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2/18/2005 || FRANCIQUE BESTED IN STOCKHOLM MEET. 0 Jamaican Davian Clarke topped Grenada's world indoor champion Alleyne Francique to capture the men's 400 metres in front of a packed stadium of over 10,000 fans at the GE Galan Indoor meet in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday night. Clarke took the fight to Francique and despite a desperate attempt to...Read More >>>   2/18/2005 || CLAIMS OF IMPROPER CONDUCT AMONG WINDIES PLAYERS S... 0 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Fri. Feb. 18, 2005: A newspaper report that quotes a Digicel employee as saying West Indies cricketers were scoring more with women than on the field, will be a major topic of discussion, when directors of the West Indies Cricket Board meet this weekend in Barbados. “The issu...Read More >>>   2/18/2005 || RESTRUCTURING GRENADA WELL UNDERWAY, SAYS PRIME MI... 0 PARAMARIBO, Suriname: The restructuring of Grenada is well underway, said Prime Minister Keith Mitchell. Right now the administration is putting in resources to re-develop the agricultural sector. When Hurricane Ivan struck Grenada and other nations in the Caribbean September last year, almost 9...Read More >>>   2/17/2005 || WINDIES CRICKETERS SLAMMED FOR SCORING MORE WITH W... 0 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thurs. Feb. 17, 2005: A Digicel company representative has been quoted as saying West Indies cricketers were scoring more women’s phone numbers than runs during the recently-concluded VB triangular series in Australia. The Trinidad Guardian, in a front-page expose today, ...Read More >>>   2/17/2005 || TNT FIRM GETS CONTRACT FOR DESIGN AND SUPERVISION ... 0 The Ministry of Education has awarded a contract for a Design and Supervision Consultancy for 17 of the Nation’s primary and secondary schools. Rehabilitation and expansion efforts have commenced on a number of the schools. Mr. Raphael Joseph, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Com...Read More >>>   2/17/2005 || BERMUDA REGIMENT TO CONDUCT OPERATION SPICE RELIEF 0 The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) will host 200 members of the Bermuda Regiment, who will hold their annual Overseas Camp in Grenada, called ‘Operation Spice Relief’. Additionally, 12 Officers from the East of England Regiment will be attached to the Bermuda Regiment in Grenada, along with fo...Read More >>>   2/17/2005 || WORLD CRICKET CUP COULD MAKE OR BREAK CARIBBEAN, S... 0 NEW YORK, USA: The 2007 World Cricket Cup could make the Caribbean's reputation or it could break it, if it is not managed sensibly, warns former Australian Cabinet Minister, Tom Roper. Speaking from New York where he is preparing to address next week's Trinidad session of the Caribbean Media Ex...Read More >>>   2/17/2005 || BAJAN BOATS ‘IMPOUNDED IN GRENADA’ 0 A BOAT OWNER is claiming that three Barbadian fishing boats are being held in Grenada for selling fish illegally in the Spice Isle. Henderson Jordan said his long-line boat, another long-line vessel and an ice boat, were impounded by the Grenada Coast Guard yesterday morning after his boat was t...Read More >>>   2/16/2005 || CARIBBEAN NATIONALS IN NEW YORK URGED TO CONSIDER ... 0 BROOKLYN, N.Y., Weds. Feb. 16, 2005: New York City School’s Chancellor, Joel Klein, has urged the city’s top Caribbean New Yorkers to consider sponsorship of charter high schools as a way of helping students, especially blacks and Latinos, get a better education. The chancellor made the suggestio...Read More >>>   2/16/2005 || SARWAN IS NUMERO UNO IN ODI CRICKET 0 LONDON, England, Weds. Feb. 16, 2005: Guyanese-born former West Indies vice-captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan, has been named the number one bastman in the world of One-Day International cricket. Sarwan, with a current ODI average of 47.72, replaced Jacques Kallis, of South Africa for the top spot. Kalli...Read More >>>   2/16/2005 || OECS SAYS JAIL FOR GRENADA 17 0 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Supreme Court has ruled that a group of prisoners serving life sentences for their involvement in the 1983 coup in Grenada must remain in jail. The prisoners, who are among a group known as the Grenada Seventeen, were convicted of killing the t...Read More >>>   2/16/2005 || INDIA TO DEVELOP HURRICANE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FO... 0 PARAMARIBO, Suriname: In a bid to secure the votes of CARICOM nations for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, India has offered a wide range of assistance to the regional body. Incorporated in its space and satellite program in the past decades India has developed an advance...Read More >>>   2/16/2005 || COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME VOLUNTEERS IN GRENADA... 0 The Department of Youth Development in the Prime Minister’s Office, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) Caribbean Centre and the Housing Authority of Grenada, officially launched the Commonwealth Youth Volunteer Corps this morning (Tuesday 15th February, 2005) at the Ministr...Read More >>>   2/16/2005 || STATE FUNERAL PLANNED FOR FORMER PRIME MINISTER BE... 0 A State Funeral will be held for the late Ben Joseph Jones, former Prime Minister of Grenada, on Tuesday, February 22 at the St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church at 2 p.m. Cabinet has declared February 21 to 22 as the period of mourning for the late Mr. Jones. The body will lie in state on February...Read More >>>   2/15/2005 || GRENADA ROUND-THE-ISLAND EASTER REGATTA LAUNCHES 0 The Grenada South Coast Yacht Club hosts their third annual Grenada Round-the-Island Easter Regatta March 24th – 28th, 2005 at its old stomping ground – The Boatyard at the Prickly Bay Marina in L’Anse-Aux-Epines. The launch was hosted by the organising committee on Thursday January 27th at Club ...Read More >>>   2/15/2005 || GRENADA JOINS WORLDWIDE CELEBRATIONS TO MARK KYOTO... 0 Grenada will join countries across the globe to celebrate the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol on 16 February 2005. The 16th of February 2005 marks the beginning of a new era in international efforts to reduce the risk of climate change. In this regard, a series of official ...Read More >>>   2/15/2005 || APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST GRENADA 17 0 CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP) - An appeals court ruled Monday that 13 prisoners convicted of killing Grenada's leader and four Cabinet members in a 1983 coup should remain behind bars, overturning an earlier decision that promised possible release. In a 37-page decision, the three-member Eastern Carib...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || TOOTS' 'TRUE LOVE' WINS BEST REGGAE ALBUM AT 2004 ... 0 FREDERICK 'TOOTS' Hibbert and his group The Maytals were awarded the 2004 Grammy Award for Reggae yesterday. The group edged their reggae counterparts for the award at the prestigious Grammy Award ceremony, which is now in its 47th year and was staged at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, Califor...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || NEW THEATRE PRODUCTION TARGETS YOUTHS 0 The fight to save our youths from drug use and HIV infection mounts as the Youth Centered Drug Abuse and Prevention Programme implements its most innovative initiative for 2005 – a theatre production. The Youth Centered Project funded by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Govern...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || ANOTHER RECORD- BREAKING PERFORMANCE BY REGIS 0 NAMPA, Idaho, Feb 13 – Hazel-Ann Regis improves on her personal best in the 200m at the Holiday Inn Invitational here on Saturday. Regis turned in a facility record of her own, winning the 200m in 23.37, the best time ever recorded by a Grenadian female over the distance. Jacinta Bartholomew’s...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || CARICOM HEADS TO DISCUSS REGIONAL NATURAL DISASTER... 0 PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Among other important issues, discussions about a regional policy on natural disasters will be high on the agenda of the CARICOM heads of states, when they meet this week in Suriname. Natural disasters such as hurricanes and the recent flooding in Guyana pose a serious thre...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS IN GRENADA 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mon. Feb. 14, 2005: A serious shortage of accommodations in Grenada has spurred President of the Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association, Ian DaBreo, to urge hoteliers across the island to speed up the process of restoring hotel rooms there. Addressing a breakfast meeting for...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || DONATIONS TO GRENADA FROM UNFCU 0 Donations continue to pour in from different organizations within the UN system to assist in Grenada’s reconstruction process. The Permanent Representative for Grenada Ambassador Ruth Rouse received a donation of $7,500 (US) from the Board of Directors of the United Nations Federal Credit Union (...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || PM MITCHELL COMMENTS ON THE PASSING OF FORMER PRIM... 0 It is with a great sense of regret that the Government has learnt this morning of the passing of a former Prime Minister of Grenada, the Honourable Ben Jones. It is well known that Ben Jones, better known as ‘Uncle Ben’, has provided distinguished service to his Country that spanned decades. It ...Read More >>>   2/14/2005 || GRENADA'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER DIES 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Grenada's former Prime Minister Ben Jones has died, the Government announced last Friday. He was 80. Jones died in his sleep last Thursday night, said Rodney Coxell, his personal caretaker. Jones provided "distinguished service to his country, which spanned decades"...Read More >>>   2/11/2005 || CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT DRIVERS AT RISK – HOUSE PASSES... 0 WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Feb. 11, 2005: Undocumented Caribbean immigrants holding U.S. drivers licenses may soon lose them if the REAL ID Act, passed in the House of Representatives yesterday, becomes law. The Act, H.R 418, introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr...Read More >>>   2/11/2005 || MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY WILL ACCOMMODATE 12 GR... 0 Twelve Grenadian students will be accepted at the Midwestern State University, Texas in Fall 2005 under the Competitive Waiver Scholarship Programme. The Competitive Waiver provides a $1000 (US) scholarship and $12,000 to14,000 (US) per year in out of state tuition to students who enter the Cari...Read More >>>   2/11/2005 || CANADIAN FARM WORKERS PROGRAMME SEEKING RECRUITS I... 0 Mr. Edgbert Lionel, Liaison Officer of the Canadian Farm Workers’ Programme, will be in Grenada on Saturday 12th February 2005 at the St. George’s Anglican Junior School (also called “Hindsy” School) at 10:00 a.m. where he will be interviewing new recruits. All interested persons interested in th...Read More >>>   2/11/2005 || DISEASE RAISES DEATH TOLL TO 33 IN FLOOD-STRICKEN ... 0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): At least four people have died from a water-borne disease in the aftermath of devastating floods in Guyana, raising the death toll to 33, authorities said Thursday. Health Minister Leslie Ramsammy said at least 20 people have died from leptospirosis, a rare and contagiou...Read More >>>     2/11/2005 || GRENADA AFTER IVAN 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Fri. Feb. 11, 2005: Pests, illegal squatting and a shortage of money to pay the tuition fees of students on overseas scholarships seems to be among the after effects of Hurricane Ivan, which hit Grenada on September 7, 2004 and decimated about 90 percent of the Spice Isle. ...Read More >>>