Grenada will play Antigua in a football friendly on Sunday June 28 at the Football and Athletics stadium at Queens Park from 6pm. This is as the team prepares for the Gold Cup tournament to be played in the United States.
Caribbean News and Sports
Michael Jackson, King Of Pop, Dies
By Neda Ulaby NPR News Dave Hogan / Getty Images Despite recent controversies, in many minds, Michael Jackson will always be considered a pop genius. All Things Considered, June 25, 2009 – Singer Michael Jackson, the man known as the King of Pop to legions of fans around the globe, […]
MWAG to make donation to Cedars home for battered woman
The Media Workers Association will on Thursday June 25th donate a quantity of perishable food items and cleaning substances to the Cedars Home for battered women.
four athletes leave this weekend for regional and international competitions
Carifta 400m record holder, Kirani James and Nichkelia John of St. Andrew’s Anglican Secondary School will leave the island on Saturday June 27th with Grenadian coach, Albert Joseph, for Bressanone Italy, to participate in a one-week training camp before competing in the World Youth championships from Wednesday July 8th to […]
Grenada Government Assures its Citizens VAT won’t burden their pockets
Government has given the assurance that the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) will not increase the tax burden on Grenadians when it’s implemented. VAT must be seen in the context of enhancing and simplifying the way business is done in Grenada, Senator George Prime told members of the Upper House […]
Opposition Leader address to the Nation
Fellow Grenadians, as you would have noticed, since the last General elections I have made a concerted effort to avoid responding to, and commenting on, the many blunders and false statements made by the NDC Government which assumed office in July 2008.
GFA General Council Members disassociate themselves from the incident with the Panama team
Mr. Ariel Alvarado President Panama Football Federation Panama. Dear sir: We the majority of clubs comprising the Grenada Football Association hereby disassociate ourselves with the poor courtesies extended you and your National Football Team during your recent visit to Grenada.
BUSH RETURNS TO POWER – IN CAYMAN ISLANDS
NEW YORK (June 18, 2009) – Seasoned policy maker McKeeva Bush has been returned to power to lead the Cayman Islands after spending the last four years in the proverbial political wilderness. And he is wasting no time repositioning the Cayman Islands as a premier tourism hot spot in a difficult economic environment that […]
TRACK & FIELD STARS FOR NATIONAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Grenada Athletic Association (GAA) stages its National Senior Championships on Saturday June 20, 2009 at the National Stadium, beginning at 2:00 p.m.The one-day championship will feature many of our top athletes who are preparing for regional and international competitions, including the likes of overseas-based athletes Hazel-Ann Regis, Andon Mitchell, […]
VISIT OF THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE UNITED KINGDOM JUNE 12 – 14 2009
The Prime Minister of Grenada The Honourable Tillman Thomas, concluded a successful visit to the United Kingdom on Sunday June 14th 2009 before departing for an Official Visit to the People’s Republic of China. Prime Minister Thomas said he was pleased with his first visit to the United Kingdom and […]
GRENADA GOVERNMENT’S “BOLD’’ AND “AMBITIOUS” DEVELOPMENT PLANS
St. George’s, June 15, 2009 – The National Democratic Congress government has “bold’’ initiatives for developing Grenada and is looking for support at home and abroad to accomplish its plan, a senior minister said Monday.
DIGICEL TO BRING FIFA WORLD CUP COVERAGE TO FOOTBALL FANS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN
Friday, June 12th, 2009 – Bridgetown, Barbados: Digicel, the largest sponsor of football in the Caribbean and Central America, today announced details of Digicel’s regional broadcast sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup 2010.
ST. LUCIA’S COCO PALM OFFERS US$55 PER NIGHT DEALS UNTIL WINTER
RODNEY BAY VILLAGE, St. Lucia (June 9, 2009) – Bargain travel deals to the Caribbean and beyond for the summer and fall are unlikely to be repeated for a very long time, says Feolla Chastanet, a leading hotel executive on the island of St. Lucia.
COMBINED ECONOMIC EFFORT URGED
ST. GEORGE’S, June 6, 2009 – Cabinet minister Glynis Roberts is advocating that Grenadians examine establishing cooperative enterprises as a possible viable economic option. Hon. Roberts, Labour and Social Services Minister, as well as NDC MP for St. George South, told a group of women Saturday that they should look […]
Digicel Kick Start Clinics “laying the right foundations for development of game
Friday, 5th June 2009: With the first half of the 2009 Digicel Kick Start Clinics concluded – and the second half about to kick off next week in Haiti – the President of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), Austin “Jack” Warner, believes that Digicel is laying the right foundations for […]