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7/13/2005 || INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO TRINIDAD EXPLOSION 0 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Investigators in Trinidad are continuing their probe into an explosion just outside of Maraj Jewellers at the corner of Frederick and Queen Streets, Port of Spain, in the heart of the city's shopping district on Monday afternoon. According to security officials, Monday's...Read More >>>   7/13/2005 || EASTERN CARIBBEAN BRACES FOR EMILY 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - Islanders depleted stores of food, water and emergency supplies yesterday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Emily advanced on the eastern Caribbean, threatening a direct hit on Barbados. Barbados' Government designated shelters across the island, while meteorologists m...Read More >>>   7/12/2005 || PM'S TRIP TO CHINA A RESOUNDING SUCCESS 0 St. George’s: Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell has called his trip to China, a resounding success which will create more opportunities and investment for the people of Grenada. These comments come after successful negotiations with the Mayor of Shanghai, Excellency Han Zhe...Read More >>>   7/12/2005 || CHILDREN’S HOMES IN GRENADA RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FRO... 0 Residential children homes in Grenada will soon have better conditions for children thanks a donation of US$100,000 by the US-based Johnson and Johnson Foundation, which will go towards the Belair Home, Dorothy Hopkins Home, the Father Mallaghan Home and the Queen Elizabeth home, which were all seve...Read More >>>   7/12/2005 || DIGICEL TO OFFER BLACKBERRY IN EIGHT CARIBBEAN MAR... 0 Digicel Group yesterday announced plans to add BlackBerry® a leading wireless platform, to Digicel's corporate customer offerings throughout its expanding operations in the Caribbean. BlackBerry will be available in Aruba, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Grenada, Jamaica, St Vincent & the Grenadi...Read More >>>   7/12/2005 || BOMB ROCKS TRINIDAD--14 WOUNDED 0 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - A bomb exploded in a trash bin in downtown Port-of-Spain yesterday, wounding 14 people, a police official said. The commercial district was evacuated and the area checked for additional bombs, but none were located, Deputy Police Commissioner Glen Roach said. "We ha...Read More >>>   7/12/2005 || CHANDERPAUL IS CONFIDENT IN YOUNG TEAM 0 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: West Indies team captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has come to the defence of his second-string squad currently on tour in Sri Lanka. An ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) has left the Guyanese left-hander wi...Read More >>>   7/12/2005 || OECS STATES CONSIDER "THEIR PLACE" IN THE CSME 0 CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Heads of State have acknowledged concerns that size and limited resources are elements which predispose the sub-region to a disadvantaged spot in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy CSME. During the 26th Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM OECS leaders such as Pri...Read More >>>   7/12/2005 || SPICE YOUTH PROMOTION BUILDS ROOF FOR NEEDY PERSON... 0 Spice Youth Promotion continues in its bid to build and repair twenty houses before the end of the year. Over the weekend members of the Spice Youth Promotion Housing Committee were active in the Belmont area of St. George assisting a needy person. Ms. Joanna Patterson who lost one of her legs se...Read More >>>   7/11/2005 || GRENADA, CHINA AGREE TO EXPAND COOPERATION 0 China and Grenada agreed in Beijing Friday to consolidate and advance relations and expand cooperation in trade, investment and other areas. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, in his talks with visiting Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, said the two countries have strengthened cooperation and ...Read More >>>   7/11/2005 || LEQUAY CALLS FOR CARICOM LEADERS TO STAY OUT OF WE... 0 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Outgoing chief executive of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board, Alloy Lequay. is urging regional politicians to stay out of West Indies cricket. Lequay is not in favour of regional leaders getting involved in the ongoing dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board (W...Read More >>>   7/11/2005 || GRENADA TO RECEIVE MORE ASSISTANCE FROM CHINA 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: The island of Grenada is to receive more assistance from China, as the two countries continue to develop strong diplomatic relationships. This news follows several meetings and discussions last week between officials of the Governments of China and Grenada. On Friday Ju...Read More >>>   7/11/2005 || GRENED CONTINUES TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER GRENADIANS 0 On the occasion of its ninth Anniversary, Grenada Education & Development Programme (GRENED) continues its series of educational and empowering Public Forums this July in the parish of St. Andrew’s. This time GRENED looks to enlighten the general public on topics relating to Global issues and mov...Read More >>>   7/8/2005 || VANDROSS FANS PAY LAST RESPECTS 0 by Josh Grossberg Family, friends and hundreds of fans gathered in New York Wednesday to say goodbye to Grammy-winning R&B star Luther Vandross, who died last Friday at the age of 54. Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass, Roberta Flack and Cicely Tyson were among the celebrity mourners attending ...Read More >>>   7/8/2005 || AIR JAMAICA TRAVEL ADVISORY 0 Air Jamaica has put in place measures to assist passengers whose travel plans may be affected by Hurricane Dennis. Passengers who are booked to travel to/from Jamaica Friday and Saturday may change their itinerary without penalty, subject to the following conditions: - Passengers must alre...Read More >>>   7/8/2005 || THE SPICE SLOWLY RETURNS TO TOURISM IN GRENADA 0 By Carrie Havranek The September 2004 landfall of Hurricane Ivan has been somewhat forgotten by much of the public, perhaps due to the simply larger numbers -- of both lives lost and money needed -- in the wake of the tsunami destruction in south Asia. The good news for travelers to the West In...Read More >>>   7/8/2005 || GRENADA PM STARTS CHINA TOUR 0 The Prime Minister of Grenada, Keith Mitchell, arrived in Beijing on Thursday morning, to begin a five-day official visit to China as the guest of Premier Wen Jiabao. It is Mitchell's first visit since the two countries resumed diplomatic ties in January. During Mitchell's stay, he will hold...Read More >>>   7/8/2005 || MASSIVE HUNT FOR LONDON BOMBERS 0 A massive intelligence investigation is under way to find those responsible for the bomb attacks in London which killed at least 37 and left 700 injured. Home Secretary Charles Clarke said looking for potential bombers was like searching for "needles in haystacks". The Queen and Prince Charl...Read More >>>   7/7/2005 || ACCUSED MURDERER FAZALL SAHIED TO RETURN TO GRENAD... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: Monday, July 4, 2005 marked the 3rd anniversary of the brutal slaying of Gillian Celestine Sahied in Grenada. It was on that day that Gillian, the wife of Fazall Sahied, was killed at her husband’s home in Frequente and her body was dumped on the Baylese Bacolete Beach, St. Da...Read More >>>   7/7/2005 || YEAR'S FIRST ATLANTIC HURRICANE THREATENS JAMAICA,... 0 MIAMI, USA (AFP): Tropical storm Dennis strengthened into this year's first Atlantic hurricane Wednesday as it neared Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba, with a longer term track taking it over offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Information gathered by the crew of a US hurricane hunter aircraft s...Read More >>>   7/7/2005 || FLAW FOUND IN ADOBE ACROBAT 0 Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com Adobe has warned of a serious flaw affecting one of the most widely distributed client applications, Acrobat Reader. The flaw leaves users open to attack via maliciously crafted PDF files, which can be spread via e-mail attachments web page links, and can be used t...Read More >>>   7/7/2005 || SEN. THE HON. ANN DAVID- ANTOINE SAYS THANK YOU. 0 I wish to use this medium to express my thanks to every member of management and staff member of the Ministry of Health, of Community Services, of Hospital Services, of National Insurance Scheme, of Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority and of all the allied services, for your work, your service ...Read More >>>   7/7/2005 || FORESTRY DIVISION OFFERS TRAINING WORKSHOP 0 The Forestry and National Parks Department under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries would be conducting a three weeks training course in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the use of the Alaskan, Logosol and Gig Saw Mills. Th...Read More >>>   7/7/2005 || MORE THAN A HOUSE A DAY BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR GREN... 0 The Emergency Housing Committee is pleased with the work done under the House Construction for persons in the Most Vulnerable group program. As of July 5, 2005, 305 houses were completed for persons in that category. This figure indicates that Housing is constructing more than a house per day,...Read More >>>   7/6/2005 || SPICE YOUTH PROMOTION HOLDS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS CAM... 0 HIVAIDS is fast becoming one of the main dangers to young people the world over and as such Grenada of course is no exception. In a continuing effort to educate the Grenadian public about these deadly diseases Spice Youth Promotion continued its HIV/AIDS Awareness campaign around the country with a ...Read More >>>   7/6/2005 || ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TOP INAUGURAL CARIC... 0 St. Vincent and the Grenadines male and female athletes Pomunos Ballentyne and Sonia Ackbar, outran their Caribbean counterparts by emerging as the first place winners at the Inaugural Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 10 K Road Race. The competition was ran at the dawn of Sunday 3 July in St. Lucia, wh...Read More >>>   7/6/2005 || MITCHELL SLAMS WINDIES BOARD 0 Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, the prime minister of Grenada and the chairman of the Caricom sub-committee on Cricket, has slammed what he described as "the level of insensitivity being displayed by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in making decisions affecting the regional team." Referrin...Read More >>>   7/6/2005 || CARIBBEAN CONTENT TO BE BEAMED INTO NORTH AMERICAN... 0 THE Barbados-based Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is to launch a television channel that will bring the Caribbean into North American homes. Outgoing chairman of the CMC Lester Spaulding announced the pending North American market entry Saturday at a cocktail reception following a meeting of t...Read More >>>   7/6/2005 || SPARROW TO CELEBRATE 70TH BIRTHDAY WITH MARATHON C... 0 CASTRIES, St. Lucia: He is known as the Caribbean and the world's greatest calypsonian and he will be giving his fans and other calypso lovers "a real treat" during a calypso marathon when he stages four shows this week leading up to the celebration of his 70th birthday on Saturday July 9. Slinge...Read More >>>     7/6/2005 || ITALIAN ASSISTANCE FOR GRENADA 0 Yet another one of Grenada's international friends is making moves to assist the Hurricane ravaged country. On Saturday July 2nd, 2005 Prime Minister Mitchell met with a delegation from Italy as a follow up to a meeting which took place about one month ago. Last month Prime Minister Mitchell met...Read More >>>