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  11/7/2005 || HUGE WIN FOR AUSSIES OVER WEST INDIES3
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP): Brett Lee and Nathan Bracken returned best Test figures to spearhead Australia to one of their biggest victories over the West Indies, winning the first cricket Test by 379 runs with a day to spare at the Gabba here Sunday. Lee finished with 5-30 and Bracken, playing i...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || SIX GRENADIAN STUDENTS GOING OFF TO CHINA TO STUDY0
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Six Grenadian students at a special ceremony on Wednesday, November 2, have been awarded scholarships to study in the People’s Republic of China, as the first contingent under the Education Cooperation Agreement, made available when both countries established diplomatic ties ...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || TOP POLICE OFFICERS TO GO0
ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA: TWO of Grenada’s highest ranking police officers have been asked to resign, or accept new positions in the public service – one of the island’s newspapers is reporting. Assistant Commissioners Winston Darius and Willan Thompson are being moved from the police service, accor...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || GRENADA'S RACE AGAINST TIME TO GET STADIUM READY0
ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA: Work has officially begun to refurbish the island's national stadium -- a 56 million dollar project that should have been started months ago. The stadium was destroyed last year with the passage of Hurricane Ivan. After many missed dates for the start of the reconstructi...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || LABOUR SOLIDARITY0
ST GEORGE'S, GRENADA: The Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT) says it is mobilizing its members for a solidarity demonstration on Friday in solidarity with workers at the Demerara Mutual Life who has been protesting a plan by the company to do away with profit-sharing. The workers at the insurance co...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || GRENADA'S DEVON SMITH ONLY STANDOUT AS AUSSIES TAK...0
Glenn McGrath produced another master class to put Australia in control of the first Test against West Indies in Brisbane. The veteran paceman recorded figures of four for 58 as the tourists struggled in response to Australia's first-innings total of 435, closing on 182 for six. Devon Smith wa...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || USAID RECOGNISES ROLE OF GRENADA'S ARD0
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: USAID Mission Director Karen Turner says it is critically important to have an entity responsible for coordination following a natural disaster, and the Agency for Reconstruction and Development Inc. (ARD) is providing that function for the donor community. “Without the ARD ...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || NEW EFFORT BY LABOUR MINISTRY TO RESOLVE DEMERARA ...0
The Ministry of Labour continues efforts to bring resolution to the current dispute between the Management team of Demerara Mutual Life and workers of the company. A meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday 8th November 2005, between the management team of Demerara Mutual Life, the Trade Union, an...Read More >>>
  11/4/2005 || GRENADA TO HOLD TWO-DAY NATIONAL CONSULTATION TO D...0
The Ministry of Health, in keeping with its mandate to deliver the best affordable health care to the citizens of Grenada, will hold two national consultation workshops on the development of the country’s five-year national strategic plan for health. These workshops will take place on the 8th and 9t...Read More >>>
  11/3/2005 || GRENADA SCANDAL INQUIRY TAKES NEW TWIST0
On Friday the Grenada High Court will hear a legal challenge brought by the Opposition National Democratic Congress against the Commission of Inquiry probing allegations of bribery against Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. The court granted leave to Opposition Leader Tillman Thomas in July this...Read More >>>
  11/3/2005 || CARIBBEAN REEFS BLEACHED BY WARM WATER0
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Unusually warm waters are bleaching coral reefs throughout the Caribbean, raising fears of a die-off of the important organisms, scientists and environmentalists said Wednesday. Ocean temperatures have been slowly rising, threatening sea coral that can only live within a n...Read More >>>
  11/3/2005 || THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL FOR ROSA PARKS0
A soaring rendition of The Lord's Prayer moved thousands of mourners at the funeral of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks yesterday. Former President Bill Clinton, his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and others paid their respects at Parks' open casket before the start of the funeral service t...Read More >>>
  11/3/2005 || PM RECEIVES PLAQUE FROM LOCAL WOMEN'S GROUP0
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell , received a plaque in recognition of his continued dedication towards the Grenada’s rebuilding and his excellent leadership qualities by a group of industrious young women from St. George’s. The group known as Sun Seekers Cooperative prese...Read More >>>
  11/3/2005 || CARLENE RADIX MD. MPH, APPOINTED GRENADA’S NEW CHI...0
Local medical doctor Grenadian Carlene Radix, has been appointed to the office of Chief Medical Officer (CMO), in the Ministry of Health. Dr. Radix who holds a Masters in Public Health degree, (MPH) took up her appointment today Tuesday November 1st, 2005 succeeding her predecessor Dr. Bert Brath...Read More >>>
  11/2/2005 || GRENADA LAND UTILIZATION SURVEY INTRODUCED0
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: The field workers who will conduct the interviews with Grenadian farmers for the Land Utilisation Survey being coordinated by the Agency for Reconstruction and Development Inc. (ARD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture were introduced to the media. During a p...Read More >>>
  11/2/2005 || OECS SUMMIT NEXT WEEK0
THE VALLEY, Anguilla (AP) - Eastern Caribbean leaders will discuss regional unity and economic integration at next week's Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States summit in Anguilla, officials said yesterday. The meeting comes nearly two months before the January launch of the Caricom Single Mark...Read More >>>
  11/2/2005 || WINDIES IN WITH A CHANCE 0
THE THREE-MATCH Test series between the West Indies and Australia opens at the Gabba in Brisbane tonight (7:00 p. m. Jamaica time) with the home team, the world champions, heavily favoured to make a winning start and to win the series comfortably. Unbeaten at home since the West Indies 2-1 victo...Read More >>>
  11/2/2005 || CANADA INTENDS TO OPEN DOORS TO UP TO 300,000 NEW ...0
TORONTO (AP) - Canadian Immigration Minister Joe Volpe unveiled changes to Canada's immigration policy, including plans to take in as many as 300,0000 new immigrants annually within the next five years. Volpe, in a report on immigration introduced in the lower House of Commons on Monday, said Can...Read More >>>
  11/1/2005 || ANOTHER QUAKE SHAKES TRINIDAD0
An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale shook several parts of Trinidad again yesterday. The Seismic Research Unit at St Augustine said, however, the tremor was actually an aftershock from last Friday's earthquake. The quake yesterday occurred at 12.05 a.m., 30 kilometres north of T...Read More >>>
  11/1/2005 || TEST OF 'BRITISHNESS' FOR UK CITIZEN HOPEFULS 0
IMMIGRANTS WHO want to become UK citizens will have to show a knowledge of British customs and history if they are to pass new compulsory tests unveiled by the government yesterday. The 45-minute 'Life in the U.K.' tests, which all applicants must sit from today, require immigrants to answer 24 ...Read More >>>
  11/1/2005 || WINDIES TEAM IS 'DEDICATED'5
West Indies cricket coach Bennett King has defended his players against criticism of their attitudes by bowling icon Michael Holding. Holding accused the squad of not focusing on cricket and on properly representing the West Indies. He said this attitude problem would lead to the side being de...Read More >>>
  11/1/2005 || CANADA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY TO UNDERGO CHANGES0
CANADIAN IMMIGRATION Minister Joe Volpe said the government was set to unveil sweeping changes to Canada's immigration policy yesterday, including plans to take in as many as 300,0000 new immigrants annually within the next five years. Canada is on track to accept 245,000 immigrants this year, t...Read More >>>
  10/31/2005 || MODERATE EARTHQUAKE RATTLES PARTS OF GRENADA, TRIN...0
A moderate earthquake rattled parts of Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Venezuela on Friday but caused no major damage or injuries, officials said. The 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck about 6:30 p.m, the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Unit reported. There were no reports of i...Read More >>>
  10/31/2005 || UWI ISSUES QUAKE ALERT FOR TRINIDAD0
TRINIDADIANS ARE being warned to be on guard for a major earthquake. This warning came Saturday from Acting Director of the Seismic Research Unit at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Lloyd Lynch. According to Lynch, "I think the nation can expect a bigger earthquake anyt...Read More >>>
  10/31/2005 || HUNDREDS ATTEND ROSA PARKS MEMORIAL0
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) - Hundreds of mourners, politicians and activists attended a memorial service yesterday for Rosa Parks, who inspired the US civil rights movement by refusing to give up a seat on a city bus to a white man. Cascades of roses covered her casket in a chapel bearing her name ...Read More >>>
  10/31/2005 || ST LUCIA, ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES HAVE LOWEST ...0
CASTRIES, St Lucia: St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines currently have the lowest fuel prices in the member-states of the OECS. Following recent fuel adjustments in the member-states of the sub-regional grouping, prices for fuel still remain higher in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica...Read More >>>
  10/28/2005 || TRADE UNIONS OPPOSE MITCHELL'S RECONSTRUCTION TAX0
Grenada's leading trade union body the Trade Union Council (TUC) is asking the Keith Mitchell administration to suspend the implementation of its five per cent Reconstruction Tax. Last year's Hurricane Ivan had a catastrophic effect on the island's economy. The cost of the damage caused by Ivan h...Read More >>>
  10/28/2005 || GRENADA AMONG COUNTRIES TO BENEFIT FROM THE STANFO...0
Packaged within a budget of US$ 28 million, Allen Stanford's five-week tournament offers a million dollar first prize from a total prize structure of US$2,115,000. The runner up gets half that, with the man of the match taking US$25,000 and the man of the championship match getting US$100,000. ...Read More >>>
  10/28/2005 || GRENADIAN BATSMAN SHINES IN WINDIES EFFORT0
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) - Opening batsman Devon Smith plundered a strong Queensland bowling attack for a century as the West Indies maintained a promising opening to their Australian cricket tour here. The 24-year-old Grenada left-hander hit 115 with 21 boundaries in 226 minutes as the West Ind...Read More >>>
 
  10/28/2005 || GRENADIANS REFLECT ON YET ANOTHER HISTORIC DAY: OC...0
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: 22 years ago, on October 25, 1983, the people of Grenada witnessed a US-led intervention of a military force to restore order after Socialist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was murdered. On Tuesday, Grenadians celebrated "Thanksgiving Day" a national holiday instituted to commem...Read More >>>

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