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3/7/2005 || VINCENTIAN MAN ATTEMPTS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD 0 KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: A Vincentian man will on Tuesday attempt to walk six days “non stop” in an effort to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Earl “Old George” Daniel, who has attempted a number of “iron man” walks before is hoping to achieve recognition not only for himself b...Read More >>>   3/7/2005 || GRENADIANS SAY FINAL GOODBYE TO ALISTER HUGHES 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Mon. Mar. 7, 2005: Alister Hughes, the veteran Grenadian journalist who passed away from a stroke on Monday, Feb. 28, was cremated on Friday, March 4 following a goodbye service that featured top Grenadian officials and regional journalists. Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mit...Read More >>>   3/7/2005 || WEST INDIES CRICKET IN CRISIS 0 Grenada's prime minister Keith Mitchell remained optimistic Saturday that he could coax all sides to a compromise and avert a major crisis in West Indies cricket even as he accused regional administrators of "raising the temperature" with Friday night's ban on the selection of seven players, includi...Read More >>>   3/5/2005 || WICB SIDELINES TOP PLAYERS INCLUDING LARA, GAYLE, ... 0 The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) last night sidelined West Indies captain Brian Lara, as well as six of the Caribbean's most exciting young players - including Lara's former deputy, Ramnaresh Sarwan - from the regional team until they satisfy the board that their personal endorsement contracts w...Read More >>>   3/5/2005 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT SLAMS LAWYERS 0 ST GEORGE ‘S, Grenada: The government has slammed protesting attorneys as law-breakers as a war of words continue following the rejection of the nomination of Hugh Wildman for Attorney general. “The protest actions taken by the bar association are deemed illegal for two reasons,” Deputy Prime Min...Read More >>>   3/4/2005 || ANOTHER GOVERNMENT MINISTER RESPONDS TO ATTORNEY G... 0 Synopsis of a Statement by Hon. Gregory Bowen Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries, Public Utilities and Energy The Government of Grenada stands by the statements made by the Minister for Legal Affairs Hon. Elvin Nimrod. The government respects the decision of the Judicial and L...Read More >>>   3/4/2005 || CARICOM SEEKING NOMINEES FOR TRIENNIAL AWARD FOR W... 0 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the Eight CARICOM Triennial Award for Women, 2005. Aim of the Award The aim of the Award is to honour a Caribbean Woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the development of the Community. Backgroun...Read More >>>   3/4/2005 || CARIBBEAN PREPARES TO HOST ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 0 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: With 24 months to go, the Caribbean has to focus, prioritize and unite to stage the 2007 International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricket World Cup successfully or it will face tough financial liabilities, warned participants attending Counterpart International's CMExPress, the...Read More >>>   3/4/2005 || MIGRATION BY CARIBBEAN WOMEN ON THE INCREASE 0 NEW YORK, N.Y., Fri. Mar. 4, 2005: The number of women migrating from the Caribbean over the past five decades has more than doubled since the 1960’s. That’s according to a ‘Women and International Migration,’ report, released yesterday, Mar. 3, by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of...Read More >>>   3/4/2005 || PM MITCHELL MEETS WITH INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER 0 Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell met with Indian High Commissioner His Excellency Virendra Gupta on March 3. H.E. Gupta complimented the Prime Minister on recovery efforts in Grenada after the passage of Hurricane Ivan. He said that Grenada has come a long way since Ivan and credite...Read More >>>   3/3/2005 || CARIBBEAN VISITORS – GET READY FOR NEW U.S. IMMIGR... 0 WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Mar. 3, 2005: Caribbean nationals and other tourists visiting the U.S. will now be "welcomed" by a newly designed admission stamp in their passport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that the new stamp, which went into effect this week, will now state “Depart...Read More >>>   3/3/2005 || STATEMENT BY LEGAL AFFAIRS MINISTER ELVIN NIMROD 0 This morning (March 1) the Prime Minister and I were informed by the acting Chief Justice, Justice Saunders that the Judicial and Legal Services Commission had not accepted the government’s recommendation of Mr. Hugh Wildman for the post of Attorney General. The government viewed this news with...Read More >>>   3/3/2005 || GRENADA’S SHALRIE JOSEPH SCORES WINNER FOR NEW ENG... 0 HAMILTON, Bermuda: Grenada's international Shalrie Joseph slotted home an 83rd minute penalty to guide the New England Revolution to a 2-1 win against a Bermuda Select XI in a pre-season match at the National Training Centre in Bermuda on Tuesday night. New England took the lead in the 18th minu...Read More >>>   3/3/2005 || BROOKLYN HOSPITAL PITCHES IN TO HELP GRENADA 0 NEW YORK, N.Y., Thurs. Mar. 3, 2005: Grenada’s health sector will soon get a boost from a Brooklyn, New York hospital, as it continues to recover from the devastating hurricane that struck the island in early September. Officials of the Brooklyn Hospital Center at 121 Dekalb Avenue in Brooklyn, ...Read More >>>   3/3/2005 || FINAL GOODBYE TO VETERAN GRENADIAN JOURNALIST SET ... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada, Thurs. Mar. 3, 2005: Veteran Grenadian journalist, Alister Hughes, who passed away on Monday, is set to be cremated on Friday March 4 in St. George’s. Reports indicate Hughes, 86, will be cremated at the St George's Crematorium following an 11 a.m. funeral service. Condol...Read More >>>   3/2/2005 || SENATOR WILDMAN? GRENADA GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS ITS ... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA: The Grenada government may be considering making controversial Jamaican Hugh Wildman a senator so it can in the end appoint him Attorney General. This, following the rejection Tuesday of his nomination by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, which is a mechanism of t...Read More >>>   3/2/2005 || KUWAIT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN GRENADA'S RECONSTR... 0 Minister of Agriculture Minister for Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries, Public Utilities and Energy Gregory Bowen and Mr. Nelson Louison met with Director General Mr. Bader Al-Humaidhi and other members of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development in Kuwait City, Kuwait last month. Mini...Read More >>>   3/2/2005 || MORE ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILLS FOR 109TH CONGRESS 0 WASHINGTON, D.C., Weds. Mar. 2, 2005: The 109th Congress may still be in its first session but it’s appearing to be more anti-immigrant than in previous years. Of course the REAL ID Act, which calls for a ban on undocumented immigrants from obtaining driver's licenses, has already passed the Hous...Read More >>>   3/2/2005 || WEST INDIES CRICKET KEEPS GETTING WORSE, SAYS COZI... 0 FLORIDA, USA: According to one of the leading commentators and writers on cricket in the Caribbean, Tony Cozier, the situation in West Indies cricket is only getting worse. "Without putting too fine a point on it, West Indies cricket has been an unholy mess for some time now and is only getting ...Read More >>>   3/2/2005 || WILDMAN'S NOMINATION AS GRENADA'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - An independent Caribbean commission rejected the Grenadian government's nominee for attorney-general yesterday, handing a victory to dozens of lawyers who have been boycotting court proceedings for a month to protest the choice. The Judicial and Legal Services Commissi...Read More >>>   3/1/2005 || POLICE BRUTALITY, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TOP U.S. ... 0 WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. Mar. 1, 2005: Allegations of police brutality and mistreatment of detainees, poor prison conditions and violence against women continue to top the human rights problems in many Caribbean countries. That’s according to the latest "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,...Read More >>>   3/1/2005 || REGIS AMONG CARIBBEAN ATHLETES WITH IMPRESSIVE PER... 0 FAYETTEVILLE, USA: Caribbean athletes turned up impressive performances on the weekend to capture numerous titles at the SEC Indoor Championships held in Arkansas. Leading the way were Auburn athletes Fana Ashby, Sherridan Kirk, Maurice Smith, LSU's Hazel Ann Regis and Florida's Candice Scott. On...Read More >>>   3/1/2005 || SIMON LEADS LEEWARDS TO EASY WIN OVER WINDWARDS 0 ST GEORGES, Grenada (CMC) - Medium fast bowler Carl Simon destroyed the Windward Islands' batting, to spur the Leeward Islands to a comprehensive 130-run victory on the fourth day of their eighth-round Carib Beer Series match at the Tanteen Oval yesterday. Simon grabbed five for 48, including the...Read More >>>   3/1/2005 || CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANTS AWAITING GREEN CARDS WARNED T... 0 WASHINGTON, DC, Tues. Mar. 1, 2005: Caribbean and other immigrants still awaiting greencards from the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service may want to check in with the federal department before making summer travel plans. Immigration officials yesterday advised individuals with an applicati...Read More >>>   2/28/2005 || VETERAN GRENADIAN JOURNALIST DIES 0 Well-known Grenadian journalist Alister Hughes died Monday morning at the age of 86 after a prolonged illness. He had been at the forefront of Grenadian journalism and was known across the Caribbean as the definitive voice covering the October 1983 American invasion of Grenada. On October 19th...Read More >>>   2/28/2005 || ALISTER HUGHES DIES AT 82 0 Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has expressed sadness at the passing of veteran Grenadian journalist Alister Hughes, who died earlier today at the age of 82 years. “Grenada has lost one of the most respected and responsible journalists this Country has ever known. I know that his health had been de...Read More >>>   2/28/2005 || OECS SPORTS CHIEF PROMISES MORE ACTION THIS YEAR! 0 by Michael Bascombe The St Lucia-based Sports Desk of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat is hoping to revive a number of sporting events on sub-regional level. The OECS Sports Co-ordinator David Peterkin said that Table Tennis, Boxing and Tennis will be returning t...Read More >>>   2/28/2005 || NATIONAL BUDGET CONSULTATION ON TOMORROW 0 The Government of Grenada is currently preparing the 2005 Budget for presentation to Parliament in early April 2005. As part of the budget preparation exercise, the Ministry of Finance has planned a national budget consultation for Tuesday, March 1st, 2005 at the Grenada Trade Centre commencing 9 a...Read More >>>   2/28/2005 || JONES FAMILY RECEIVES MEMENTOS 0 Members of the family of the late Ben Jones, former prime minister of Grenada, were presented with the traditional mementos from the activities relating to the State funeral, which was held on Tuesday, February 22, 2005. Cabinet Secretary Argar Alexander, during a brief presentation ceremony in t...Read More >>>     2/28/2005 || BOOTHS, VENDORS, BUSES FOR TEMPORARY RELOCATION 0 The Ministry of Communication, Works and Transport, in conjunction with Volker Stevin, Contractor for the Melville Street and Cruise Ship Terminal Project, and Royal Grenada Police Force inform the general public that on Monday February 28th 2005, Booths, Vendors and some buses in the Bus Terminus w...Read More >>>