St. George’s, July 8, 2011 – Students at Grenada’s oldest high school have are being urged to maintain the long and rich history of the institution. “We ask that you wear the uniform with dignity and pride,’’ students at the Grenada Boys’ Secondary School (GBSS) were told during the school’s […]
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PM Thomas looking for greater Caribbean/Latin American ties
St. George’s, July 7, 2011 (GIS) – Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas is interested is further cementing ties with Venezuela and other South American countries, which can help Grenada develop its energy resource sector. “We really want to see that community of Latin America and the Caribbean become more of […]
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO INCREASE FEES
St. George’s, Grenada, July 6th 2011: Members of Her Majesty’s Opposition is calling on the Government to reconsider the decision to increase fees for students attending the TA Marryshow Community College (TAMCC) in September 2011.
Concern expressed at reading and spelling of young people
St. George’s, July 6, 2011 (GIS) – A politician and a retired educator are concerned that the shorthand writing and spelling used in e-mailing, texting and in other social networking, is creeping in to formal correspondence by young people. The concern of Tourism Minister Peter David and former Grenada Union […]
Carnival City Bows to the GCC – LIME Soca Monarch Quarterfinals
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, July 5, 2011 – The GCC will like to inform the public, that Carnival City at Fort Mathew will not take place this coming Thursday, July 7 and Sunday, July 10th due to the GCC – LIME Soca Monarch Quarter Finals which kicks off at Cuthbert Peters […]
GCC – LIME Soca Monarch Quarterfinals Begin
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, July 5, 2011 – One hundred and thirty six (136) Soca Artistes will face a five man panel of judges beginning this Thursday as the annual Soca Caravan begins. The GCC – LIME Soca Monarch Quarterfinal competition moves across four parishes as the soca stars attempt to […]
Pavilion and library to be part of Mon Tout Complex
St. George’s, July 4, 2011 – Government officials have said that work on the construction of a multipurpose complex in Mon Tout, St. George’s, could begin within four to six weeks.
Senator Antoine Promoting Carnival Trinidad
St. George’s, July 4, 2011 – Grenada’s cultural and tourism officials have branded the recent promotional visit to Trinidad as “highly successful.’’ Representatives from the Grenada Board of Tourism and the Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association were part of the delegation that included Tourism Minister Peter David and Senator Arley […]
Project STOP ‘n’ THINK-Grenada 2011”
At 7.55 P.M on Wednesday, July 06, 2011, Neals J. Chitan- the Grenadian-born president and frontline speaker of Motiv-8 For Change International, a Canadian based High Impact Social Skill Agency touches down at Maurice Bishop International Airport.
New Dimensions are 2011 carnival competition first winners
St. George’s, July 2, 2011 – Spicemas 2011 has crowned its first official winner of this year’s carnival celebrations. Coyaba New Dimensions, by a mere half point, edged out Republic Bank Angel Harps to win Friday’s Bomb Tune Competition organised by the Grenada Steelbands’ Association (GSA) and the Grenada Carnival […]
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DONATING COMPUTERS TO GBSS
Toronto, Ontario, Canada – July 1, 2011: The GBSS Alumni Association of Toronto has followed up on its commitment to support the development of a Learning Resource Centre at the institution by donating 14 New Desktop Computers that will give students full access to a variety of information technology tools.
Heartbreak when the love is gone
By Hamlet Mark I remember the night of July 8, 2008 as if it were yesterday. There was an excitement and an expectation in the air – that I had not seen before on an election night – and I had covered every victory celebration since the so-called return of […]
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASMENT FOR GRENADA MR. PRIME MINISTER
St. George’s, Grenada, June 28th 2011: The New National Party is saddened with the state of the economy and the apparent lack of concern for the health sector especially the lack of empathy from the Government for those affected and in need of special care.
Grenville Project continues government’s job creation, infrastructural development
——————– St. George’s, June 25, 2011 – Government has commenced the first phase of the Greater Grenville Project, calling it the continuation of a series of job-creation and infrastructural development initiatives that has been taking place in the last three years. Works Minister Joseph Gilbert has dismissed as “old talk,’’ […]