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6/7/2005 || NINE MONTHS GONE - WE STILL WAITING 0 by Lloyd Noel, former Attorney General of Grenada, prominent attorney at law and political commentator The new hurricane season officially started on the first of June, with some serious and very frightening predictions from the experts -- yet nine months after the last “Ivan” the terrible, we ...Read More >>>   6/6/2005 || CARIBBEAN CUP 2005 SET TO KICK OFF JUNE 12 IN BROO... 0 The 14th staging of the annual Caribbean Cup, one of the Tri-State area’s most competitive soccer tournaments, is set to kick off on Sunday, June 12, and organizers are promising that it will be bigger and better than ever. At a recent press conference to announce plans for this season, Caribbean...Read More >>>   6/6/2005 || INTRIGUING FINISH ON THE CARDS FOR 2ND TEST 0 AFTER THREE days during which only 30 runs separated the first innings, the second and final Test of the Digicel Series between the West Indies and Pakistan enters its fourth and penultimate day at Sabina Park this morning with the promise of an exciting finish. When umpires David Shepherd of En...Read More >>>   6/6/2005 || ARD COMMUNITY CARAVAN CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE G... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: The Agency for Reconstruction and Development’s popular Community Caravan continues to work with communities in Grenada as they prepare for the 2005 hurricane season which began on Wednesday, June 1. On Friday, June 3, the Caravan’s Play Back Theatre took a trip to the St. ...Read More >>>   6/6/2005 || PARADISE STILL LEADERS IN GFA PREMIER LEAGUE 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, June 05 (GrenadaSports) – Andall School's of Modern Soccer (ASOMS) Paradise continues to lead the DIGICEL Premier League of the Grenada Football Association (GFA) following the completion of the third round on Sunday. Paradise struck back late in the second half to force a 2...Read More >>>   6/6/2005 || CHILDREN'S TYLENOL RECALLED BECAUSE OF LABEL CONFU... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Johnson & Johnson said Friday it was recalling several varieties of its Tylenol painkiller for children due to confusing packaging information that could lead to young patients being given overly high doses of the over-the-counter medicine, which is now circulating in the Carib...Read More >>>   6/6/2005 || GRENADIAN STUDENTS SHINING EXAMPLES OF ACADEMIC EX... 0 The Ministry of Education is pleased to announce that two Grenadian students have been included in the Honour’s List of Most Outstanding Students for the first semester of the academic year 2004-2005. The students Triston Smith, a 6th year medical student at the Faculty of Sagua of the Higher In...Read More >>>   6/3/2005 || GRENADA'S SPICE MAS ALIVE IN 2005 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Every island can boast of its own Carnival characteristics, its distinctive brand of music and its unique portrayal and interpretation of Mas. However, in Grenada, Carnival celebrations stand out in a way that would wow and please even the most enamored and seasoned Carnival lo...Read More >>>   6/3/2005 || NEW US PASSPORT REGIME WILL HURT CARIBBEAN TOURISM... 0 WORLD TRAVEL and Tourism Council (WTTC) study claims that US$2.6 billion of visitor export earnings and more than 188,000 travel and tourism jobs will be destroyed by new United States passport regulations. The WTTC examined those figures against visitor export earnings in the region, which tota...Read More >>>   6/3/2005 || IMF URGES GRENADA TO STRENGTHEN TIE BETWEEN TOURIS... 0 By Linda Straker ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada (eTurboNews) Citing the enormous benefit it will bring, the International Monetary Fund is recommending for Grenada to directly link its agriculture industry to the tourism industry. Prakash Loungani, the mission chief for the team which recently conducted ...Read More >>>   6/3/2005 || WINDIES SEEK CLINCHER 0 Shivnarine Chanderpaul's West Indies, anxious to prove their first-Test triumph was no fluke, will face a Pakistan side strengthened by the return of their captain Inzamam-ul-Haq in the second and final Test, starting today at Sabina Park. And while Pakistan's batting will benefit from the return...Read More >>>   6/3/2005 || TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONSTRUCTION TEAM IN GRENADA 0 Fifty (50) Trinidadian trainees in the construction field are in Grenada to help with reconstruction efforts underway following devastation by Hurricane Ivan last year. The programme which is dubbed “Helping You Prepare for Employment (HYPE) will be conducted initially for five weeks. The Trin...Read More >>>   6/3/2005 || OVER 3,000 GRENADIAN FAMILIES HAVE BENEFITED FROM ... 0 The Emergency Housing Committee (EHC) is pleased to report that over 3,300 families have benefited from the recovery work done during the first phase of the reconstruction programme, dated January 1st to May 31st. The EHC implemented three main programs geared towards the reconstruction of Grenad...Read More >>>   6/3/2005 || AGRICULTURE MINISTER TO MEET WITH FARMERS TO DISCU... 0 The Ministry of Agriculture will be holding a series of parish meetings with the nation’s farmers. The first meeting is scheduled for the parish of St. Andrews, and will take place at the St. Andrews Methodist School on Tuesday 7th June 2005 at 5:30pm. Present at the meetings will be Hon: Gre...Read More >>>   6/2/2005 || HOUSING AUTHORITY AND GRENADA GOVERNMENT MEET HOUS... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: The Grenada Government, through an Emergency Housing Programme initiated by the Housing Authority of Grenada (HAG), has been working quickly to restore the homes of a number of citizens around the country. Severely battered by Hurricane Ivan, Grenada lost 90 percent of its ...Read More >>>   6/2/2005 || LARA TOPS WIPA AWARDS; GRENADIAN DEVON SMITH AMONG... 0 Former West Indies' captain and master batsman Brian Lara copped three awards at the First Citizens Bank WIPA 2004 Awards Function held at the Jamaica Pegasus on Tuesday night. Lara, who reclaimed his world record for the highest individual Test score by slamming 400 not out against England at th...Read More >>>   6/2/2005 || GRENADA BRACES FOR HURRICANE SEASON 0 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Simeon Simon gazes up at the mist-shrouded mountains of Grenada's lush interior in one direction and out toward the emerald-blue sea in another - all from the middle of his kitchen. The 60-year-old mason lost his zinc roof when Hurricane Ivan slammed into the tin...Read More >>>   6/2/2005 || LARA BACK AT NO 1; SHIV ENTERS TOP 10 IN WORLD RAN... 0 LONDON (CMC) - West Indies' batting star Brian Lara has regained the number one position and his captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul surged into the top-10 in the LG International Cricket Council (ICC) world rankings this week after their pivotal performances in the Kensington Oval Test match against Pak...Read More >>>   6/2/2005 || NY FAMILIES BLANK CARIBBEAN NANNIES 0 An investigation by New York's State Attorney's office has uncovered evidence that wealthy white families looking for household help in New York City are telling employment agencies not to send them Blacks, people from the islands, in particularly, not Jamaicans, nor Dominicans. One woman told an ...Read More >>>   6/1/2005 || MTV TO LAUNCH NEW TELEVISION NETWORK DEDICATED TO ... 0 NEW YORK, USA: Tempo, a new cable television network dedicated to Caribbean music and culture, will be launched by MTV Networks (a division of Viacom Inc.) in October of 2005. The new channel will be advertiser-supported, and will target all people with a passion for the Caribbean lifestyle. The...Read More >>>   6/1/2005 || WINDIES EXPECT TOUGHER FIGHT FROM PAKISTAN IN 2ND ... 0 Delighted though they are with victory over Pakistan in the first Digicel Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, the leaders of the West Indies cricket squad are under no illusions as they look ahead to the second Test at Sabina Park starting Friday. Coach Bennett King and captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul b...Read More >>>   6/1/2005 || CARIBBEAN RESIDENTS WARNED NOT TO RELY ON GOVERNME... 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: A call for more explicit support from CARICOM politicians and a warning to Caribbean residents not to rely only on Government-level hurricane preparedness were among issues raised by Coordinator of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) Jeremy Collymore at a p...Read More >>>   6/1/2005 || DEFIANT PANDAY FACES JAIL TIME - WORST OF TIMES F... 0 FORMER TRINIDAD and Tobago Prime Minister, Basdeo Panday, was preparing to spend last night in the remand yard of the Frederick Street Prison after he refused to accept a TT$750,000 (US$125,000) bail offer set by a magistrate yesterday. Panday, who served as prime minister from 1995-2001, appear...Read More >>>   6/1/2005 || DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS SAYS... 0 WASHINGTON, DC (May 31, 2005) – An international disaster specialist wants businesses and families in the Caribbean to join governments in preparing for a number of serious storms forecast for the region. Speaking ahead of the Caribbean Media Exchange on Sustainable Tourism's CMExPress workshop (...Read More >>>   5/31/2005 || HOT TOURISM TALK SLATED FOR NEW YORK COMMUNITIES 0 NEW YORK (May 30, 2005) – What role does tourism play in improving the quality of lives of Caribbean people? Do the tourist dollars reach the man and woman in the street, or are they quickly remitted offshore? Is there a level playing field for Caribbean-Americans to invest in tourism? Do tourist au...Read More >>>   5/31/2005 || GRENADA'S JASON ROBERTS VOWS TO MAKE COMEBACK 0 LONDON, England: Grenadian international Jason Roberts is confident that he will be back in time for the start of the English Barclays Premiership as he continues to make healing progress after sustaining a broken leg in the final championships game. The former West Bromwich striker sustained t...Read More >>>   5/31/2005 || AIR JAMAICA ISSUES UPDATE ON SERVICE TO/FROM ST LU... 0 MIAMI, USA: Air Jamaica announced last week that, in line with its corporate restructuring and cost cutting efforts, its St. Lucia service may shift to a seasonal basis beginning in time for the winter 2005 season. Air Jamaica flights to/from St. Lucia will remain suspended throughout the summer mon...Read More >>>   5/31/2005 || GUYANESE SOLDIERS GIVE ALL TO GRENADA RECONSTRUCTI... 0 When the batch of 100 Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers left Guyana for Grenada as part of the government's assistance in the recovery and reconstruction plan after Hurricane Ivan ravaged the island, none of them knew that Guyana was going to experience its own natural disaster. Nevertheless, ...Read More >>>   5/31/2005 || CALL FOR MORE DEMOCRATIC CRICKET AUTHORITY IN THE ... 0 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (May 29, 2005) – A sports legend opened up on the Caribbean cricket establishment hitting them for a lack of openness. Former West Indies cricket captain, Richie Richardson believes Caribbean fans should have a greater say in how to reverse the "deep slide" in West Indies cric...Read More >>>     5/30/2005 || VICTORY FOR WINDIES AT LAST 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP): Shahid Afridi's third Test hundred could not prevent West Indies from winning their first Test in a shade over one year, when they completed a comprehensive 276-run win over Pakistan in the first Test on Sunday. Chasing a highly improbable, if not impossible target of...Read More >>>