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 […]
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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 […]
Statement by the National Democratic Congress on the improvement of Cuba –US relations
The National Democratic Congress welcomes wholeheartedly the announcement of a number of measures by the governments of Cuba and the United States to normalise relations. This development is a major step forward in a positive direction which will reduce the hostile and confrontational engagement between two important member nations in […]
Malcolm X was right about the US human rights issue
By Arley Gill I am not an expert on race relations in the United States of America; but I must admit as a black man, my interest was aroused over the last couple of weeks with the decisions of two grand juries and the response by the black communities and […]
Politics & Political Lessons
Editorial, Caribupdate Weekly December 11, 2014 The past week or so has seen the emergence of political landmarks – local and regional – and lessons that have not been lost on some political observers. On Friday, here in Grenada, former MP Edzel Thomas is being buried. The only tribute to […]
“We are not involved in that,” ….Lennox Linton states categorically
Leader of the United Workers Party (UWP) Lennox Linton is calling on the Christian Council to intervene in order to stop the Leader of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) from wrongly attributing statements to him. Recently the DLP, UWP and the media were invited to sign an electoral code of […]
