ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JUNE 7th, 2011_Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas this afternoon left Grenada for New York, where he will attend the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS, which begins on Wednesday at 9.00AM.
Caribbean News and Sports
Visit gives rise to idea of Grenada/Trinidad mini pan competition
By Lincoln Depradine St. George’s, June 6, 2011 – It was an experiment that worked and now there is consideration to organising a mini Trinidad/Grenada steelbands’ competition. Minister of State for Culture, Senator Arley Gill, and Grenada Carnival Committee (GCC) chairman, Colin Dowe, have both promised to try and make […]
Grenada beaten 4-0 by Jamaica
Jamaica defeated Grenada in their opening game of the Gold Cup in California 4-0. It was a disgraceful performance by Grenada, they never look like scoring a gold for the entire game. Maybe Grenada should stay with the players that brought them to the Gold Cup. I don’t see where […]
TCL Group Skiffle Bunch joins the Launch of Spicemas 2011
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, June 6, 2011 – The Grenada Carnival Committee (GCC) will like to express its sincerest thanks to the National Lottery Authority (NLA), L.L. Ramdhanny & Co. Ltd. and George F. Huggins (Grenada) Limited for facilitating the participation of the TCL Group Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra in the […]
Pannist enjoys Grenada, grandfather’s homeland
By Lincoln Depradine St. George’s, June 5, 2011 – Trinidadian Keina Calliste is the daughter of one of the Caribbean’s greatest calypsonians and she has familial ties to Grenada.
Costa Rica: An Army-Less Nation in a Problem-Prone Region
The Central American nation of Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world that does not possess a standing military. Nevertheless, Costa Rica, like other Latin American countries, faces a variety of security threats that test the country’s security capacity. Major national security issues include border control, […]
INDIA TOUR OF WEST INDIES LAUNCHES IN PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD COURTESY OF DIGICEL
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 – Port of Spain, Trinidad: Digicel, proud sponsor of West Indies Cricket, last night officially launched the arrival and upcoming series of India Vs. West Indies at a cocktail event in Movietowne, Invaders Bay. This glamorous affair, which also incorporated the Trinidad Premiere of “Fire in […]
Steelband Jamboree: Trinidad versus Grenada
The Grenada Carnival Committee and the Grenada Steelband Association proudly announces a grand Steelband Jamboree this Friday.
HISTORY-MAKING PARENT CONFERENCE IN TORONTO
Another 15 year old boy has been tragically gunned down on the streets of Toronto. For the past decade, we have seen scores of boys being cut down in the prime of their lives, creating what is now a desensitized reaction of “Oh another one!” within our communities. These […]
Roberts implicates GFA in Warner, FIFA scandal
St. George’s, May 31, 2011 – A former Grenada national football player, who has served on the executive of the Grenada Football Association (GFA), has implicated the association in the money scandal that has resulted in the suspension of Jack Warner from FIFA, football’s world governing body.
FORMER GRENADIAN FINANCE MINISTER TAKES THE NDC GOVERNMENT TO TASK
Tuesday 31st May, 2011: Former Minister of Finance Senator Anthony Boatswain has taken the NDC Government to task on what he has described as bad policies and bad economic management of the Grenadian economy. Senator Boatswain speaking at the NNP’s rally on Sunday in the northern parish of St. Patrick […]
FORMER GRENADIAN PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES TO RETAIN PROJECTS OF NDC GOVERNMENT WHEN RETURNED TO OFFICE
Tuesday 31st May, 2011: Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Mitchell, has pledged to retain all projects of the present NDC Administration on returning to office. Speaking of his prior experience after the 1995 General Election which returned the NNP to office with himself as Prime Minister, Dr. Mitchell spoke of ensuring […]
MASSIVE TURNOUT TO OPPOSITIONS SUCCESSFUL PROTEST MARCH
Tuesday 31st May, 2011: Grenadians turned out in vast numbers to the Opposition New National Party’s protest march against the High Cost of Living, in St. Patrick’s, on Sunday May 29th. The march started at the entrance to the Mac Donald College at around 3:30pm and proceeded along High Street […]
SENATOR BOATSWAIN CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO STABILIZE THE PRICE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Tuesday 31st May, 2011: The New National Party (NNP) shadow minister for Finance, Senator Anthony Boatswain has called on the NDC Government to take immediate action to stabilize the price of petroleum products on the Grenadian market.
OPPOSITION DISCUSSES TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Former Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell and Former Deputy Prime Minister, Senator the Honourable Gregory Bowen met with a team from the Commonwealth Secretariat. The team comprised Dr. Mark Kirton and Ms. Zahra Alleyne of the secretariat as well as Ms. Carina Aird and Anna Brizan of […]
