In what is being heralded as a milestone achievement by the small regional Collective Management Organization, the Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO) Inc. will on Friday 5th August 2011, distribute royalties to its members and members of affiliated societies around the world for performances of their music […]
Caribbean News and Sports
Jr Calypso Monarch merge with Intercol Soca Monarch
Due to the inclement weather on Saturday, the Junior Calypso Monarch competition was postponed. The CCF Committee and the Ministry of Culture has agreed to merge the Junior Calypso with the Intercol Soca Monarch Competition this afternoon at the Grenada National Stadium.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — A Caribbean Airlines jet with 163 passengers on board from New York touched down on rainy runway, then slid through a chain-link fence and broke apart just short of a ravine on Saturday in Guyana. Miraculously there were no immediate reports of death, despite several dozen of […]
Early HIV planning work saving the lives of Jamaican children
Tracy Evans-Gilbert (With stethescope around her neck) and her Teamat the Cornwall Regional Hospitals Paediatric HIV Clini By: Andrea Downer, Journalist Kingston, Jamaica. July 29, 2011- The recent 31% decline in the number of pediatric deaths in Jamaican children announced by Minister of Health, Rudyard Spencer is not a surprise […]
Labour Minister says there should be no workplace discrimination
St. George’s, July 29, 2011 (GIS) – Labour Minister Glynis Roberts has said that a collaborative approach is required in dealing with workers known to be infected with HIV or AIDS.
FIREARM AND AMMUNITION CHARGES LAID
— Alister Stanisclaus 31 years old Businessman and Andy John 28 years old Farmer have been charged for the offense of possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition.
Cultural industry specialist impressed with Jab Jab, Spicemas branding
St. George’s, July 28, 2011 – One of the Caribbean’s foremost experts on the region’s cultural industry has highly commended the branding of Spicemas, saying there is nothing like Grenada’s Jab Jab.
FORMER FINANCE MINISTER SAYS REVIEW POSTPONEMENT IS A BIG JOKE
St. George’s, Grenada – July 28, 2011 – St. George’s, Grenada: Former Minister of Finance Sen. the Hon. Anthony Boatswain says there is only one reason why the Government of Grenada would postpone the second review of the country’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF); and that is because it has failed […]
POLICE DONATES TO SECONDARY SCHOOL FIRST TIMERS
The Royal Grenada Police Force will pay out just under 30-thousand dollars in grant to Secondary School first timers.
CHILD DIES IN HOUSE FIRE
A late evening fire in St. Andrew’s on Tuesday 26th July 2011 has left the community of Post Royal in mourning as an eight month old baby girl lost her life tragically.
THE LONDON CROWD IMPRESSED WITH NNP’S NEW MEMBER MR. NICKOLAS STELLE
London, July 27th, 2011: The New National Party’s caretaker for the Town of St George Mr. Nickolas Steele who is accompanying former Prime Minister and Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal opposition Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell on his overseas tour to major cities in London and North America, made […]
Government takes steps to improve insurance regulations
St. George’s, July 27, 2011 (GIS) – Parliament has passed an insurance amendment act 2011 which seeks to change certain provisions of the Insurance Act 2010.
Return of the Central Committee? by Stanley Charles
Large numbers of Grenadian ex-soldiers reflect on the bloody halt and implosion of the revolution each year around the usual remembrance/invasion period. Almost to a man (woman) wishing they had challenged and say no to the group charged with killing the Comrade Leader and the slaughtering of civilians back in […]
Grenadian-Canadian athlete wins National Track League title
Athlete Phylicia George, a Canadian with Grenadian roots, is having what sports commentators describe as a breakout season on the Canadian track circuit.
2011 GCC – LIME Soca Monarch Semifinal – Order of Appearance
2011 GCC – LIME Soca Monarch Semifinal – Order of Appearance
