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  3/22/2005 || PRIME MINISTER MITCHELL MEETS WITH UK SECRETARY OF...0
Increased aid and budgetary support could soon be coming to Grenada from the United Kingdom. British Secretary of State with responsibility for Caribbean Affairs, Hon. Hillary Benn has promised to ensure that British and European Union governments treat Grenada’s recovery efforts with importance...Read More >>>
  3/22/2005 || MITCHELL DEPLORES CRICKET WICB'S DECISION TO BAR S...0
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Grenada's prime minister Dr Keith Mitchell deplored the West Indies Cricket Board's decision to bar seven star players from an upcoming Test because of a sponsorship dispute, saying it could threaten the future of the sport in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Keith Mitche...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || BEHARRY YOUNGEST SOLDIER TO GET THE VICTORIA CROSS0
A 25-year-old private soldier born in Grenada, Johnson Gideon Beharry, who enlisted in the British Army less than four years ago, yesterday became the latest member of the most exclusive club in the world after being awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery and become the first appointed h...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || ARD READY TO BUILD BACK BETTER0
With all speakers pledging to "Build Back Better", the Agency for Reconstruction and Development was officially launched Tuesday morning (March 15) at its headquarters in Tanteen. Prime Minister Dr The Right Honourable Keith Mitchell cut the ribbons to formally open the new offices and conference...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || CABLE & WIRELESS TO OFFER BLACKBERRY IN EASTERN CA...0
Customers in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent & Grenadines To Have Wireless Access to Voice and Data via BlackBerry Cable & Wireless Ltd. and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced plans to offer BlackBerry(R) to custo...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || PM MITCHELL REACTS TO WICB DECISION0
The Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket, Dr the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, has expressed great disappointment over the West Indies Cricket Board decision to exclude the West Indies players contracted by Cable and Wireless. The Sub-Committee Chairman believes that in the inte...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || AIR JAMAICA CUTS REGIONAL FLIGHTS0
Buckling under more than US$300 million in debt, Air Jamaica has now taken the dramatic step of immediately suspending flights to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. News of this was announced on Friday night and the debt-ridden airline which has returned to Government control, said the suspensi...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || WIPA PROTESTS OMISSION OF LARA, SIX OTHERS0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - The West Indies Players Association criticised managers yesterday for shutting out captain Brian Lara and six other players from the first cricket Test against South Africa later this month, the latest development in a feud over sponsorship contracts. Dinanath Ramnarin...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || LARA OUT OF WINDIES SQUAD0
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Trinidad and Tobago's star batsman Brian Lara has been left out of the West Indies 14-man squad for the first Test match in the Digicel 2005 Home Series against South Africa schedule for Guyana on March 31. In the absence of Lara, Guyanese batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || HALF- MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW FURNITURE FOR GRENADI...0
The Ministry of Education has begun the distribution of new school desks and chairs to the Secondary Schools on the island. The furniture was procured by a joint initiative of the World Bank, and the Government of Grenada. The distribution of the new furniture commenced this week, and will co...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || GRENADA'S EDUCATION SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM JAPANES...0
The Ministry of Education is pleased to announce that the Japanese Government has offered financial Assistance under its Grant Assistance for Grass- Roots Human Security Projects (GGP), to support the rehabilitation of Secondary Schools. The announcement was made to Minister for Education Claris Cha...Read More >>>
  3/21/2005 || U.S. EYE DOCTORS FOR GRENADA0
A team of eye doctors from the United States will be in Grenada performing corneal transplants and other sophisticated eye surgery. The ophthalmologists, specialized in corneal transplants will arrive in Grenada this week to perform corneal transplants at the General Hospital. Doctors Robert F...Read More >>>
  3/18/2005 || TOP BRITISH MILITARY AWARD FOR GRENADA-BORN SOLDIE...0
"I was just thinking about the guys in my vehicle and the guys behind me and my safety. So I just carried on." The words of Grenada-born British soldier Johnson Beharry, who is being awarded Britain's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, today. The citation describes not one, but two a...Read More >>>
  3/18/2005 || WICB REMAINS MUM ON LARA’S POSSIBLE SELECTION 0
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Fri. Mar. 18, 2005: West Indies cricket board selectors yesterday reportedly picked a 13-man squad to face South Africa on March 31, but declined to reveal the squad or state whether Brian Lara and six other players were included. Leonard Robertson, a spokesman for the West I...Read More >>>
  3/18/2005 || GRENADIAN LAWYERS OPENING A CAN OF WORMS0
LETTER TO THE EDITOR (CARIBBEAN NET NEWS) Dear Editor: Those Grenadian lawyers who are raising the issue of national pride to get rid of Hugh Wildman, are opening a can of worms for corned beef. Hugh Wildman is a Jamaican lawyer employed as the DPP for many years under the present NNP regim...Read More >>>
  3/18/2005 || GRENADA STEPS UP HIV/AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN0
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Fri. Mar. 18, 2005: In an effort to continue its awareness campaign about the impact of the HIV/AIDS virus and to spread the message of prevention, safe sex and abstinence, the Grenada National AIDS Directorate held a “Walk for Life” yesterday through the Northeast Constituenc...Read More >>>
  3/18/2005 || YOUTH DEPARTMENT COLLABORATES WITH BRITISH SCHOOLS...0
The Department of Youth Development in the Prime Minister’s Office has collaborated with the Friends of Grenada Hospital Association in England to facilitate the presence of four Grenadian students at a students’ conference in Sheffield, England. Kera Bowen and Stelon Cadoo, students attending th...Read More >>>
  3/17/2005 || VINCY HIKER NOT DISAPPOINTED BY GUINNESS0
One of the two men who completed a six-day hike around St Vincent said he is not disappointed that Guinness has not recognised their attempt to set the record for the world’s longest hike. Earl 'Old George' Daniel who along with Joel Butcher trekked over more that 400 miles over six days, said hi...Read More >>>
  3/17/2005 || NEW REGIONAL YACHTING INITIATIVE LAUNCHED0
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua: Many Islands, One Sea – the idea of marketing the Caribbean region as a single destination for Yachting, is a vision dear to the hearts of many. This vision is one step closer, following a 3-day workshop for officials of marine trades associations and public sector officials fro...Read More >>>
  3/17/2005 || INLAND REVENUE OFFICERS TO BEGIN SERVING DEMAND NO...0
The public is hereby notified, that in accordance with Section 39 of the Property Tax Act 2 of 1997 (as amended), that with effect from Tuesday 15th March 2005, Demand Notices for Property Tax for the year 2005 will be served. Officers from the Inland Revenue Division will be hand delivering thes...Read More >>>
  3/17/2005 || GOVERNMENT URGED TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR...0
By Linda Straker Special To HBN ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Thurs. Mar. 17, 2005: A Grenada agency advocating on behalf of children here, has called upon the Keith Mitchell administration to improve the living conditions at a state run home. The Grenada National Coalition on the Rights of the Ch...Read More >>>
  3/16/2005 || GUINNESS WORLD RECORD BID BY VINCY WALKERS MAY HAV...0
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (AP) - Two men in St Vincent walked for six days without sleep in a bid to set a world record for the longest nonstop hike, but Guinness World Records said yesterday it won't recognise the feat. Horns blared as thousands greeted Earl Daniel and Joel Butcher when they entered...Read More >>>
  3/16/2005 || BAJAN PM CRITICISES MITCHELL'S MOVES IN CRICKET RO...0
Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur said some Caribbean leaders have overstepped their bounds by allegedly trying to impose their views on cricket officials in a sponsorship dispute between two telecommunications companies. The West Indies Cricket Board earlier this month ruled that seven star p...Read More >>>
  3/16/2005 || SAILING ASSOCIATIONS TO HOLD RACE MANAGEMENT SEMIN...0
CSA, the Grenada Sailing Association and the Grenada South Coast Yacht Club is holding a race management seminar on Thursday, March 31. The program will be held at the Bananas Restaurant and Night Club and the True Blue Resort and will be presented by Martin Bedford, RYA/ISAF Race Officer, Judge and...Read More >>>
  3/16/2005 || FUTURE OF WEST INDIES CRICKET ACADEMY IN GRENADA I...0
TRINADAD, March 14 (Online): As if West Indies cricket is not beset by enough sponsorship problems already, there is now growing concern for the future of the Grenada-based West Indies Cricket Academy, which has been instrumental in developing the careers of such players as Ryan Hinds, Carlton Baugh...Read More >>>
  3/16/2005 || ST. ANDREW'S DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PLANS RAINBO...0
The St.Andrew's Development Organization(SADO) announces its plans for the 20th Rainbow City Festival planned for July 30 to August 1,2005. The theme of this year's Festival is:"Twenty Years,Stepping Back To Move Forward" In keeping with this theme the festival will be more in the streets ra...Read More >>>
  3/16/2005 || WICB WILL NAME TEAM0
West Indies will on Thursday name a Test squad to take on South Africa even if Brian Lara is not available. Until lawyers clear contracts signed by seven players with Cable & Wireless, none of the group will be picked. "The team announcement will still go ahead, no problem," said cricket boa...Read More >>>
  3/15/2005 || DUE DATE EXTENDED FOR COMMONWEALTH ACTIVITY BOOK P...0
The Department of Youth Development in the Prime Minister’s Office has extended its deadline for its Commonwealth Activity Book Project. The new due date for the project, which targets students under age 18, is now Thursday 31st March, 2005. This has become necessary due to the tremendous respons...Read More >>>
  3/15/2005 || GRENADA NATIONAL CHAMPS COME OFF 4
In recent years, Grenada's National Track & Field Championships have been quite a spectacle, with world-class athletes like Alleyne Francique and Hazelann Regis providing a benchmark for many up-and-coming athletes, all competing in one of the Caribbean's most modern stadia. The passage of Hurri...Read More >>>
 
  3/15/2005 || GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT CONTINUES IN ST VINC...0
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The thousands of Vincentians who turned out to Heritage Square Monday to witness Earl “Old George” Daniel and Joel Butcher “complete” their world record-breaking six-day non-stop walk were stunned when the duet announced that they would only be making a brief stop and would c...Read More >>>

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