Monday January 25th 2010 – Kingston, Jamaica: Digicel today announced details of its collaboration with international reggae artist, Shaggy, and renowned producer, Christopher Birch, to write and produce a song – Rise Again – to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund.
Caribbean News and Sports
Possible shooting of films in Grenada
St. George’s, January 25, 2009 (GIS) – Senator Arley Gill, Minister of State responsible for Culture, says an opportunity could be opening to record part of Grenada’s cultural history on film.
GRENADA TURNS 36 ON FEB. 7, 2010
BROOKLYN, New York – The Grenada Independence Anniversary Committee of New York, in conjunction with the Grenada Consulate General, will be celebrating a week of activities marking Grenada’s 36th anniversary as an independent nation.
LAND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Grenada Budget 2010 St. George’s, January 22, 2010 – The Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project in the Ministry of Agriculture is taking steps to develop a training resource guide on wise land management for the construction, tourism and agriculture industries.
Prime Minister meets Indian delegation
ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JANUARY 22nd, 2010_ Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has welcomed an Indian delegation to his Botanical Gardens Office to discuss the development of the small business sector in Grenada.
Youth Ministry considering criminal investigation into missing items
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 20, 2010 – The Ministry of Youth Empowerment and Sports is contemplating a criminal investigation into the disappearance of items from the department and a lack of account for other equipment.
Grenada Government plans to light up rural playing fields
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 20, 2010 – Government wants to resuscitate night time recreation, with plans to lit one playing field in each parish as part of the development of the physical infrastructure.
DELTA TO BEGIN NON-STOP WEEKLY SERVICE TO GRENADA IN JULY 2010
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 20, 2010 – The world’s largest airline will begin operations into Grenada this summer.
Resumption of China-Grenada diplomatic ties marked
PHOTO CAPTION: Grenadian Ambassador to China Marcelle Gairy (1st L) and Uyunqimg (3rd L), Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) attend a banquet celebrating the fifth anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic ties between China and Grenada in Beijing, China, Jan. 20, 2010. (Xinhua/Liu […]
TRI-CENNTIAL OF TOWN OF ST. GEORGE OFFICIAL LAUNCH
St. George’s, January 19, 2010 – Activities to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Town of St. George will be officially launched this Sunday, January 24.
GANGA – “T20 Match on Wednesday for Haiti will be Emotional”
The players of the national cricket teams of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have been highly commended by their respective captains for their positive and humanitarian response to the call to contribute to the fund-raising match for the earthquake-stricken victims in Haiti. Sewnarine Chattergoon and Daren Ganga were unable to […]
GOVERNMENT DEMOLISHING OF DEBRA FELIX’S HOME AT HOPE\MT. FAN, ST. ANDREW’S HEARTLESS, SAYS ALEXIS
St. George’s, Grenada – January 18, 2010: The demolishing last week by the Government of Grenada of the home of the single-parent family headed by 31 year old Debra Felix, on Government land at Hope\Mt. Fan, St. Andrew’s, is heartless, callous and unfeeling. So says Dr Francis Alexis, condemning the […]
COMMUNIQUE FROM THE CARICOM CONSULAR CORPS IN TORONTO
The members of the CARICOM Consular Corps in Toronto express deep regret and anguish over the tragedy that has befallen one of their member states, Haiti.
NorthStar Utilities expands presence in Caribbean with selection by National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA)
OTTAWA, ON-14 January 2010- NorthStar Utilities Solutions, a division of Harris Computer Systems, announced today that National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA), located in St. Georges, Grenada, West Indies, has chosen NorthStar CIS for providing its customers superior customer relations management and utility billing. The NAWASA CIS project implementation includes […]
HAITI: As Aid Efforts Flounder, Haitians Rely on Each Other By Ansel Herz
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 15, 2010 (IPS) – The roof of Haiti’s national penitentiary is missing. The four walls of the prison rise up and break off, leaving only the empty sky overhead.
