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4/28/2011 || GCNA ON LIFE SUPPORT OR ALMOST EXPIRED 26 Tragedy again! When will the leaders and people of Grenada learn and change course today and for generations to come? When and how will our institutions understand and act responsibly for the interest of each family, community and nation? Failure after failure, disappointment after disappointment th...Read More >>>   4/27/2011 || OPPOSITION PLEASED WITH OPENING OF ICT CENTRE 19 Wednesday 27th April, 2011: The Opposition New National Party (NNP) is pleased with the opening of the new Information Communication Technology Centre (ICT) by the Government of Grenada. This facility will indeed provide much needed training for many Grenadian youth and increase the capacity of thes...Read More >>>   4/27/2011 || GOVERNMENT AND ST. GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY CONTINUE TO... 2 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, Wednesday, April 27, 2011: The newly reconstituted St. George’s University (SGU) Monitoring Committee, Chaired by Hon. Nazim Burke, Minister of Finance, held its first meeting with the SGU on Thursday April 21, 2011. This was also the first meeting between Government and S...Read More >>>   4/27/2011 || OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE ST.VINCENT & THE GRENADINES... 0 (OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, Wednesday April 27th 2011) The Department of Labour of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will formally launch a Labour Market Information System (LMIS) Website and its system of computerised administrative records on Thursday 28th April 2011. This project wa...Read More >>>   4/26/2011 || MADE IN GRENADA CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 4 CLOZIER CELEBRATIONS As a bright, full moon came up over the Belvedere pasture, on Sunday April 17th, the curtains came down on a very successful week of the Clozier Appreciation and Celebration Week. Since the launch of the week last Sunday with a gospel concert the village of Clozier has bee...Read More >>>   4/26/2011 || CABINET APPOINTS COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO GCNA CHALL... 9 ST.GEORGE, GRENADA, APRIL 26, 2011_A Cabinet committee has been appointed to look into “certain challenges” faced by the Grenada Cooperative Nutmeg Association (GCNA). The decision came after it was brought to government’s attention that the GCNA was unable to meet its ongoing obligations in rec...Read More >>>   4/26/2011 || PRIME MINISTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIR CURTIS 2 ST.GEORGE, GRENADA, APRIL 26, 2011_Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has described the contribution of former Speaker of the Grenada House of Representatives, Sir Curtis Strachan, as immeasurable and invaluable. The Prime Minister this morning interrupted a sitting of the House of Representatives to...Read More >>>   4/24/2011 || RELIGIOUS CORNER - HE... PRESENTED HIMSELF ALIVE..... 0 He... presented Himself alive... by many infallible proofs...' ..He... presented Himself alive... by many infallible proofs...' Five Infallible Proofs for the Resurrection Acts 1:3 In Jesus' day when a carpenter completed a job, it was customary for him to wash his hands, dry them on a linen ...Read More >>>   4/23/2011 || MT. HORNE VILLAGE SPORTS GROWING FROM STRENGTH TO ... 1 The Mt. Horne Progressive Community Organization yesterday (Friday April 22, 2011) staged its annual intra-village sports meet at the Skeleton Park inside of Mt. Horne in the parish of St. Andrew. The competition was among the various communities within Mt. Horne: Buttercup (Yellow) representing...Read More >>>   4/23/2011 || OPPOSITION CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUED RISE IN FUEL ... 11 The Opposition wishes to express its concern with the continued rise in fuel prices and its effect on the Grenadian economy. Over the past few months there has been a dramatic rise in the price of diesel and gasoline which directly affect vehicle owners and in particular bus operators. Bus opera...Read More >>>   4/21/2011 || OPPOSITION AND GRENADA CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES MEET... 16 On Friday April 15th, 2011 the Grenada Conference of Churches held discussions with Her Majesty’s Opposition on various issues of national importance. The delegation from the Conference of Churches led by Canon Christian Glasgow the Archdeacon of the Anglican Church in Grenada, as well as representa...Read More >>>   4/21/2011 || OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BRINGS SUCCESSFUL RESULTS 5 As a result of operations carried out by members of the Royal Grenada Police Force within Carriacou and St. George Policing areas, a number of persons were arrested and charged for various offences including; possession of a controlled drug, driving without a drivers licence and other traffic relate...Read More >>>   4/21/2011 || BANDITS STRIKE AGAIN!! 10 APRIL 21, 2011 - There are unconfirmed reports reaching the news desk of Grenadian Connection that a bread van was 'held-up' by bandits yesterday (Wednesday April 20, 2011)in the Byelands area. It is believed that the method used by the bandits in committing this criminal offence is similar to o...Read More >>>   4/21/2011 || NUTMEG FARMERS HOPE TO RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR PRODUCE... 4 APRIL 21, 2011 - Many nutmeg farmers in the big parish of St. Andrew are heading off to the Grenada Co-operative Nutmeg Association (GCNA) building in Grenville today, hopeful that they will receive payment for their nutmegs. Over the past few days, nutmeg farmers have complained about not being ...Read More >>>   4/18/2011 || RELIGIOUS CORNER - PRAY FOR GOD'S FAVOUR 8 '...Find favour... in the sight of God and man.' Proverbs 3:4 To see God's favour at work, examine the life of Joseph. 'Now Israel [Jacob] loved Joseph more than all his children... he made him a [coat] of many colours. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him... they hated him... No...Read More >>>   4/15/2011 || INVESTMENT IN HEALTH IS AN IMPERATIVE 1 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 21st Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) opened Friday morning with a consensus that notwithstanding the economic burdens on Member States, greater investment in health was an imperative, especially...Read More >>>   4/15/2011 || GOVERNMENT CUTS PRICE OF COOKING GAS FOR 20 POUN... 4 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, Friday, April 15, 2011: Having regard for the financial challenges facing the Grenadian people in the face of the steady rise in energy prices; Government has stepped in to cushion the effect of rising energy prices in two ways. First, the price of a 20 pound cylinder of c...Read More >>>   4/15/2011 || GRENADA IS IMPROVING ITS MONITORING AND EVALUATION... 0 ST.GEORGE, GRENADA, APRIL 15, 2011 - Four public officers from Grenada participated in the inaugural meeting of the Commonwealth Caribbean Development Evaluation Network held form April 5-6-, 2011 in Barbados. The objectives of the meeting were to update knowledge in the field of development mo...Read More >>>   4/15/2011 || PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE ICT... 1 PRIME MINISTER, HON. TILLMAN THOMAS’ ADDRESS ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE ICT CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION 15TH APRIL 2010 [SALUTATIONS] In October 2008, the Government of Grenada and the Government of India formally signed a memorandum of understanding, which ...Read More >>>   4/15/2011 || BREAKING NEWS - MAJOR ACCIDENT ALONG PARADISE STRE... 11 April 15, 2011 - Reports reaching Grenadian Connection have confirmed that there has been a serious vehicular accident along the Paradise Stretch in St. Andrew's about an hour ago. It is believed that the accident involves a bus carrying passengers and that the driver of the bus has died. Policem...Read More >>>   4/14/2011 || PRIME MINISTER DECLARES ST. JOHN AND ST. MARK LOCA... 2 ST.GEORGE, GRENADA, APRIL 14, 2011 - The Grenada government has declared a “localized disaster emergency” in St. John and St. Mark following Tuesday’s heavy rains which left dozens of homes and business places damaged, roads blocked and a number of fishing boats along the west coast destroyed. Th...Read More >>>   4/14/2011 || RESIDENTS OF GOUYAVE AND VICTORIA CLEAN UP AFTER H... 0 Victims of Tuesday’s flood (April 12, 2011), accompanied by other villagers, spent the day yesterday endeavoring to clean out their homes, their yards and the streets as they tried desperately to bring their lives back to some semblance of normalcy. On Tuesday morning, Grenadians woke up to the s...Read More >>>   4/14/2011 || WESTMORLAND SECONDARY WINS 2011 SGU KNOWLEDGE BOWL... 0 The Westmorland Secondary School and the St. Joseph’s Convent (St. George’s) collided head on last Saturday (April 9, 2011) in the finals of the 2011 Knowledge Bowl competition held at the St. George’s University School of Medicine. The representatives from both schools gave good accounts of the...Read More >>>   4/13/2011 || FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONTINUES CALL FOR REGIONAL ... 15 Former Prime Minister and current Opposition Leader, Dr. the Rt. Honorable Keith Mitchell has once again called for a regional approach to the issue of Clico/British American. Dr. Mitchell made the statements while addressing members of the Grenville business community on Thursday. The Oppositio...Read More >>>   4/13/2011 || OPPOSITION HOLDS STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSIONS WITH FISH... 6 The Opposition continues to meet with various sectors of the Grenadian society in an effort to hear their views on various issues. On Tuesday 5th April an Opposition Team led by former Prime Minister and Opposition Leader, Dr. the Right Honorable Keith Mitchell meet with the farmers and fishermen of...Read More >>>   4/13/2011 || AGRICULTURE DIVISION PRODUCES FARINE 5 Hillsborough, Carriacou, April 8, 2011- The Agriculture Division within the Ministry of Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs is continuing the tradition of farine-making. The Division, which has embarked on an agriculture revitalization programme that includes the planting of a large quantity ...Read More >>>   4/8/2011 || GRENVILLE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEET WITH OPPOSITION 38 Friday 8th April 2011: Members of the Grenville business community have made several suggestions on the way forward for the Grenville economy and on a wider scale the economy of Grenada. This as the Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition Dr. the Rt. Honorable Keith Mitchell and a Team from the Oppositio...Read More >>>   4/8/2011 || OPPOSITION SAYS THE GRENADA MARKETING AND NATIONAL... 19 Friday 8th April 2011: Member of Parliament for St. Andrew North East and Shadow Minister of Agriculture Honorable Roland Bhola, has called for an evaluation of the original mandate of the Grenada Marketing and National Importing Board (GMNIB) as a well as a restructuring of the organization. The...Read More >>>   4/8/2011 || PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES GCA EFFORTS TO RESUSCITAT... 13 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, APRIL 7th, 2011_ Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has described as “remarkable”, the efforts of the Grenada Cocoa Association to resuscitate the industry in 2010 and commended the Association for its management of the industry following the ravages of two hurricanes and the misman...Read More >>>     4/8/2011 || CARICOM AND ITALY TO SIGN MOU 0 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Italy will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening political, scientific and technical relationships and promoting development co-operation partnership between the two p...Read More >>>