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2/28/2005 || WILDMAN GOES BEFORE COMMISSION. AG NOMINEE TO STAT... 0 ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA: The man nominated to be Grenada’s next attorney general comes before the Justice and Legal Services Commission Monday. The commission, the eastern Caribbean body responsible of appointments of top legal officials in the sub-region, is meeting on the appointment amidst a four...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || GANJA MAY HELP PREVENT ALZHEIMER'S MEMORY LOSS 0 MADRID, Spain, Fri. Feb. 25, 2005: People suffering from Alzheimer’s may soon have a way to curb the disease. Scientists at one of Spain's leading research centers, the Cajal Institute in Madrid, are claiming that an element in marijuana or ganja or weed as it is commonly called can help. A team ...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || SEEKING CONTESTANTS FOR MISS COMMONWEALTH BEAUTY P... 0 Organizers of the Miss Commonwealth Beauty Pageant are currently seeking contestants who were born in the Commonwealth and are now residing in the United States. Applicants must be “single, beautiful, intelligent and talented” and between the ages of 17 and 26. For application and more informati...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || GRENADA MAKING COMEBACK FROM HURRICANE IVAN SAYS I... 0 Washington -- The people of Grenada are making an impressive effort to put their lives back together six months after a devastating hurricane struck the island nation, reports the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Nevertheless, an IMF assessment team that visited Grenada February 15-22 said economi...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || GRENADA TO APPOINT WILDMAN DESPITE PROTEST BY LAWY... 0 PRESIDENT OF the Grenada Bar Association (GBA), Ruggles Ferguson is seeking support from the St. Lucia Bar Association in opposing the recent appointment of Jamaican Hugh Wildman as the Attorney- General of Grenada. Ferguson, who made the appeal to the local bar during a weekend visit, said that ...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || YOUNG GRENADIAN ENTREPRENEURS RECEIVE ASSISTANCE 0 ST. GEORGES, Grenada: Three young Grenadians are now in a position to start up new businesses and one young Grenadian can expand her business as a result of the Grenada Youth Enterprise Initiative (GYEI) of the Department of Youth Development in the Prime Minister’s Office. Devon Felix, Nelon Ch...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || "BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL-THE CELEBRATION" IN BROOKLYN ... 0 BROOKLYN, N.Y., Fri. Feb. 25, 2005: The beauty and empowerment initiatives of Caribbean-Americans will be celebrated tomorrow, Sat., Feb. 26, at Brooklyn's spicy party spot-The Palace, 834 Clarkson Avenue. The event, which is dubbed "Black And Beautiful - The Celebration," is a special party in ...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || REDGATE TO PERDMONTEMPS ROAD TO BE REPAIRED 0 The Ministry of Communication, Works and Transport, in conjunction with Dessau Soprin, the consultant, and Consolidated Contractors Incorporated (CCI), the contractor, inform the general public that on Monday February 28th 2005, concrete will be poured along the Redgate to Perdmontemps Route, creati...Read More >>>   2/25/2005 || DUTY- AND TAX-FREE IMPORTATION OF BUILDING MATERIA... 0 With reference to news release dated December 14, 2004, the Ministry of Finance would like to remind the general public that all tax- and duty-free concessions on building materials granted on October 24, 2004 and extended in December 2004, for an additional two (2) months, come to an end on Februar...Read More >>>   2/24/2005 || GRENADIAN LAWYERS TAKE PROTEST AGAINST AG NOMINEE ... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Thurs. Feb. 24, 2005: Lawyers in Grenada took their protest action against the government’s choice for attorney general one notch higher yesterday, taking to the streets of St George’s in single file, in a silent protest. Despite the lack of placards, chanting, singing or l...Read More >>>   2/24/2005 || THE "LODGE" BUILDING IN ST. GEORGE'S TO BE DEMOLIS... 0 The Ministry of Communication, Works and Transport advises the general public that the ‘lodge’ building on the Carenage St. George’s will be partially demolished this weekend. The safety of the building was investigated by the Physical Planning Unit of the Ministry of Finance and the Engineering ...Read More >>>   2/24/2005 || CARICOM WILL CONSIDER MORE HELP FOR GRENADA 0 Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed to consider providing additional budgetary support for Grenada, given the devastation caused by the passage of Hurricane Ivan on September 7, 2004. Following a presentation by Prime Minister Keith Mitchell at the recently conclu...Read More >>>   2/24/2005 || GRENADA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE RECEIVES US$600,00... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: The President of the Grenada Conference of Seventh Day Adventist, Dr. Clinton Lewis, handed over seeds worth US$600,000 to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries Lana McPhail at a brief ceremony on the St. George’s Port. Also prese...Read More >>>   2/23/2005 || CHILE TO ASSIST GRENADA IN RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS 0 Chile will send a technical team to Grenada in March to examine locations where assistance can be provided in house reconstruction and other areas of development. This was agreed on Sunday, February 20, when Prime Minister Keith Mitchell met with Chilean President Dr. Ricardo Lagos Escobar during...Read More >>>   2/23/2005 || MINISTRY OF HEALTH FACILIATES WORKSHOP ON POST TRA... 0 The Government of Grenada, in collaboration with Government of Canada and the Pan American Health Organisation, is conducting a Trainer of Trainers Workshop from 21st -25th February at the Sunset View Conference Room. Following a natural disaster such as Hurricane Ivan, it is expected that up t...Read More >>>   2/23/2005 || THEATRE PRODUCTION TARGETING GRENADIAN YOUTH MOVES... 0 The new theatre production CHOICES, developed as part of the Youth Centered Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention programme, moves to Westerhall Secondary this Friday, February 25th at 3 p.m. More than 300 students from St. David’s Catholic Secondary School, Westerhall Secondary School and the New Lif...Read More >>>   2/23/2005 || HUNDREDS BID FAREWELL TO FORMER PRIME MINISTER BEN... 0 GRENVILLE, Grenada, Weds. Feb. 23, 2005: Grenadians turned out in the hundreds in the eastern town of Grenville yesterday to bid farewell to the island’s fourth Prime Minister, Ben Joseph Jones, who died last week of a stroke. Jones served for less than four months as prime minister following the...Read More >>>   2/22/2005 || FARMERS AWAITING AERP PAYMENTS SHOULD REPORT TO AG... 0 The Ministry of Agriculture wishes to advise all persons who have outstanding payments under the Agricultural Emergency Rehabilitation Programme (AERP) that the Ministry is working vigorously to ensure that all payments are processed before the end of February. The Ministry has learned that sever...Read More >>>   2/22/2005 || GOSPEL SINGERS TO RAISE DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS IN... 0 "On the Road to Recovery 2005," a fund-raising gospel music concert to benefit Caribbean victims of hurricanes and floods, will be held Friday, February 25 in Brooklyn at the Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, 144 Saint Felix St. (corner of Hanson Place), at 7 p.m. Haiti, Grenada, Jama...Read More >>>   2/22/2005 || AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES AT ST. GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY 0 AS an educational melting pot, St George's University is graced with students from a myriad cultures. From Zaire to the United Kingdom to Greece, those who dream of becoming tomorrow's doctors, psychiatrists, neuroscientists and veterinary specialists develop their skills at the university locat...Read More >>>   2/22/2005 || BRITISH SAY FOODS TAINTED BY CANCER-LINKED ADDITIV... 0 LONDON (CP) - Britain's Food Standards Agency triggered an international alert Friday involving hundreds of products contaminated with a dye linked to cancer that were shipped to Canada and the United States, as well as most of Europe and the Caribbean. The agency said the dye, Sudan I, was in a...Read More >>>   2/22/2005 || BAJAN FISHERMEN AND THE SPICE ISLE TRADE 0 GRENADIAN AUTHORITIES are complaining of a growing trend of Barbadian fishermen illegally selling their catches to locals and business places in the Spice Isle. The charge followed last week’s incident in which three Barbadian fishing boats came under the scrutiny of customs and fishing authorit...Read More >>>   2/22/2005 || COMMONWEALTH YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS BEGIN WORK IN G... 0 Work has started on two houses in the Parish of St. George as part of the Commonwealth Youth Volunteer Corps. Young men from Anguilla, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada are conducting work this week in Springs and Belmont. The project, which was launched last week...Read More >>>   2/22/2005 || GRENADA BAR ASSOCIATION STILL SEEING RED OVER AG N... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Tues. Feb. 22, 2005: The wearing of red arm-bands is the latest method of protest adopted by members of the Grenada Bar Association, who continue to complain about the government’s nominee to the post of attorney general. This is the fourth week of protest by Bar Associatio...Read More >>>   2/21/2005 || NEW CARICOM SECRETARIAT BUILDING DEDICATED 0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Speaking at the dedication ceremony Saturday, Guyana's President Bharaat Jagdeo, says the new CARICOM Secretariat building located at Liliendaal is proof of the fortitude of Caribbean people. However, he added that the building must represent something more meaningful other than ...Read More >>>   2/21/2005 || GRENADA--FIVE MONTHS ON FROM HURRICANE IVAN 0 As sultry island getaways go, Grenada is hard to beat. It feels like the sort of exclusive tropical paradise usually reserved for the very rich. But behind the idyll, the reality is far from serene in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. It was just over five months ago now that Grenada was pummelled by ...Read More >>>   2/21/2005 || DEADLINE FOR INDEPENDENCE AWARDS NOMINATIONS EXTEN... 0 In response to the number of requests from the general public to extend the deadline for submission of nominations for the 2005 Independence Awards, the National Celebrations Committee, in the spirit of wanting to provide everyone with the opportunity to be considered, has decided to extend the dead...Read More >>>   2/21/2005 || FIRST CARIBBEAN INT'L BANK AIDS REBUILDING EFFORTS... 0 Grenadian schoolchildren from four of this country's schools, will again have access to their science laboratories. The laboratories were damaged during last year's devastating passage of Hurricane Ivan over Grenada, which resulted in untold damage to the majority of the country's infrastructure. ...Read More >>>   2/21/2005 || INDIAN COMMUNITY DONATES GALVANIZE SHEETS 0 The Indian community of Grenada has donated 700 sheets of galvanize to the Ministry of Tourism to aid the restoration of roofs. The Ministry subsequently distributed the sheets of galvanize to the M...Read More >>>     2/18/2005 || WINDIES DIGICEL DEAL IN JEOPARDY? 0 Allegations of poor behaviour by West Indies players during their recent tour to Australia could cost the team a $20m sponsorship agreement. Caribbean cricket journalist Tony Cozier told the BBC there was a "real danger" Digicel could scrap the deal. The claims came in a leaked memo from Ri...Read More >>>