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8/24/2005 || DIGICEL FIRST TO LAUNCH WINDIES WAP IN THE CARIBBE... 0 Two of the region's promising young cricketers Daren Powell and Marlon Samuel were the first to try out Digicel's newest offering in cricket entertainment and information on August 20 when they attended the launch of Windies WAP in Jamaica. Digicel's Windies WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) i...Read More >>>   8/24/2005 || GRENADA YACHT CLUB HONORS FOUNDER 0 Grenada Yacht Club, St. George’s, Grenada – At this year’s Sixth Summer Regatta the Grenada Yacht Club introduced the Laddie McIntyre Award. Charles ‘Laddie’ McIntyre, who passed away recently, was a founding member of the Grenada Yacht Club (GYC) and of the Grenada Chapter of Rotary Int., a bo...Read More >>>   8/24/2005 || LARA IN WORLD XI TEAMS FOR SUPER SERIES 0 LONDON (CMC) - Double world record holder Brian Lara is the only West Indies player in the World XI squads picked to challenge Australia in Johnnie Walker Super Series in October. The International Cricket Council (ICC), organisers of the All-Star series, confirmed the final squad lists yesterday...Read More >>>   8/24/2005 || FREE FLOW FOR WINDIES PLAYERS 0 THE WEST Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will allow regional teams to include one non-West Indian player on their squads in a bid to boost competitiveness at the domestic level, the body has announced. The board also said in a release late on Monday that West Indian players will be able to move free...Read More >>>   8/24/2005 || TECHNOLOGY – DRIVING THE BUSINESS OF TOURISM TO BE... 0 The impact of technology on the region’s tourism business will be the general focus of a crucial MasterClass at the 28th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-28) in the United States Virgin Islands in October. With experts predicting that online travel will comprise more than 50 per cent of a...Read More >>>   8/23/2005 || CARRIACOUNIANS CALL FOR CONTINUITY IN ARD’S CARAVA... 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Grenada’s Agency for Reconstruction and Development Inc. (ARD) Community Caravan concluded in Carriacou on Saturday with participating agencies calling for the project to continue in some form in the future. “The Caravan has helped us a lot to get a feel as to what people kn...Read More >>>   8/23/2005 || LAND USE SURVEY PROJECT FOR GRENADA 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: The Agency for Reconstruction and Development Inc. (ARD), in conjunction with the Ministry of Lands, is embarking on a Land Use Survey Project in Grenada. The Survey will serve several purposes and is designed to: generate information to assist with the evaluation of agricu...Read More >>>   8/23/2005 || CAPE GAINS WIDER ACCEPTANCE 0 Eighty percent of students who took this year's Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations have attained passing grades between grades one to five. CAPE, the Caribbean's equivalent of the traditional Advanced Level exam is widely being accepted as the benchmark by which school leavers will be ju...Read More >>>   8/23/2005 || GRENADA TO RECEIVE OVER EC$600,000 FROM AUSTRALIA 0 The Australian Government has committed over EC$600,000 in aid to Grenada to assist with house building and repair. This increased assistance comes after a meeting in Washington last month between Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell and Australian leader John Howard. During last mont...Read More >>>   8/23/2005 || TONY BLAIR ON VACATION IN BARBADOS 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair took a break from his vacation in Barbados to attend a memorial for veterans of World War II, an official said yesterday. Blair and his wife Cherie sat in the front row alongside Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur during Sunday's outd...Read More >>>   8/22/2005 || MS. GRENADA/USA GOES HIGH-TECH 0 For the first time in the 14 year history of the Ms. Grenada/USA pageant, contestants vying for the title can be seen by a worldwide audience thanks to their collaboration with Grenadianconnection.com. Visitors to the site can view a profile as well as a video interview of each of the six young wome...Read More >>>   8/22/2005 || GRENADA RECEIVES NEW INTENSIVE CARE AMBULANCE 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: The General Hospital in Grenada was given a boost, as a brand new intensive care ambulance was handed over to Minister of Health Senator Ann David Antoine at a special ceremony held on Friday, August 19 at the General Hospital. The Ambulance, donated by the Grenadians and F...Read More >>>   8/22/2005 || REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGED BY VENEZUELA D... 0 THE SHIPMENT of illegal drugs from Venezuela and other South American nations is presenting Caribbean law enforcement authorities with a major headache, the region's top police officials have revealed. Caribbean police chiefs and heads of other national security organisations held a conference h...Read More >>>   8/22/2005 || CDERA UNVEILS MODEL INTEGRATED RELIEF PROGRAMME FO... 0 ST GEORGES, Grenada (CDERA): The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) has unveiled a new programme to improve disaster relief management across the Caribbean. The Model Integrated Relief Programme (MIRP) was unveiled at a regional meeting in Grenada, attended by emergency manager...Read More >>>   8/19/2005 || A GRENADIAN HERO COMES HOME 0 Private Johnson Gideon Beharry, the Grenadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, arrived on the island yesterday to a true hero's welcome. Hundreds lined the route of his motorcade along the airport road to see the soldier's triumphant return. Beharry, standing tall through the sunroof of a lim...Read More >>>   8/19/2005 || PIRACY KILLING CARIBBEAN MUSIC 0 Caribbean musicians say they are losing up to 50 percent of their revenue to piracy. Owner and CEO of Ice Records, Eddy Grant said the Caribbean has a piracy culture that stretches beyond music. According to him even the Caribbean's more prominent citizens such as politicians, doctors and law...Read More >>>   8/19/2005 || GRENADA'S RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS PRAISED 0 St. George’s: Acting Canadian High Commissioner Ms. Joanne Goulet, has complimented the Government of Grenada for its Reconstruction and Redevelopment program. In a meeting this morning with Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Hon. Keith Mitchell the Acting High Commissioner said she was pleasantly surpri...Read More >>>   8/18/2005 || PM MITCHELL MEETS WITH ST. PATRICK'S BUSINESS COMM... 0 St. George’s: Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Rt.Hon. Keith Mitchell continued his series of breakfast meetings with the business community this morning as he met with private sector members in the northern parish Of St. Patrick’s. In this morning’s meetings Prime Minister Mitchell told business pe...Read More >>>   8/18/2005 || US WITHDRAWS DEADLINE FOR NEW TRAVEL RULES AMID CA... 0 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The United States has withdrawn a December deadline for implementing new travel rules for Americans visiting the Caribbean, amid complaints that the measures will hurt tourism, an official said yesterday. The new rules would require Americans to show passports when returni...Read More >>>   8/18/2005 || EXPERTS PREDICT UPSURGE IN ACTIVITY AS ATLANTIC HU... 0 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CDERA): If hurricane researchers and forecasters are correct then the current lull in hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean should soon give way, opening the flood gates to the Cape Verde season. Historically the 60-day period between August 15 and October 15 is regarded ...Read More >>>   8/18/2005 || RASTAS GET SUPPORT FROM ST LUCIA’S TRANSFORMATION ... 0 CASTRIES, St. Lucia: The Ministry of Social Transformation in St Lucia has thrown its support behind the establishment of a Rastafarian Foundation on the island. The Empress Menem Foundation based in London is designed to improve the quality of life of Rastafarians worldwide. A small group of me...Read More >>>   8/18/2005 || MARTINIQUE MOURNS CRASH VICTIMS 0 Black ribbons flew from the antennas of cars, many people wore black, flags flew at half mast. Martinique is in deep mourning after Tuesday's plane crash in Venezuela in which 152 of its citizens died. The eight crew members of the Colombian airliner were also killed. On the French Caribbean i...Read More >>>   8/17/2005 || GRENADIAN VC RECIPIENT TO VISIT HIS HOMELAND 0 ST. GEORGE’S Grenada: Private Johnson Gideon Beharry, the Grenadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, will be visiting the Spice Isle on Thursday 18th August 2005 to Monday, 22nd August 2005. Pvt Beharry will arrive in Grenada via Virgin Atlantic at 4:30pm. Speaking at the Sitting of the House ...Read More >>>   8/17/2005 || MURDER ROCKS GUYANA’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY 0 GEORGETOWN, Guyana: After weeks of heightened criminal attacks directed at the businesses in and around the capital city of Georgetown, a daring late night robbery that left a business man dead has sent shock waves throughout Guyana's business community. Harry Rambarran, 52, one of the directors ...Read More >>>   8/17/2005 || SCORES OF MARTINIQUANS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH 0 All 160 Martiniquans on board a Colombian airliner flying from Panama to Martinique, were killed when their plane slammed into a hill in northwestern Venezuela early Tuesday morning. They'd been returning from a holiday in Panama. Eight crew members working for the Colombian airline, West Cari...Read More >>>   8/17/2005 || RBTT AIDS REHABILITATION EFFORTS IN GRENADA’S SCHO... 0 St. George’s: The RBTT Bank Grenada Limited on Friday, August 12, 2005, presented in excess of $59,000 in assistance to 15 secondary schools on the island. Funds will be used to purchase much-needed items such as furniture, computers, and home economic equipment. The assessment of needs was derived ...Read More >>>   8/16/2005 || DRUGS AVAILABLE FOR HIV/AIDS TREATMENT IN POOR COU... 0 GENEVA, (AFP) - The UN health agency has reached an agreement with the United States that should expand the number of drugs available for use in HIV/AIDS treatment programmes in poor countries. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have agreed to share ...Read More >>>   8/16/2005 || LONGER TIME FOR PASSPORT-FREE TRAVEL 0 The United States says it has reviewed the period in which Americans re-entering the country from the Caribbean are not required to show passports. That hassle-free travel arrangement was due to end on December 31st 2005. But US State Department spokeswoman Angela Aggeler confirmed a change o...Read More >>>   8/16/2005 || CUNY TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRENADIAN STUDENTS 0 Fifteen Grenadians students have been awarded scholarships to the City University of New York for the 2005 to 2009 Academic school years. Under this scholarship programme the Government of Grenada has approved the following nominations:- four in Engineering; two in Computer Programming, Applicati...Read More >>>     8/16/2005 || ROAD CLOSURE: ST. PAUL'S MAIN ROAD 0 The Ministry of Communication, Works and Transport informs the general public that the St. Paul’s Main Road from Good Hope Gap to the Imperial Cut Barber shop is closed to all Vehicular Traffic. This closure is necessary to facilitate immediate repairs on the road which has been damaged due to la...Read More >>>