Friday 11th December 2009 – Kingston, Jamaica. With less than twelve hours to go before the coaches from Sunderland AFC’s Academy of Light touch down in Trinidad for the Digicel-organised football coaching clinics, they are full of excitement for what is ahead.
Caribbean News and Sports
Another Embarrassment
Friday December 11th, 2009, St. George’s: The New National Party sees the Sun Wing fiasco as another embarrassment caused by the NDC Government. There is no excuse for the way this important inaugural flight from Toronto to Grenada was handled.
Agriculture “good news on the horizon’’
St. George’s, December 10, 2009 – The Ministry of Agriculture has a plan for the agricultural sector that includes greater emphasis on agro-processing, says agricultural official Ferron Lowe.
GRENADA BOARD OF TOURISM CONTINUES ITS REVIEW
Please visit our new discussion forum Director of Tourism with the Grenada Board of Tourism, William Joseph, has been placed on a two-week suspension while an investigation continues into the failure of his agency to greet the inaugural flight of Sunwing Airline two weeks ago.
The Truth of the Matter
Wednesday 9th December, 2009: The NNP views with alarm the recent actions of the security arm of the Government and the hostile release issued by the Ministry of Security as reported by the media. The Ministry of Security has significantly distorted the truth and seeks to distract from the important incident which occurred on Friday 27th November, […]
Chilean Ambassador Visits Dr. Keith Mitchell
Please visit our new discussion forum The new Chilean Ambassador to Grenada Mr. Patricio Pradel paid a courtesy call on the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell last Wednesday. Ambassador Pradel reaffirmed his Government’s commitment to deepening the relationship between the Government and people of Grenada […]
UIS Regional Training Workshop
UNESCO’S Institute for Statistics just concluded a regional training workshop on the 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics (FCS) The Workshop took place in Kingston, Jamaica from December 1st – 4th, with delegates from Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts –Nevis, Suriname, […]
WTO/WCO GATT Valuation Training Workshop for Customs Officials & Key Stakeholders
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, Thirty persons, including fifteen Customs Officials and representatives from key institutions, are currently participating in a Valuation Training Workshop on the General Agreements on Tariff and Trade (GAAT) at the Grenada National Stadium.
OPPOSITION EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN OVER GOVERNMENT’S TAXATION POLICY
Former Minister for Finance and former Prime Minister of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell says Opposition members are still greatly disturbed over the taxation policy of the NDC Government.
Contributing to the development of the rural economy
St. George’s, December 9, 2009 – The National Lottery Authority (NLA), which has installed new technology to help improve its gaming system, has said that there is also a feature to assist Grenadian farmers.
Ministry of National Security is appalled by the continued defiance of persons who were issued diplomatic passports
The Ministry is concerned that despite the many official notices and substantial public discussion and debate on the issue of persons holding diplomatic passports, that Marietha Dian Mitchell, the wife of Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith Mitchell, has failed to surrender the diplomatic passport issued to her by the previous administration. […]
National Lottery Authority “rebranding’’
Please visit our new discussion forum St. George’s, December 7, 2009 (GIS) – The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has launched a new online lottery system as part of what is being called the “rebranding’’ of the authority.
NLA provides community space at Carenage headquarters
St. George’s, December 7, 2009 – Government ministers, Peter David and Patrick Simmons, have praised the initiative that now allows access to a bank of computers and recreational space for residents of the Carenage, St. George’s.
Questionable spending of money borrowed for 2007 WCC
St. George’s, December 6, 2009 (GIS) – Grenada’s spending to host matches of the 2007 World Cup of Cricket is in the news again.
AMBASSADOR FLETCHER CALLS ON EU TO SUPPORT COMMONWEALTH DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Please visit our new discussion forum BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 5, 2009 – Just days before the start of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Grenada’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union, H.E. Stephen Fletcher, called […]
