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10/3/2005 || LARA NAMED VICE-CAPTAIN OF WORLD XI 3 MELBOURNE, Australia (CMC) - Batting kingpin Brian Lara has been named vice-captain of the ICC World XI for the 2007 ICC Super Series of matches against Australia. World XI Team Director Sunil Gavaskar confirmed the appointment of Lara, who replaces India star batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who withdr...Read More >>>   10/3/2005 || GRENADA OBSERVING OCTOBER AS PARENTING MONTH 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: As means of educating parents about their role as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of Child, which Grenada signed in 1992, the Grenada National Coalition on the Rights of the Child will be observing October as Parenting Month. The messages throughout the month will ...Read More >>>   10/3/2005 || AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM WORKSHOP 0 The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in collaboration with the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-Operation (CTA), the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) and Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will be hosting an international workshop on AgroT...Read More >>>   10/3/2005 || GRENADA ELECTRICITY COMPANY ENDORSES PETRO-CARIBE ... 0 GRENLEC officials have told Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell that they are in support of Government’s signing of the Petro-Caribe Oil agreement. During a meeting with the Prime Minister this morning GRENLEC Managing Director and C.E.O. Vernon Lawrence and Chairman Robert Blanchard sai...Read More >>>   10/3/2005 || PM MITCHELL CONGRATULATES NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM 0 Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has sent congratulations to the Grenada Cricket Team for winning the Windward Islands Championship. Prime Minister Mitchell says that Grenada’s win was a significant achievement since many of the cricketers had their lives, practice and pla...Read More >>>   9/30/2005 || GCA CORPORATE LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION 0 The Grenada Construction Association has embarked on its first major project and is inviting entries for its Corporate Logo Design Competition. The Association, which was launched on September 3, is requesting a simple design, in colour, that will depict the corporate image of the Association to...Read More >>>   9/30/2005 || CARIBBEAN FARMERS TO PROTEST TRADE RULINGS AGAINST... 0 CASTRIES, St Lucia (AP) - Caribbean banana and sugar growers will stage a street march in St Lucia to protest recent trade rulings that they fear will hurt exports of the vital crops, organisers said yesterday. Several thousand farmers from throughout the region were expected for today's march, d...Read More >>>   9/30/2005 || ASSESSING WINDIES CHANCES IN AUSTRALIA 0 THERE ARE a number of West Indians who believe that the West Indies do not have a ghost of a chance of defeating Australia in the coming three-match Test series Down Under, and they may well be right. According to them, Australia, despite losing the Ashes series, are still strong while the West ...Read More >>>   9/30/2005 || TRINIDAD SEEKS HELP FROM FOREIGN POLICE 0 Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister says he has asked London's Scotland Yard and the FBI for teams to help deal with a surge in violent crime. There have been a record 275 murders this year, among a population of 1.3m. On Wednesday, about 400 businesses took out full-page advertisements in ...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || GRENADA COMPLETE WINDWARDS ISLANDS DOUBLE 6 Grenada beat Dominica by three wickets in the final One Day match of the Windward Island series last Tuesday to make a clean sweep of the tournament. Grenada, who captured the league title in three-day competition last week, bowled Dominica out for 113 and then easily chased down their target, r...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || IMF IN DOMINICA AND GRENADA 0 The International Monetary Fund says it has been playing a key role in the design and adjustment policies of some Caribbean economies in the last year. According to its 2005 report, Dominica and Grenada have had to approach their creditors for restructuring of their sovereign debt. The IMF sa...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || FLORIDA GOVT SCHOOL HANDING OVER CEREMONY 0 ST GEORGE'S - The Agency for Reconstruction and Development Inc. (ARD), in partnership with the U.S. Government acting through the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is pleased to announce the official handing over of the Florida Government School to the Government and people of Gre...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || DRUG CONTROL SECRETARIAT EMBARKS ON NEW PROJECT 0 The Drug Control Secretariat has commenced a project to increase drug control information in all schools. The programme will involve the provision of electronic information on compact discs, with information on various aspects of the national drug control programme. This method of providing data wou...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS TO ADDRESS ISSUE... 0 Environmental Protection Officers within the Ministry of Health and the Environment, Christopher Joseph and Kelvin Dottin, today Thursday (September 29, 2005), will meet with representatives from the Ministry of Works, and Environmental Health divisions within the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Ma...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || KING SEEKS COURAGE FROM WINDIES PLAYERS 0 West Indies cricket coach Bennett King says he wants his players to show plenty of spirit during what will be a difficult tour of Australia. King spoke to the media during a pre-tour training camp in Barbados. He said: "If the boys show a committed and courageous performance, trying to incor...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || GRENADA'S PROPOSED BONDS ASSIGNED 'B-' RATING, CON... 0 NEW YORK USA: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Wednesday that it assigned its 'B-' rating to Grenada's proposed step-up U.S. dollar and Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar bonds due Sept. 15, 2025. (The size of the issue will be determined by the participation rate in the proposed debt exchange, wh...Read More >>>   9/29/2005 || T&T TO FORM NEW REGIONAL AIRLINE 0 THE TRINIDAD and Tobago government yesterday announced the formation of a new regional airline, which it said would replace the financially-plagued national carrier, BWIA. Prime Minister Patrick Manning told legislators that his administration had accepted the recommendations of a Cabinet-appoin...Read More >>>   9/28/2005 || GRENADA GETS EARLY LEAD 0 CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC) – Grenada rushed to the top of the Windward Islands limited overs series standings with a five wicket victory of St. Lucia at the Beausejour Cricket Ground on Sunday. Chasing St Lucia’s paltry 98 in 34.1 overs, Grenada easily reached their target of 99 in 24.2 overs wit...Read More >>>   9/28/2005 || PRIVATE'S PROGRESS-- FROM POOR ISLAND BOY TO VC HE... 0 WHEN Private Johnson Beharry looked at the contract lying on the table in front of him, he could have been forgiven for reflecting that his life was about to change for ever. With top London literary agent Mark Lucas at his side, Beharry nervously lifted his pen, took a deep breath and began to s...Read More >>>   9/28/2005 || U.S. IMMIGRATION ANNOUNCES FEE ADJUSTMENTS 0 Washington, D.C.– U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today in the Federal Register a revised fee structure for immigration benefits. The new fee structure becomes effective on October 26, 2005 and will add an average of $10 to each application and petition in order to ...Read More >>>   9/28/2005 || BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER RECOGNIZES GRENADA'S REC... 0 Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell met yesterday with outgoing British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean John White. High Commissioner White told the Prime Minister how happy he was to see the progress Grenada had made since Hurricane Ivan. The High commissioner ...Read More >>>   9/28/2005 || GRENADA RECEIVES EURO 1.2 MILLION IN HUMANITARIAN ... 0 Grenada has received 1.2 million Euros (approximately EC$3.8 million) in humanitarian aid from the European Commission. Due to a recent field study on the damages caused by both hurricanes Ivan and Emily, the Commission saw the need to grant aid to Grenada. This money will be used to assist in...Read More >>>   9/28/2005 || COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: THE STRATEGY FOR REDUCING R... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Giving the Grenada Rural Enterprise Project high marks, Grenada’s Agriculture Minister, Gregory Bowen, speaks of poverty alleviation as one of Government’s major priorities that will seek to involve all communities in the mainstream. He was addressing a gathering on Sunday o...Read More >>>   9/28/2005 || GRENADIAN STUDENT RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING ACADE... 0 Grenadian student Ferdisha Snagg, awardee of the 2002 Grenada island scholarship, has recently been recognised by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), for her excellent academic performance. Ms. Snagg, who has completed the first year of a four-year bachelor’s degree progr...Read More >>>   9/26/2005 || GRENAD'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS FOR THE CARIBBEAN ... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: The Grenadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Elvin Nimrod, has reiterated the call for the Caribbean Sea to be designated as a special area in the context of Sustainable Development. Minister Nimrod was at the time addressing the General Debate during ...Read More >>>   9/26/2005 || GRENADIANS TO GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR FREE HEA... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Beginning Monday September 26, 2005, Grenadians will have another opportunity to receive free, first class medical attendance, when the fifteen-member team of medical experts from the Millennium Sistahs, Inc, supported by the Ministry of Health, takes its medical caravan acro...Read More >>>   9/26/2005 || RESTORATION OF GRAND ETANG NATIONAL PARK 0 The Ministry of Tourism is proud to be working in collaboration with Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) to build back better. The Minister of Tourism Hon. Brenda Hood along with a delegation from USAID visited Grand Etang National Park on Wednesday (September 21) to observe t...Read More >>>   9/26/2005 || TUC APOLOGISES TO LABOUR MINISTER 0 Grenada’s Minister of Labour Hon. Claris Charles has accepted an apology from members of the Trade Union Council for the behaviour of TAWU President Chester Humphrey. On Friday TUC representatives Ms. Madonna Harford and Mr. Marvin Andall met with Minister Charles to discuss the current impasse in ...Read More >>>   9/26/2005 || PM GETS ASSURANCE FROM CHINESE CONSTRUCTION TEAM O... 0 Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has received assurances from the head of the Chinese construction team Mr. Wei Wu that the National Stadium Project will be completed on time. In a meeting with the Chinese team on Friday, September 23, Mr. Wu also guaranteed that the highe...Read More >>>     9/23/2005 || GRENADA OPPOSITION HOLDS MEETINGS IN BEIJING 0 BEIJING, China: The Grenada opposition (NDC) delegation on an official visit to China has begun meetings in Beijing. The delegation headed by Opposition Leader Tillman Thomas met with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Cheng Siwei, just hours after arriving T...Read More >>>