Party would like at least one meeting of Parliament per month to effectively deal with the people’s business. All members of Team Dominica, the six who were elected and the four nominated as Senators, are fully ready for Parliament. UWP Leader Lennox Linton […]
Christmas: A Welcomed Respite
Caribupdate Weekly, Editorial December 18, 2014 Christmas is just days away and we all should welcome the respite of the holiday; embrace it as an opportunity to turn down the temperature and ease up on grating on the national psyche. Lord knows we are used to political histrionics in this […]
