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4/6/2005 || GRENADIANCONNECTION.COM RECEIVES COMMUNITY SERVICE... 0 Grenadiaconnection.com was recently recognized for its contributions to the Grenadian community in New York, by the members of the Boca Past Students Association, Inc. at their 5th Anniversary Dinner and Awards ceremony on April 2. The Community Service Award was presented to Neil Cummings, pres...Read More >>>   4/6/2005 || TOURISM MINISTRY TO TACKLE HARASSMENT ISSUE 0 Grenada’s Minister of Tourism Hon. Brenda Hood is seeking to make Grenada’s places on interest and tourist attractions more secure. Minister Hood and other tourism officials held a meeting recently with senior police officers, and tour operators to discuss matters of security for various visitor att...Read More >>>   4/6/2005 || CTO HOSTS FIRST TOURISM HURMAN RESOURCES CONFERENC... 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (April 4. 2005) – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will hold its first regional human resources conference next month as a means of broadening its annual Tourism Educators Forum. Themed Raising Standards and Organisational Effectiveness in the Tourism Workplace, the M...Read More >>>   4/6/2005 || GRENADA DECLARES TWO DAYS OF MOURNING FOR THE POPE 0 The Government of Grenada has declared Thursday April 7th and Friday April 8th as National Days of Mourning as a mark of respect on the passing of Pope John Paul II. The Government requests that the National Flag be flown at half mast. Source: Office of the Prime Minister   4/5/2005 || WATTS COPS 4 GOLD MEDALS AT CARIFTA SWIM MEET 0 WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, April 4 - Grenada's most accomplished swimmer, Tuesday Watts won all of Grenada's medals at the 2005 CARIFTA Swimming Championship here this weekend. Watts, who was named outstanding OECS female sports personality in 2004, ended with four gold, one silver and one bronze medal...Read More >>>   4/5/2005 || GRENADA PAYING ITS DEBT, SAYS MITCHELL 0 GRENADA is taking care of debts incurred in the wake of Hurricane Ivan which ravaged the island last year. In the immediate post-Ivan period, based on assessments of the IMF, World Bank and ECCB, the government of Grenada formed an economic restructuring committee to address its debt situation, ...Read More >>>   4/5/2005 || CUBA HAS 'SURPRISE' MOURNING FOR POPE 0 Cuba has begun three days of national mourning to mark the death of Pope John Paul II. Flags in the communist state, which until 1992 was officially atheist, are being flown at half-mast. Play-offs in the national baseball league have been postponed and many bars are closed. President Fide...Read More >>>   4/5/2005 || LARA'S BACK, BUT CHANDERPAUL REMAINS CAPTAIN 0 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Tues. Apr. 5, 2005: Trinidadian batsman Brian Lara is back but will have to take orders from Guyanese-born Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the remainder of the Digicel 2005 Home Series. The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday named Chanderpaul as captain of the West Indies team fo...Read More >>>   4/5/2005 || PM MITCHELL URGES FINANCIAL INTEGRATION 0 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Tues. Apr. 5, 2005: Capital and financial market integration is critical to helping small states overcome vulnerability. That’s according to Grenada’s Prime Minister, Keith Mitchell, who made the remarks yesterday during his address to delegates attending the 5th Euro mon...Read More >>>   4/5/2005 || DEFIANT KALLIS GUIDES SOUTH AFRICA TO DRAW; CHANDE... 0 A DEFIANT unbeaten hundred by Jacques Kallis that was exemplary in its discipline and absolutely vital in the context of the match, allowed South Africa to bat through the final day of the first Digicel Test against the West Indies to ensure a draw at Bourda yesterday. Following-on for the first ...Read More >>>   4/5/2005 || PM MEETS WITH GRENLEC STAFF 0 Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has complemented the staff of Grenlec for what he termed going beyond the call of duty in the period after Hurricane Ivan. Dr. Mitchell called Grenlec workers true patriots for the sacrifice and hard work they put in to get the country back together. ...Read More >>>   4/5/2005 || EDUCATION MINISTRY REVIEWING STRATEGIC PLAN 0 Grenada’s Ministry of Education wants to improve the standard of education offered, by improving access and reviewing the current system. The Ministry commenced a series of consultations on Monday 4th April, to review the Strategic Plan for Education Enhancement and Development (SPEED). The over...Read More >>>   4/4/2005 || WEST INDIES AND SOUTH AFRICA SET FOR LAST DAY EPIC 0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): South Africa were fighting for survival on Sunday as the intriguing first Test against the West Indies was poised for a last day epic showdown. Forced to follow on 355 runs behind on the penultimate day, the visitors reached 85 for two in their second when bad light sto...Read More >>>   4/4/2005 || PM MITCHELL TO ADDRESS INVESTMENT FORUM IN TRINIDA... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mon. Apr. 4, 2005: Grenada’s Prime Minister, Keith Mitchell, is set to deliver a keynote address at the 5th Euromoney/Latin Finance Caribbean Investment Forum, which opens today in Trinidad. Mitchell will address delegates at the Trinidad Hilton in Port-of-Spain on the vuln...Read More >>>   4/4/2005 || CARIBBEAN LEADERS REACT TO POPE’S PASSING 0 ST. GEORGES, Grenada, Mon. Apr. 4, 2005: Caribbean heads of states and regional Roman Catholic church leaders, are among those joining millions around the world in expressing sadness over the passing of the Holy See, John Paul, II, at about 2:37 ET time (9.37 Rome time) Saturday, April 2, 2005. ...Read More >>>   4/1/2005 || CABLE & WIRELESS RELEASES SIX CONTRACTED PLAYERS 0 Cable & Wireless late Thursday announced the conditional release of six West Indies cricketers from individual endorsement deals, a move that clears the way for a full-strength team to take the field in the second Test against South Africa. The latest twist does not affect the company's endorsemen...Read More >>>   4/1/2005 || CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AMONG MOST VULNERABLE HOTSPOTS... 0 NEW YORK, N.Y., Fri. Apr. 1, 2005: Natural calamities like earthquakes and tsunamis may be unpredictable, but Mother Nature’s danger zones in the Caribbean and around the world have now been mapped in a landmark report released this week. Researchers at New York’s Columbia University and the Worl...Read More >>>   4/1/2005 || EDUCATION MINISTRY GIVES UPDATE ON EXAMINATIONS 0 The Ministry of Education would like to update the General Public of the status of Examaminations post Hurrice Ivan. Common Entrance Examination Common Entrance Examination is scheduled to take place May 6, 2005. A total of 3,561 candidates are registered for the examination (Males 2,026 Fem...Read More >>>   4/1/2005 || POPE SUFFERS HEART FAILURE; IS CONSCIOUS AND IN GR... 0 VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II suffered heart failure and is in "very grave" condition, the Vatican said Friday, but it said he was lucid and spent the morning celebrating Mass and receiving top aides, asking one to read him the biblical account of Christ's crucifixion and burial. Spokesman Jo...Read More >>>   4/1/2005 || WINDIES SHINE DESPITE LACK OF STAR POWER 0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Fri. Apr. 1, 2005: No one really missed Brian Lara or the six other experienced players on opening day of the first 2005 test match between South Africa and the West Indies cricket side yesterday. Infact, the day belonged to newly-appointed Guyanese-born captain Shiv Chanderpa...Read More >>>   3/31/2005 || BUDGET DATE SET FOR APRIL 8 0 The Minister of Finance, Hon. Anthony Boatswain, will present the 2005 Budget on 8th April, 2005, at the Grenada Trade Centre, Morne Rouge St. George’s, at 10:00 am. This announcement follows the approval of the 2005 Estimates of Expenditure by the Standing Committee on Finance on March 29, 2005. ...Read More >>>   3/31/2005 || U.S. SOCCER TEAM SIGNS GRENADIAN PLAYER TO ANOTHER... 0 FOXBOROUGH, MA, Thurs. Mar. 31, 2005: The New England Revolution soccer squad yesterday announced its decision to extend the contract of Grenada-born midfielder Shalrie Joseph. The St. Georges-born, St. John's University alumnus, is a member of the Revs 18-man senior roster Terms of the deals wer...Read More >>>   3/31/2005 || WORK BEGINS ON THE BACOLET BRIDGE 0 The Ministry of Communication, Works and Transport, in conjunction with Dessau Soprin, the Consultant and Consolidated Contractors Incorporated (CCI), the Contractor advises the public that work has commenced on the Bacolet Bridge. A temporary bridge has been constructed by the contractor to be u...Read More >>>   3/31/2005 || WINDIES FACE UPHILL TEST TASK 0 THE FIRST Test of the Digicel 2005 series between the West Indies and South Africa is scheduled to get under way at Bourda today. Following the row that has rocked and is rocking West Indies cricket, however, there is a possibility that it will not do so. News coming out of Guyana is that there i...Read More >>>   3/31/2005 || OECS MINISTERS TO HOLD CRITICAL MEETING TO HELP RE... 0 CASTRIES, St. Lucia: OECS Ministers of Agriculture will meet in Antigua and Barbuda on Thursday, March 31 to put new energy into efforts to reposition the vital agriculture sector, and reverse its declining contribution to economic activity in the sub-region. Agricultural Economist at the OECS Se...Read More >>>   3/31/2005 || OLD HEALTH CENTER IN ST. DAVID'S BEING REFURBISHED 0 The Ministry of Communication, Works and Transport has commenced refurbishment on the old Health Center in St. David’s. The building when completed will temporarily house the Magistrate’s Court. A site visit was made by Ms. Avril Trotman Solicitor General, Ashley Bernadine Committee Chairman and ...Read More >>>   3/30/2005 || UNITED HUNTERS ASSOCIATION HEED THE BAN ON HUNTING... 0 Minister of Agriculture Hon. Gregory Bowen speaking the 2nd annual Banquet of the United Union Hunters Association praised the association and others in the country for adhering to the Hunting ban. Hunters from Union St. Andrews celebrated Easter with their annual Banquet on Sunday March 27th 2005 a...Read More >>>   3/30/2005 || SPECIAL AIRLINE RATES AVAILABLE FOR CTO SUSTAINABL... 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (March 29, 2005) – Two regional airlines are offering special discounted fares for the seventh Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-7) to be held in Tobago. The Trinidad and Tobago carrier, BWIA West Indies Airways is providing discounted roundt...Read More >>>   3/30/2005 || CARRIACOUS SLOOP LAUNCHED IN WINDWARD 4 Windward, Carriacou, Grenada - At the end of February 2005 in the Carriacou village of Windward an historical event took place, the launching of a traditional wooden sailing yacht. This much awaited launch was the culmination of 7 months of hard work by the Master Shipwright Mr Alwin Enoe who design...Read More >>>     3/30/2005 || GRENADIANS TOP OECS MEDALISTS AT CARIFTA GAMES 0 Antigua-Barbuda was the leading Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) territory at the XXXIV CARIFTA Junior Track & Field Championships, at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. Jamaica topped the table with 59 medals, the home team was second on a Trinidad & Tobago record 36 (13-14...Read More >>>