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7/29/2005 || 'DON'T TAKE WINDIES LIGHTLY' - CHAPPELL WARNS HIS ... 0 NEWLY-APPOINTED India coach Greg Chappell has warned his players against taking a weakened West Indies team lightly heading into the three-nation limited overs international tournament. The Caribbean side, swept 2-0 in the just-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka, is also expected to be no m...Read More >>>   7/29/2005 || GRENADA TO HOST 'REGION RAP' COMMUNICATIONS EXERCI... 0 GEORGE’S, Grenada: Grenada and other Caribbean countries will be involved in a telecommunications testing exercise on Friday July 29. The disaster preparedness offices in the various islands will participate in a programme which has been dubbed, “Exercise Region Rap.” It is a telecommunications...Read More >>>   7/29/2005 || MEDIA WORKERS SEEK APOLOGY FROM GRENADA’S SECURITY... 0 ST GEORGE’S Grenada: The Media Workers Association of Grenada (MWAG) and members of the press who covered a press conference with the Minister of National Security and the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary on Monday say they are astonished that the government would call the press conference to dissem...Read More >>>   7/28/2005 || IMF DIRECTORS PRAISE GRENADA’S RECONSTRUCTION PROG... 0 St. George’s: The Directors of the International Monetary Fund have expressed solidarity and support for Grenada’s reconstruction efforts. In a statement sent to the Prime Minister’s Office and distributed throughout the region, the Directors of the IMF commended the Government of Grenada for its “t...Read More >>>   7/28/2005 || GRENADIAN JOURNALISTS CONDEMN GOV'T FOR URGING MED... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Journalists are demanding that Grenada's government apologise for urging broadcasters and newspapers not to report on a Cabinet minister's accusations against an opposition lawmaker. National Security Minister Einstein Louison claimed Monday that a senior opposition me...Read More >>>   7/28/2005 || GRENADIANS URGED TO SUPPORT EMANCIPATION CELEBRATI... 0 The Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Grenada Cultural Foundation is very proud to be associated with the emancipation celebrations this year. At a press conference held earlier this week with Mrs. Jocelyn Sylvester Gairy Chairman of the Grenada Cultural Foundation and Miss Pat Walcott w...Read More >>>   7/28/2005 || GRENADIAN AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO VENEZ... 0 Ambassador H.E. Richard Mc Phail has presented his Letter of credence to the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, H.E. Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias. The President welcomed the Ambassador and invited him to a brief discussion. During the discussion the Ambassador expressed deep gratitude...Read More >>>   7/28/2005 || GRENADIAN BEAUTY IS MISS ECSTASY 0 Once again Miss Nicole Seales has done Grenada proud by capturing the Miss Ecstasy title last Saturday in Anguilla. The Minister and staff of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Civil Aviation and the Performing Arts would like to congratulate Miss Seales on her victory and excellent performance ...Read More >>>   7/28/2005 || DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH BEGINS PREPARATION FOR SUMMER ... 0 The Department of Youth in the Prime Minister's Office had embarked on intense preparation for this years Summer Programme. This year's Programme will be held in fifteen (15) centers throughout the island and will be funded by the Grenada Rural Enterprise Project (G-REP). Some eight hundred f...Read More >>>   7/27/2005 || FEUDING PARTIES IN GRENADA'S CARNIVAL CELEBRATIONS... 0 ST. GEORGE"S, Grenada (CMC) - A settlement has been reached between the two feuding sides in Grenada's Carnival celebrations. The Grenada Professional Association of Calypsonians and Tents (GPACT) and the Grenada Carnival Committee (GCC) have been at loggerheads over the staging of shows for thi...Read More >>>   7/27/2005 || UWI MEDICAL STUDENTS TO PAY HIGHER TUITION FEES 0 Medical students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) will, this September, be forced to fork out 7.4 per cent more for their tuition fees, compared to the other faculties where fees have been increased by 1.3 per cent. This was revealed yesterday by Joe Pereira, deputy principal of the in...Read More >>>   7/27/2005 || GRENADA HOSTS ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP SECURITY PLANN... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Tuesday saw the close of the second Security Directorate Meeting, held in Grenada chaired by John Collymore, Security Director of ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007 Inc. the body responsible for the development of policies, procedures and management of the delivery of all c...Read More >>>   7/27/2005 || MORE HOUSES FOR THE NEEDY FROM SPICE YOUTH PROMOTI... 0 As they continue in their bold initiative to build twenty (20) houses before the end of 2005, Spice Youth Promotion was active once again over the weekend, this time in the St. David area. Mr. George Mc Donald of Apsley Hill, St. David is the latest needy person to be assisted by the youth group ...Read More >>>   7/27/2005 || JUNIOR CALYPSO COMPETITION FINALS ON THIS WEEKEND 0 The semifinals of the Junior Calypso Competition took place on Tuesday July 26th, with eighteen (18) future stars facing the judges. On Saturday July 30th nine (9) of these Junior Calypsonians will compete at the Children’s Carnival Frolic for the title of Junior Calypso Monarch. The nine Juni...Read More >>>   7/26/2005 || GRENADA COUNTS DOWN TO CARNIVAL 2005 0 By Linda Straker Despite the challenges of recovering from the devastating effects of two hurricanes within ten months, plans are well in place for the staging of carnival 2005, Grenada’s biggest tourist summer attraction. With a serious shortage in revenue collection and most of the donor f...Read More >>>   7/26/2005 || WINDIES CRASH TO DEFEAT 0 A DEVASTATING spell of off-spin bowling from Muttiah Muralitharan swept Sri Lanka to a commanding 240-run victory over West Indies, and a 2-0 series sweep just before tea on the fourth day of the second and final cricket Test yesterday. The 33-year-old spin bowler, who struggled with the flu in ...Read More >>>   7/26/2005 || TURBULENT TIMES AHEAD FOR GRENADA’S BANANA INDUSTR... 0 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: The banana industry in Grenada will experience some turbulent times during the next nine months, due to the damage sustained at the banana field on the River Antoine Estate. Hurricane Emily with her 90mph winds battered and crippled the crops that were ready to be harvested...Read More >>>   7/26/2005 || GRENADA YACHT CLUB SIXTH SUMMER REGATTA A GREAT TI... 0 St. George’s, Grenada: The Grenada Yacht Club decided to hold its Sixth Annual Summer Regatta despite Hurricane Ivan and it proved to be one of the best events ever! The regatta was held on July 7th through the 10th. The Grenada Yacht Club made the decision to hold this year’s Summer Regatta in l...Read More >>>   7/26/2005 || SOCA MONARCH QUARTERFINALS BROUGHT MUSIC LOVERS OU... 0 Although past its biggest and brightest, a brilliant moon presided over a fantastic weekend in the Soca Monarch quarterfinals. Over 130 artistes faced the judges competing for a place in the GCC/Cable & Wireless Soca Monarch Semifinals set to take place this Friday (July 29) on the Tanteen Netb...Read More >>>   7/25/2005 || GRENADIAN KILLED IN LONDON BOMB BLAST 0 ST GEORGE"S, Grenada (CMC) - A Grenadian national was among 55 people killed during the bomb blasts that rocked London earlier this month, officials in Grenada have confirmed. They said Arthur Frederick died while travelling to work on one of the trains destroyed in the explosion that injured mo...Read More >>>   7/25/2005 || GRENADA'S AGRICULTURE SECTOR GETS BOOST FROM FRANC... 0 ST GEORGE"S, Grenada (CMC) - Grenada's agricultural sector, devastated by Hurricane Ivan last September, is to receive a significant boost after the government signed a 500,000 euro agreement for budgetary support in agriculture on Wednesday. The French government had agreed to provide the assis...Read More >>>   7/25/2005 || NEW HEALTH CENTER 0 The Carriacou Health Services Center is ready for its grand opening in Hillsborough on Friday. Keith Mitchell, prime minister of the tri-island nation of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, and Ann David Antoine, minister of Health, Social Security, the Environment and Ecclesiastical Relati...Read More >>>   7/25/2005 || WINDIES DEFLATED BY SANGAKKARA'S HUNDRED 0 KANDY, Sri Lanka (CMC) - Kumar Sangakkara completed his eighth Test century in between the showers on a generally gloomy day to lift Sri Lanka to an almost impregnable position on the third day of the second and final cricket Test against West Indies yesterday. The 27 year-old wicketkeeper/batsma...Read More >>>   7/25/2005 || CARILEC CONFERENCE OPENS IN ST KITTS 0 BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: St. Kitts and Nevis is the venue for the 2005 Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) Engineers Conference and Supply Chain Seminar which opens here on Monday. The Conference, co-hosted by the St. Kitts Electricity Department and the Nevis Electricity Comp...Read More >>>   7/22/2005 || MOTHER OF LONDON BOMBER SPEAKS OUT IN GRENADA 0 MARYAM MCLEOD, the mother of Jermain Lindsay, the Jamaican-born 19-year-old suspected of being a suicide bomber in the July 7 London attacks, yesterday defended him as the "best son I could have ever hoped for". Dressed in black from head to toe, she emerged to give a news conference to give her...Read More >>>   7/22/2005 || PM MANNING RECONSIDERING SUPPLYING NATURAL GAS 0 Prime Minister Patrick Manning is having second thoughts about the government's involvement in the supply of natural gas to islands of the Eastern Caribbean. He told a post Cabinet press conference last Thursday that the cost of the pipelines to transport the gas was high and uneconomical and wa...Read More >>>   7/22/2005 || POLICE TO BEGIN CHECKING BAGS ON NEW YORK CITY SUB... 0 NEW YORK, USA (AP) - Police will begin random searches of bags and packages carried by people entering city subways, officials announced yesterday after a new series of bomb attacks in London. Passengers carrying bags will be selected at random before they pass through turnstiles, and those who r...Read More >>>   7/22/2005 || SIXTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2005 ATLANTIC HURRICAN... 0 MIAMI, USA: According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Tropical Storm Franklin, the sixth named tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed close to the Bahamas. At 11 pm EDT Thursday the center of Tropical Storm Franklin was located near latitude 26.1 north, longit...Read More >>>   7/22/2005 || CALLING ALL YOUTH CRICKETERS IN GRENADA 0 The Digicel St. George Cricket Academy officially opens at Tanteen on Saturday July 23 at 9:30 a.m. All prospective Cricketers between the ages of 9 and 17 are asked to report to Tanteen for training. Parents / Guardians should accompany children under 15. Children should be properly attired for ...Read More >>>     7/21/2005 || GRENADIAN AMONG VICTIMS OF LONDON BOMBING 0 Among the 56 people known killed in the July 7 terrorist attacks in London as provided by British authorities, one was identified as having Grenadian roots. He is Arthur Frederick, 60, from London, originally from Grenada. While we have no further information on Mr. Frederick at this time, we ex...Read More >>>