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5/20/2005 || MITCHELL WANTS CHURCHES TO CONTINUE MEANINGFUL ROL... 0 ST. GEORGE"S, Grenada (CMC) - Grenada's Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell yesterday urged churches to continue playing a significant role in the development of societies throughout the Caribbean. Addressing a one-day national consultation by the ministry of education, Dr. Mitchell said the church...Read More >>>   5/20/2005 || QATAR MAKES DONATION TO GRENADA 0 The Government of the State of Qatar on Wednesday May 18, 2005 donated the sum of US$100,000.00 to the Government of Grenada to assist with the National Health Sector Reform Programme. The cheque was presented to H.E. Ruth Elizabeth Rouse, Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Grenada to the Uni...Read More >>>   5/20/2005 || GOVERNMENT REBUILDING COMMUNITY CENTRES 0 The Government of Grenada is spending close to $6 million to ensure that community centres are ready to be used as shelters during the upcoming hurricane season. Cabinet has approved the repair and refurbishment of nearly thirty centres across the island. Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mi...Read More >>>   5/19/2005 || LOCAL FORECASTERS IN GRENADA PREPARE FOR ACTIVE HU... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: With the hurricane season just two weeks away, local forecasters in Grenada are gearing up, putting logistics and mechanisms into place and enhancing their communications systems for the season. Out of the 15 named storms predicted it has been said by forecasters that the C...Read More >>>   5/19/2005 || CUBAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORKERS TO HELP WITH LINE... 0 The Government of Grenada has moved to help Cable & Wireless in its phone line restoration efforts. Following a request by Cable & Wireless, Minister of Business Development Senator Einstein Louison met with Cuban telecommunications officials last evening to fast-track an arrangement made by Cab...Read More >>>   5/19/2005 || MINISTER OF FINANCE AT CDB BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEET... 0 Minister of Finance, Hon. Anthony Boatswain, left the state yesterday Wednesday, May 18, 2005, for Guyana, to participate in the 35th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The Prime Ministers of Barbados, St. Kitts, Belize and Dominica are expected to ...Read More >>>   5/19/2005 || WINDIES HUMBLED AGAIN IN 59 RUN LOSS TO PAKISTAN 0 Pakistan 192 (Salman Butt 43) beat West Indies 133 (Abdul Razzaq 4-29) by 59 runs A disciplined Pakistan performance in the field allowed them to ease to a 59-run win in St Vincent and take a 1-0 lead in the series. Faced with a target of 193 West Indies' batting slumped in familiar fashion again...Read More >>>   5/18/2005 || IMF SAYS GRENADA NEEDS MORE AID 0 mission from the International Monetary Fund has said that Grenada will need more international help to recover from the substantial damage caused by Hurricane Ivan last September. An IMF staff mission visited Grenada for two weeks during April and May, and met with government and opposition le...Read More >>>   5/18/2005 || CUBA PLEDGES ASSISTANCE TO GRENADA IN DISASTER MIT... 0 HAVANA, Cuba: Senator Einstein Louison and a four-member delegation from Grenada held discussions in Cuba on Tuesday with Colonel Luis Macareno, Deputy Chief of Civil Defence. The discussions focused on the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan in Grenada and on the importance of mitigation effor...Read More >>>   5/18/2005 || DAMAGE TO LOWTHER’S LANE 0 The Ministry of Communication, Works and Transport has expressed concern about the activities which led to the breakage of the road at Lowther’s Lane and other activities which cause damages to public roads. In this regard the Ministry of Works is in contact with the Physical Planning department ...Read More >>>   5/18/2005 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT CONTINUES BATTLE AGAINST ILLEGA... 0 The Physical Planning Unit (PPU) of the Ministry of Finance is currently actively enforcing the Physical Planning and Development Control Act. With respect to Development Control, four (4) illegal settlements were demolished during the month of April, in the following areas: Lagoon Road, Grand An...Read More >>>   5/18/2005 || WINDIES KEEPING IT POSITIVE 0 It's going to be tough, but our guys are geared up. They've been doing some work and we'll be ready for it. ­ Chanderpaul KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC: ON THE heels of a humiliating whitewash by South Africa, the beleaguered West Indies team will turn their attention to a confident Pakist...Read More >>>   5/18/2005 || EMBASSY OF GRENADA WELCOMES NEW AMBASSADOR OF CHIN... 0 On May 16 2005, the Embassy of Grenada, in Washington D.C., hosted a welcome reception in honour of His Excellency Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, the newly appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the United States and Permanent Representative of China to the Organization of American Sta...Read More >>>   5/17/2005 || LARA RESTED AS HINDS RECALLED 0 ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) - Batting star Brian Lara has been rested for the upcoming Digicel three-match One-Day International Series against Pakistan that begins in St Vincent on Wednesday. In a West Indies Cricket Board release yesterday, convenor of West Indies selectors Joey Carew said "the s...Read More >>>   5/17/2005 || GRENADA DETERMINED TO FILL FINANCING GAPS WITH IMF... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: The government of Grenada in its 2005 budget appears determined to do its share to fill the financing gaps highlighted by the IMF. The budget contains revenue measures that will yield over two percent of GDP. A special levy on incomes has been instituted for a five year peri...Read More >>>   5/17/2005 || CUBA-GRENADA JOINT COMMISSION OPENS IN HAVANA 0 Havana, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Foreign Investment and Cooperation Minister, Marta Loma, welcomed Monday Grenada´s minister of National Security and Development of Trade and Private Sector Einstein Louison to discuss business and collaboration. The two ministers opened 8th Session of the Jo...Read More >>>   5/17/2005 || FORECASTERS SEE BIG HURRICANE SEASON 0 American forecasters have predicted that up to 15 tropical storms and hurricanes would form in the Atlantic and Caribbean this year. Conrad Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that of the 12 to 15 storms expected, seven to nine of them will become hurri...Read More >>>   5/17/2005 || NOW IT'S WINDIES VS. PAKISTAN 0 THE WEST Indies, still smarting from their double loss to South Africa, take on Pakistan in the first of three one-day internationals at Arnos Vale tomorrow. After that it will be two Test matches, one at Kensington Oval and one at Sabina Park, and the fans, a whole lot of them it appears, are w...Read More >>>   5/16/2005 || UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER GRENADA’S SPICEMAS 2005 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Grenada’s Spicemas 2005, with the season drawing near there are still a number of issues such as venues yet to be dealt with. Caribbean Net News understands that the date for the launch of Grenada’s Carnival is June 4 and some believe that...Read More >>>   5/16/2005 || CRUISE CONVERSION PROGRAM MAY HELP BOOST GRENADA'S... 0 The Minister of Tourism Hon. Brenda Hood made a presentation on Grenada’s cruise industry, at a Cruise Conversion Program Seminar, which was held to highlight the Free-stay Caribbean program. The seminar was hosted by the Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association and Tropical Shipping in conjunction wit...Read More >>>   5/16/2005 || WHITEWASH! - WINDIES SUFFER FIRST HOME SHUT-OUT IN... 0 BOETA DIPPENAAR played another match-winning innings to guide South Africa to a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies with five balls to spare in the rain-affected Fifth Digicel One-Day International yesterday. In a match reduced to the minimum of 20 overs-per-side because of persistent over...Read More >>>   5/16/2005 || REDUCING PUBLIC DEBT IN GRENADA IS URGENT, SAYS IM... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Reducing public debt to a safer level is a matter of economic urgency and social responsibility, according to IMF official Mr. Prakash Loungani. An IMF team visited Grenada this week and presented the 2005 Article IV consultation discussion on Grenada’s economy. The total st...Read More >>>   5/16/2005 || GRENADA AND CUBA HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON TECHNICAL COO... 0 Sen. the Hon. Einstein Louison, Minister responsible for National Security and Business and Private Sector Development in the Prime Minister’s Office led a five-member delegation to the Republic of Cuba on Sunday May 15 to participate in three days of discussions on technical cooperation between Gre...Read More >>>   5/13/2005 || GRENADA'S JASON ROBERTS WINS WIGAN'S CLUB PLAYER O... 0 LONDON, England: Grenada striker Jason Roberts was named Wigan's 2005 club player of the year in front of 7,000 fans at the JJB Stadium on Tuesday. Roberts hit his 21st goal of the season in a 3-1 home victory over Reading - a game that saw the championship team earning promotion to the Premier...Read More >>>   5/13/2005 || BIGGA CARIBBEAN MUSIC AWARDS 2005 0 The Ministry Of Tourism of St. Croix in conjunction of with Iyah Ites Promotion will be hosting the first annual “BIGGA Caribbean Music Awards Ceremony”, to be held in the US Virgin Islands. The awards are to be held November 26th, 2005. This ceremony will acknowledge persons within the music indust...Read More >>>   5/13/2005 || SUMMER REGATTA GETS CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP 0 St. George, May 13, 2005 -- Zublin Grenada Limited has begun to illustrate its support for the development of Grenada's yachting industry by announcing its participation as a major sponsor of the upcoming summer regatta to be staged by the Grenada Yacht club in July of this year. Zublin will be the...Read More >>>   5/13/2005 || MUSICAL INVASION AND RESURRECTION: TORONTO VS. NYC... 0 Brooklyn, NYC. May 12, 2005. Invasion - the Canadians are coming. Resurrection – two flying blasts from the recent past, Flying Turkey and Flying Cloud, will be raising their voices. Promoters promise that the rhythms will be exploding and the beats bouncing when Greenz Connection, Toronto’s ...Read More >>>   5/12/2005 || GRENADIAN STUDENTS SHINE AT MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVE... 0 Ministry of Education is delighted to announce that eight Grenadian students at Midwestern State University were recognized for their outstanding scholarly achievements and were inducted into the Cap and Gown chapter of the Mortar Board Senior Honour Society. The Grenadian students were among 44 eme...Read More >>>   5/12/2005 || HEARTBREAK FOR WINDIES IN ONE-RUN THRILLER 0 A HAT-TRICK by Charl Langeveldt led South Africa to a dramatic one-run win over West Indies in the third one-day international yesterday. The paceman bowled Ian Bradshaw and Daren Powell in the 50th and final over before trapping Corey Collymore lbw as West Indies were all out for 283 in reply t...Read More >>>     5/12/2005 || REGIONAL FIRMS NEED A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF LABOUR 0 Medium-size and large firms in some Caribbean countries say they are getting more opportunities than they have human resources to drive them. Grenada’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Patrick Antoine says this is why the free movement of labour provision in the CARICOM Single Mark...Read More >>>