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  8/16/2005 || CAMBRIDGE RESULTS ARE OUT0
St. Georges: The Ministry of Education would like to advise that results are available for the May / June 2005 Cambridge G.C.E. Examinations at the Ordinary, Advance and Advance Subsidiary levels. All private candidates are required to collect their preliminary result slips at the Testing and Exam...Read More >>>
  8/15/2005 || INDIA OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO GRENADA0
ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: The Government of India says it will go beyond the token level of support to offer substantial assistance to Grenada in the wake of destruction by Hurricanes Ivan and Emily. In a farewell meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, non-resident Indian High Commissioner ...Read More >>>
  8/15/2005 || REGIONAL CRIME WAVE FUELED BY GANGS AND DEPORTEES0
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Down in Antigua, it is seen by some youths as the "in thing", as gangs such as the Red Shirt Gang, the Royal Flock and the White Shirt Gang, to name just a few, roam the streets. In fact, in a statement that shocked the nation, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, when he...Read More >>>
  8/15/2005 || NEW SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CTO INTENDS TO OWN CARI...0
The Caribbean is today the world’s best known, un-owned brand and it is the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s intention to own the Caribbean brand as we aim to find ways to leverage the region’s advantages for the benefit of all its people, Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, the CTO secretary general,...Read More >>>
  8/12/2005 || GRENADA PRIME MINISTER DISAPPOINTED IN WTO 0
Grenadian Prime Minister Keith Mitchell expressed his disappointment at the World Trade Organisation decision about a new tariff by the EU on imported bananas. The WTO backed a claim brought by Latin American countries, who argued the EU tariff would have a "devastating effect" on their economies an...Read More >>>
  8/12/2005 || IACHR TO AWARD TWO FELLOWSHIPS TO CARIBBEAN JOURNA...0
THE INTER-AMERICAN Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will be awarding two fellowships to journalists from the Caribbean, later this year. Clare Kamau Roberts, president of the IACHR made the announcement of the fellowships on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of a two-day seminar on human right...Read More >>>
  8/12/2005 || SUSPECT HELD, OTHERS QUESTIONED IN TRINIDAD BOMBIN...0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A suspect has been held while two other persons are being questioned in connection with Wednesday’s explosion in downtown Port of Spain, Trinidad. Making the disclosure during the weekly post-cabinet briefing on Thursday, was the country’s national security minister, Mar...Read More >>>
  8/12/2005 || INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO GRENADA BIDS FAREWELL0
St. George’s: The Government and People of India say they will go beyond the token level of support to offer substantial assistance to Grenada in the wake of destruction by Hurricanes Ivan and Emily. In a farewell meeting with Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, non-resident Indian Hi...Read More >>>
  8/11/2005 || RESULTS OF SPICEMAS 20050
CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL FROLIC BAND OF THE YEAR ANN & ASSOCIATES – ‘MAS IN YOU MAS’ KING OF THE BAND LAWRENCE TOBIAS – ‘MAS IN YOU MAS’ QUEEN OF THE BAND JAHNIKA LA BORDE – QUEEN OF MAYPOLE JUNIOR CALYPSO MONARCH ETIERON EDWARDS – PRINCE TIERON JUNIOR PANORAMA AGD WHIZ KIDS ...Read More >>>
  8/11/2005 || CARIBBEAN WELCOMES SPIRIT SERVICE0
Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines, the leading low cost carrier to the Caribbean, is planning a further expansion of its operations to the region. Barry Biffle, Chief Marketing Officer of Spirit Airlines, disclosed the plans ahead of this week's First International Conference on Environmental...Read More >>>
  8/11/2005 || MISSION OUTREACH TO GRENADA0
With the island of Grenada almost totally devastated by Hurricane Ivan, and with 95 percent of buildings destroyed, a team of young people from the Cayman Islands have come up with an initiative to assist this troubled island, which will take years to be restored to its former state. The youngst...Read More >>>
  8/11/2005 || 2ND EXPLOSION ROCKS PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD0
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Panic gripped the city on Wednesday when another loud explosion, the second in one month, rocked downtown Port of Spain, Trinidad. The explosion occurred shortly before midday at a busy shopping area on the Corner of Nelson street and Independence Square, next to the Cit...Read More >>>
  8/11/2005 || PM ON THE ROAD AGAIN0
St. George’s: Prime Minister Dr. The Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell continues to asses the recovery work in Grenada following the passing of both Hurricanes Ivan and Emily. The latest stop for Dr. Mitchell was the constituency of St. Andrews South East on Thursday August 4th. Prime Minister Mitchell...Read More >>>
  8/11/2005 || HON. CLARIS CHARLES REPRESENTS GRENADA OAS MEETING...0
St. George’s: Minister for Education and Labour Hon. Claris Charles is presently representing Grenada at the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Education within the framework of the Inter- American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organisation of American States (OAS). The meeting being...Read More >>>
  8/10/2005 || DIGICEL LIMITS CELLPHONE SALE IN GRENADA0
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- Irish telecom Digicel has placed a limit on how many cellular phones it sells to each customer because they are being resold in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, the company said yesterday. Customers in Grenada can now purchase only one cellphone, down from the prior ...Read More >>>
  8/10/2005 || GRENADA’S AIRPORT ENFORCES SCREENING POLICY0
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada-- The management of the Point Salines International Airport began its shoe removal at security this week as part of the 100% screening procedure for all departing passengers. “All passengers regardless of age will have to undergo the procedure because it’s all about security...Read More >>>
  8/10/2005 || SINEAD O'CONNOR RECORDS REGGAE ALBUM IN JAMAICA0
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor says she has found solace in Jamaican music and the Rastafarian faith after recording her first reggae album on the Caribbean island. "To me, I have not made a reggae record, I've made a Rasta record," O'Connor said Monday night at a Kings...Read More >>>
  8/10/2005 || CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE SETS DATE FOR FIRST CAS...0
The newly created Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has set Nov. 7 as the date to hear the full arguments in its first case. The court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal from the Voice of Barbados radio station against a ruling of the Barbados high court in a defamation suit. The Barbados court...Read More >>>
  8/10/2005 || CTO PRODUCES HANDBOOK ON BEST HUMAN RESOURCE PRACT...0
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Customer-driven tourism industry leaders in the Caribbean region now have an additional tool to help improve the quality of service that they deliver. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Human Resources Division has produced a handbook entitled Competing With The Best ...Read More >>>
  8/9/2005 || GFAAB DONATES AMBULANCE TO GRENADA0
by Patricia Campbell The Grenadians and Friends Association of Antigua and Barbuda (GFAAB) is donating a new ambulance to the people of Grenada. The ambulance was displayed during a brief ceremony at Harney Motors last week, where members of the GFAAB gathered, along with Minister of Housing, ...Read More >>>
  8/9/2005 || GRENADA PM MEETS WITH ARD DIRECTORS0
ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: The housing challenges Grenada faces in this post Emily period and the Reconstruction and Development Fund were among the issues addressed during the weekly meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell and the Executive Directors of the Agency for Reconstruction and Developme...Read More >>>
  8/9/2005 || SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING HELD ...0
ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Public information officers of national disaster offices ended two days of training in emergency communications in Grenada at the weekend. The course, which was hosted by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) and the Canadian International Development Age...Read More >>>
  8/9/2005 || WASHINGTON’S SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY TOWARD THE CARIB...0
by Océane Jasor, COHA Research Associate The erosion of laudable democratic processes and the pervasiveness of corruption in the Caribbean do not only affect their governments and people. Washington would be wise to realize that instability in its neighborhood translates into a poisoned envi...Read More >>>
  8/9/2005 || BOMB SCARE JOLTS CCJ SITTING 0
A BOMB scare forced an evacuation of the building temporarily housing the newly inaugurated Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) forcing a brief suspension of its historic sitting yesterday. The CCJ, which replaced the London-based Privy Council as the region's final court of appeal for some Caribbe...Read More >>>
  8/8/2005 || BEWARE OF IMMIGRATION SCAMS 0
NEW YORK, N.Y.: With much talk by President Bush and the U.S. Congress about immigration reform and the need for it, Felicia Persaud, immigration columnist and editor of the Caribbean World News Network, is warning Caribbean immigrants to be wary of immigration scams. Persaud says a number of un...Read More >>>
  8/8/2005 || GRENADA OPPOSITION LEADER TO APPEAL COMMISSION OF ...0
ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Opposition Leader Tillman Thomas has been granted leave by the High Court in Grenada to apply for Judicial Review of the decision by the sole commissioner Dr. Richard Cheltenham in the commission of inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell. ...Read More >>>
  8/8/2005 || REGIONAL ORGANISERS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS FOR ...0
DESPITE THE International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup being some 21 months away, the regional organisers are working tirelessly to ensure the event's success. Last week, ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Inc., the body responsible for staging cricket's showpiece event, hosted an event management ...Read More >>>
  8/8/2005 || CARIBBEAN ATHLETES TAKE SILVER AND BRONZE IN MEN'S...0
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP): America's Justin Gatlin earned his place among the greats of sprinting here on Sunday as he added the world 100 metres title to the Olympic crown he won last year. The 23-year-old timed a season's personal best 9.88 seconds while Michael Frater of Jamaica took silver wit...Read More >>>
  8/5/2005 || GRENADA’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WANTS SHOES OFF0
By Linda Straker The management of the Point Salines International Airport began its shoe removal at security this week as part of the 100 percent screening procedure for all departing passengers. “All passengers regardless of age will have to undergo the procedure because it’s all about sec...Read More >>>
 
  8/5/2005 || NEW YORK CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP SUES, SAYS POLICE SUBW...0
New York, USA - Five city subway riders and a civil liberties group sued the city yesterday to stop random police inspections of bags in subways, calling the searches ineffective, unconstitutional and a publicity stunt that does not enhance safety. "It's a needle-in-the-haystack approach to law e...Read More >>>

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