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6/16/2011 || PRIME MINISTER COMMITS TO REVITALISING AIDS RESPON... 3 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JUNE 15, 2011_Grenada’s Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas said Wednesday, his administration is committed to “revitalizing our push towards universal access to AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, care and support in order to meet our goals and targets.” However the Prime Min...Read More >>>   6/16/2011 || GOVERNMENT MUST GIVE MORE SUPPORT TO BUS MEN 13 St. George’s, Grenada, June 15th 2011: Former Minister of Works and Transport, Sen. the Hon. Gregory Bowen says the Government can do a lot more to ease the burden on bus men throughout the island and is calling for swift action by Government to bring relief to bus owners and operators. According...Read More >>>   6/16/2011 || ANOTHER URGENT APPEAL FROM GRENADA FOR REGION TO E... 2 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JUNE 15, 2011_For the second time in a month, a senior Grenada government official has appealed to the region to “fully embrace” Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool for the development of the Caribbean region. Minister for Finance and Acting Prime Minister,...Read More >>>   6/16/2011 || GOVERNMENT MUST GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE HARSH EC... 25 St. George’s, Grenada, June 15th 2011: Members of Her Majesty’s Opposition are calling on the Tillman Thomas Administration to be more considerate to those who are trying to make an honest living in these tough economic times. The Opposition New National Party Representatives in Parliament have a...Read More >>>   6/16/2011 || LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE PARTNERS WITH FIRST CARIBB... 0 Hillsborough, Carriacou, June 15, 2011- While it has not been fully implemented, local government is already at work in Carriacou. Through the Local Government office, funding was sought and received from First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB) for the construction of a bus shelter in the Harve...Read More >>>   6/16/2011 || DIVISION OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT TO HOST YOUTH RALLY 0 Hillsborough, Carriacou - A special call is being made to the young people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique to participate in a Division of Youth Empowerment rally to be held July 2. The theme of the event is, “Creating the Road Map to Success through Education.” It is being spearheaded by Y...Read More >>>   6/14/2011 || GRENADIANS BENEFITING FROM ENERGY PROVERTY RELIEF ... 4 ST. GEORGE, GRENADA - Over 300 families throughout Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique will benefit from the Government of Grenada's Energy Poverty Relief Project (EPRP). The project targets families who are in need of energy and water resources. It also caters for families requiring new hou...Read More >>>   6/14/2011 || CARNIVAL CITY A HIT WITH PATRONS 0 ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA – Spice Divas, one of the newest singing groups on the local Soca scene, has commended the Grenada Carnival Committee and the Minister for Culture for including a Carnival City in the 2011 Spicemas product. 19-year-old Shonis Bain and 18-year-old Appiah Clarke, who performed...Read More >>>   6/14/2011 || CDB TO ASSIST WITH REMEIAL WORK ON THE WEST COAST 5 St. George's, Grenada: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing approximately EC$2 million to pay for infrastructural rehabilitation works in St. John and St. Mark. The two west coast parishes suffered heavy infrastructural damage in April from rains that flooded homes, businesses and st...Read More >>>   6/12/2011 || POPULAR BUSINESSMAN ATTACKED AND ROBBED AT GUNPOIN... 10 Information reaching the news desk of Grenadian Connection states that popular Grenadian businessman, Wayne “Waggy T” Redhead, was attacked during the early hours of Sunday morning (June 12, 2011) at his home in Mt. Nestbit by an armed assailant and robbed. It is reported by another news agency t...Read More >>>   6/12/2011 || RELIGIOUS CORNER - SPIRITUAL GROWTH 6 ...be transformed by the renewing of your mind... Romans 12:2 Are you wrestling with a personal problem, thinking, 'If I can just overcome this I'll be all right?' Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that by God's grace you can overcome it. The bad news is that when you've ov...Read More >>>   6/10/2011 || CARNIVAL CITY A HIT WITH PATRONS 2 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2011 – Spice Divas, one of the newest singing groups on the local Soca scene, has commended the Grenada Carnival Committee and the Minister for Culture for including a Carnival City in the 2011 Spicemas product. 19-year-old Shonis Bain and 18-year-old Ap...Read More >>>   6/10/2011 || SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DIES HOURS AFTER SCHOOL ROBBERY 13 The teaching fraternity in Grenada continues to mourn the death of Mr. Winston Mc. Quilkin, principal of the St. David’s Roman Catholic School. Mr. Mc Quilkin passed away on Thursday. It is believed that Mr. Mc Quilkin reported to work at his school as usual on Thursday and discovered that the sc...Read More >>>   6/10/2011 || NNP PERSPECTIVE MINISTER BURKE LIES AGAIN 29 During the last campaign leading up to the General Election of July 8th 2008 in which the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was voted into office, the NDC made a number of promises to the people that should they be given the opportunity to lead the country for the next five years they will ensure t...Read More >>>   6/10/2011 || STUDENTS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE READING PART OF LIFE 4 Hillsborough, Carriacou - Two non-profit organizations, intent on encouraging students to make reading part of their lives, have made contributions of books to the Carriacou Community Library. The donations from Friends through Books and the Ashby Windward Foundation to librarian Judy Jones were ...Read More >>>   6/10/2011 || HARVEY VALE GOVERNMENT TOPS PERFORMS IN 100% CEE P... 1 Hillsborough, Carriacou - Harvey Vale Government outperformed the other five primary schools in the twin-isle parish of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, which had a 100 percent pass rate in this year’s Common Entrance Examinations (CEE). Of the 99 students from Carriacou and Petite Martinique who...Read More >>>   6/10/2011 || SHOOTING INCIDENT 1 The Royal Grenada Police Force confirms there was a shooting incident which took place at Calivigny, St. George on Monday 6th June, 2011 at 11:15 hrs where Kevin Marshall, a 29 year old mechanic was shot. As a result, David Otway, 34yrs of St. Paul's, St. George, was on Tuesday 7th June, 2011 arr...Read More >>>   6/10/2011 || MINISTER CONGRATULATES FLOW GRENADA ON IPV6 READIN... 0 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2011 – Flow Grenada is being praised for its internet protocol version six readiness and for its participation in Wednesday’s global celebration of IPv6 Day. Minister with responsibility for Information, Culture and ICT, Senator Arley Gill, commended the...Read More >>>   6/8/2011 || SURINAME-BASED C0MPANY INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN ... 0 ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, FRIDAY, JUNE 06TH, 2011_ A Surinamese-based engineering and investment company has expressed interest in working on the National Athletics Stadium and Grenville Port, as well as getting involved in housing and agricultural development. News of the company’s interest came f...Read More >>>   6/8/2011 || PRIME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ... 1 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JUNE 6, 2011_ Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas this morning met with Mr. Haji Asghar, a philanthropist and foreign investor, who is the Production Director of New York’s Finest Bagels, a New York restaurant franchise with three outlets in Grenada. Consistent with the Pri...Read More >>>   6/8/2011 || ELECTIONS ARE COMING!!! 15 Political Leader of the New National Party and Former Prime Minister of Grenada , Dr the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell has hinted at an early poll by the ruling NDC Administration. Speaking to hundreds of women supporters at an NNP Women’s Seminar at the Grenada Trade Centre on Monday Dr. Mitchell...Read More >>>   6/8/2011 || WOMEN OF THE NEW NATIONAL PARTY SUPPORT WOMEN’S SE... 13 The women of the New National Party (NNP) came out in their numbers on Monday to show their support at the Grenada Trade Centre Annex. Hundreds of women from all corners of the island came out to discuss the way forward in what is been the first in a series of women’s leadership seminars. The act...Read More >>>   6/6/2011 || A “SWEET” PIECE OF MAIL 3 ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JUNE 6, 2011_ When the Grenada Postal Corporation informed the Prime Minister’s Office of a “special package” addressed to Prime Minister Tillman Thomas on Thursday, not even the Prime Minister expected what was inside. Upon opening the expertly wrapped 10 inch by 8 inch pac...Read More >>>   6/2/2011 || SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN VARYING FIE... 3 St. George’s Grenada, Wednesday June 1, 2011, MOEPRU – Given government’s thrust at the overall development of the country’s human resource, scholarship and fellowship opportunities continue to be made available for Grenadians to advance their education. Opportunities are currently available for ...Read More >>>   6/2/2011 || BOWEN AND IKOLO – MOST OUTSTANDING IN TENNIS TOURN... 1 St. George’s, Grenada, 1 June, 2011: Nikita Bowen of Woburn Methodist School and Oronfo Ikolo of St Mary’s Junior School emerged as the leading players in the just-concluded Inter-primary Schools’ Tennis Tournament. Bowen was the most outstanding female in the 13-and-Under division; in the same d...Read More >>>   6/2/2011 || REMARKS BY THE HON. NAZIM V. BURKE, MINISTER OF FI... 9 Ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a pleasure for me to say a few words at this very important consultation on a Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) for Grenada. First of all let me join in welcoming each and every one of you and to say thank you for the interest that you have shown and...Read More >>>   6/2/2011 || CARIBBEAN PLANS STRONG PRESENCE AT UN MEETING ON H... 0 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean will have a strong presence at the United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) on HIV/AIDS on 8-10 June 2011, at UN Headquarters, New York, USA. More than 50 representatives, including Heads of Government, Ministers of Health an...Read More >>>   6/2/2011 || CARICOM LAUDS EFFORTS TOWARDS NATIONAL RECONCILIAT... 10 (CARICOM Secretariat,, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada, on Monday lauded the moves by Honduras towards national reconciliation in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on 22 May 2011. In a statement, P...Read More >>>   6/2/2011 || LAUNCH OF ENERGY POVERTY RELIEF PROGRAMME 2 St. George’s, Tuesday May 31, 2011- Petro- Caribe has partnered with the Government of Grenada, “To Illuminate Lives and Energise Hope”; the theme for Government’s Energy Poverty Relief Programme, the focus of which is to eradicate poverty in Grenada by facilitating people with reasonable and sustai...Read More >>>     6/2/2011 || OPPOSITION DISCUSSES TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC SERVI... 3 Wednesday 25th May 2011: Former Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell and Former Deputy Prime Minister, Senator the Honourable Gregory Bowen met with a team from the Commonwealth Secretariat. The team comprised Dr. Mark Kirton and Ms. Zahra Alleyne of the secretariat as well as Ms....Read More >>>