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ALL GAS STATIONS WILL BE OPEN ON THURSDAY

ST. GEORGE’S: APRIL 8, 2020: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE: The public is advised that all gas stations will be open on Thursday, April 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Motorists are required to obtain gas within their parish of residence. The regulation stipulates that only one vehicle per household will […]

World News

We should not go back to business as usual after COVID-19

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Today there is an eerie silence across the globe. Bustling cities have gone quiet and highways that were once jammed with bumper to bumper traffic, are empty. In homes, thousands of families are anxiously awaiting a phone call from a hospital about their loved ones. […]

Local News

Saturday Shopping Day, Not an Affront to any Religion

The Government of Grenada is assuring the population that the announcement of Saturday, April 11th as the next shopping day is not meant as an affront to any religion. COVID-19 Response Co-ordinator, Dr. George Mitchell explained that the decision is based purely on scientific modelling which puts the contacts of […]

Local News

Extended Shopping Hours on Monday April 6, 2020

ST. GEORGE’S: APRIL 5, 2020: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE: The Government of Grenada announces that on Monday April 6, 2020, all shops which sell groceries, grocery stores and supermarkets, will be opened across the Tri- Island from (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) Given the State of Emergency designed to protect citizens […]

Local News

PM Expresses Condolences on Passing of Ray Smith

April 4, 2020 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, has expressed deepest condolences on the passing of Raymond Smith who served his country in various capacities, including being part of Grenada’s interim administration in the 1980’s. An engineer by profession, Mr. Smith served for many years as […]

Cricket

WEST INDIES U19 TOUR TO ENGLAND POSTPONED

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have agreed to postpone the planned West Indies U19 tour of England, scheduled for August and September 2020 due to scheduling clashes. With the West Indies U19 team being unavailable to tour England during […]

Caribbean News

56th Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group meeting

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held its fifty-sixth meeting by video conference on 31 March 2020. The meeting was chaired by Ambassador Raychelle Omamo SC, EGH, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Kenya. Ministers and Representatives of Australia, Barbados, Belize, Ghana, Malaysia, Namibia and the United Kingdom also participated […]

Local News

Follow Up With Relevant Law Enforcement Authorities Underway After Confirmed COVID-19 Case Leaves the Island

ST. GEORGE’S: APRIL 1, 2020: GIS: Grenada’s Minister for Health says government is following up with the relevant law enforcement authorities after one of the cases confirmed last weekend, left Grenada on the same day the confirmation was announced, but before he got his results. During a statement issued on […]

Local News

Grenada Confirms One More Case of COVID-19

Fellow Citizens, Good evening. I am Nickolas Steele, Grenada’s Minister of Health. TODAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2020, I announce that one more laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19 on mainland Grenada, has been diagnosed. This brings the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 to ten. The individual is a 58 year old […]

Local News

The IRD Extends March Deadline to April 30, 2020

As a direct response to curbing the threat of Covid-19, the Inland Revenue Division (IRD) wishes to advise the public that pursuant to Section 26 of the Tax Administration Act 2016, all filing deadlines due on the 30th and 31st March 2020 have been extended to April 30th 2020. This […]

Caribbean News

Opinion: Young Jamaican’s invention could help tackle spread of viruses like COVID-19

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General March 30, 2020 – Five years ago more than 40 babies born in Jamaican hospitals became infected with lethal bacteria – half of them died. The bacteria Klebsiella, like the coronavirus, is spread from person-to-person or via contaminated surfaces. It can be killed by hand-washing […]