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Local News

Call for CCI Development Grant Applications Industry Grant (Round 1) ACP-EU Culture Programme – Caribbean: Creative Caribbean Creative – An Ecosystem of “Play” for Growth and Development

St. George’s, Grenada, May 26, 2022 – The Grenada National Commission for UNESCO is pleased to inform of the launch of Creative Caribbean, which is a new grant facility for the cultural and creative sector in 15 countries in the Caribbean. This regional support programme is part of the ACP-EU […]

World News

Australians Elects New Prime Minister

Voters in Australia has voted for a change electing Anthony Albanese of the Australia Labor Party. The Labor Party has been out of office for almost ten years. It still not clear if Labor can form a majority, the ALP is favored to finish ahead of the Coalition and more likely […]

Cricket

Former Australian Cricketer dies in Car accident

Australian cricket has suffered another tragic blow, Andrew Symonds aged 46 has died in a car accident a Queensland police statement said the former cricketer died in a single car crash about 10:30 PM Saturday Symonds was alone when his car left the road and rolled, police say. Paramedics arrived […]

Local News

Grenada Election Day set for June 23

Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell announced at an NNP rally in Telescope, St. Andrews Saturday night that June 23rd will be the day when Grenadians will choose the Government to serve for the next five years. The Governor General was instructed to dissolve parliament on Monday May 16, 2022 with […]

Local News

NDC Leader Letter to Supervisor of Elections

10th May 2022 Mr. Elvis MorainSupervisor of ElectionsParliamentary Elections OfficeTanteen TerraceSt. George Dear Mr. Morain, I write this open letter to you about the on-going concerns with the management of the electoral process in Grenada, particularly the functioning of sub-offices in some Constituencies. These concerns have been repeatedly brought to your […]

Cricket

India schedule tour of West Indies 2022

India will play a series of three ODI and five T20 against West Indies in the Caribbean and USA. The tour kicks off in Trinidad on July 22nd with the first ODI, second ODI – July 24th and third ODI – July 27th all at the Queens Park Oval. The […]

Cricket

West Indians Performance in IPL

West Indians are having average performance in the 2020 Indian Premier League in batting and bowling.  Among the batsmen are Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran.  Andre Russell is the top allrounder. Hetmyer in ten matches has an totaled 260 runs with a highest score of 59 and a strike rate […]

Local News

Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Grenada’s Police force

A senior spokesman for the Royal Grenada Police (RGPF) in reacting to a story in a local newspaper that focused on sexual abuse and harassment within the Royal Grenada Police admitted that there are several incidents of sexual misconduct in force both internal and external. A female police officer sent an anonymous […]

Cricket

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S HERO CPL TO GET UNDERWAY ON 30 AUGUST

The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have confirmed that this year’s CPL event will feature a women’s tournament with three franchise teams competing for the first Women’s CPL (WCPL) title. The three teams will showcase the best women’s cricketers from across the Caribbean with overseas […]

Cricket

NICHOLAS POORAN APPOINTED WEST INDIES MEN’S ODI AND T20I CAPTAIN

Pooran will take over the captaincy for the West Indies ODI and T20I teams after being Pollard’s deputy over the last year. The appointment will include the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2022 and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in October 2023.  Shai Hope has been recommended to stand as vice-captain of the ODI team. CWI’s Director of […]