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St. George’s, Grenada, May 15, 2014– CIBC FirstCaribbean celebrated its over 3000 employees across its 17 territories on Thursday May 15 as part of the annual Employee Appreciation Day activities. The leadership of the regional bank joined with their colleagues from the CIBC group worldwide in saying a rousing “thank […]

Beausejour, Carriacou, May 16, 2014- As Grenada pushes forward with constitutional reform, one of the issues being raised is making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the nation’s final Appellate Court. Supporting Grenada’s move to the CCJ is Hon. Elvin Nimrod, Minister for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs. He is also […]

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, May 15, 2014 – GIS: Some fourteen workers at Westerhall Estate are to benefit from a three percent increase in wages effective April 1, 2014. This is the result of an industrial agreement, which was signed on Tuesday May 13, 2014, between the Grenada Seamen and Waterfront Workers […]

Stephen Walter Alexander better known as “Spin Break” was born in the community of Grand Bras in the parish of St. Andrews, Grenada on May 12th 1940.  He was the son of Veronica Alexander and William Thomas but was raised by his grandmother Lucy Bernard. They are all now deceased. […]

St George’s, May 11, 2014 – Trade union veteran Chester Humphrey, who was booed by some workers at Grenada’s May Day rally, alleges that the jeering was politically instigated from inside the labour movement itself. It was “politics’’ and “it was organized and instigated’’, said Humphrey, a former labour senator. […]

GRENADIAN trade unionist Chester Humphrey who was surprisingly jeered at the recent May Day celebrations in St George’s rcent spoke about the incident in an exclusive interview with the St George’s based weekly newspaper CARIBUPDATE WEEKLY. The interview was conducted by the newspaper’s editor Lincoln Depradine, and reproduced here with the appropriate […]

The assumption here is that a group of right thinking individuals sat around a table in what one presumes was a discussion of some measurable intellect and came up with this as the theme for the 2014 carnival season –   Spicemas the MECCA of Calypso and Soca. The capitalization of […]

During the 2002 and 2003 Carnival seasons an innovative and creative idea gave birth to the concept of a Made In Grenada Show. Back then it was essentially a total local showcase featuring 40 Local Artistes, Local Food and Local Drinks in a sensational celebration of all things Grenadian. While […]

The family of Stephen “Spinbreak” Alexander who served as Grenada’s Honorary  Consul General in New York during the period 1995 to 1996 will like to inform the general public especially the Grenadian Community that he passed away on April29th 2014. He is survived by his wife and children and a […]

By Gerry Hopkin A special line of products, under the 4Life Transfer Factor brand, would be launched at the Grenada Trade Centre in Morne Rouge, St. George, on Wednesday, April 30 at 4:30 pm. Mr. Melvaughn Coutain, a naturopathic consultant and martial arts instructor, who is also the lead distributor […]

After a one year absence the, Made In Grenada Person of the Month, returns beginning January 2014. The Award will feature persons in the field of entertainment, arts, culture, sports and community development. The purpose of the award is to bring National prominence to persons who through their everyday efforts, […]

St George’s, Grenada, April 27, 2014: A Grenadian businessman, who is part of a group planning to invest in hotel construction on the island, has said that work on the first project should begin before year-end. Danny Fakhre, a ship owner and international meat and livestock trader, was quoted in […]