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2/5/2016 || GRENADA PM CALLS ON RESIDENTS TO PREPARE FOR ZIKA ... 1 Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell called on the people of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique to be prepared for the transmission of the zika virus that has already spread to Caribbean countries including Barbados, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico,...Read More >>>   2/4/2016 || ZIKA UPDATE: GRENADA GOVERNMENT GIVING PREGNANT WO... 2 Pregnant women, especially those in the first trimester as well as mothers to be, will get priority treatment once testing begins to determine if they are infected with the Zika virus. Health Minister Hon. Nickolas Steele says a representative from the Paris based Women and Health Association Int...Read More >>>   2/4/2016 || WORLD BANK MISSION IS IN GRENADA 1 ten member World Bank team is visiting Grenada from February 2 to 5, 2016 to advance the preparation of the Development Policy Credit and Loan (DPC/DPL). The main objectives of the mission are: - To supervise the implementation of the prior actions taken under the World Bank's first DP...Read More >>>   2/4/2016 || NEW ECCB GOVERNOR OUTLINES HIS VISION TO REGIONAL... 0 Media practitioners from across the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) were given an opportunity on Monday, February 1, to interact with the new governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine, as he outlined his new vision for banking within the ECCU during a press confe...Read More >>>   2/2/2016 || SUPPORT WHAT'S MADE IN GRENADA—BUY LOCAL WEEK 3 The Buy Local Week, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development, Planning, Trade and Cooperatives began yesterday, Monday, February 1 and ends on February 7, 2016, with the Made in Grenada Expo, at the Grenada National Stadium. The main purpose of the buy local initiative is to seek support...Read More >>>   2/2/2016 || STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SEC... 0 The Ministry of Health and Social Security continues to actively respond to the outbreak of the Zika virus in the region. Whereas to date, 21 countries have been affected by the virus, including some neighboring territories. Grenada remains free from the virus. The Ministry also notes with gr...Read More >>>   2/2/2016 || GRENADA OPPOSITION PARTY AFFIRMS STRENGTH, DESPITE... 1 A week after its annual convention, the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Grenada remains in damage-control mode over the composition of its new executive that was elected at the convention. On Thursday, January 28, the NDC was forced to issue a public statement, saying their ...Read More >>>   1/26/2016 || AMERICAN TOURIST SLAIN IN GRENADA 5 A Georgia woman vacationing with her husband on Grenada was killed Sunday morning while walking along the beach, officials said. Jessica Colker, 39, and her husband, Brian Melito, were attacked near the La Sagesse resort by a man wielding a cutlass-style blade, police said. Melito, 62, managed...Read More >>>   1/24/2016 || MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND HUGGINS JOIN FORCES TO FIGH... 0 One of Grenada’s leading companies Geo. F. Huggins and Company Grenada Ltd., has partnered with the Ministry of Health to promote and create greater awareness of the threat of the H1N1 and Zika viruses. Geo. F. Huggins is the first major company to align itself with the Ministry of Health, as sur...Read More >>>   1/24/2016 || GRENADA JOURNALIST ARRESTED IN ST VINCENT 1 Questions are being asked regionally and internationally after Grenadian journalist Hamlet Mark was taken into custody by police while covering a public protest by supporters of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) outside the Electoral Office in Kingstown, St Vincent, on Thursday. Mar...Read More >>>   1/24/2016 || US CUSTOMS BEGINS USING FACIAL COMPARISON TECHNOLO... 0 The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said it has begun using facial comparison technology at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York to help verify that Caribbean and other travellers entering the United States match the passport presented. On Wednesday, th...Read More >>>   1/20/2016 || STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH ON GRENADA'S ... 0 Fellow Grenadian's, these past few weeks, in the wake of reports of a resurgence of the Influenza A- H1N1 virus and an increase in the presence of the Mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Caribbean Community, my Ministry has been at the forefront on all levels taking the necessary action to educate and ...Read More >>>   1/20/2016 || NO REPORTED CASES OF H1N1 OR ZIKA VIRUS IN GRENADA 0 There are no reported cases of the Influenza A H1N1 or Zika virus in Grenada. That is the assurance given to the general public by Health Minister Hon. Nickolas Steele. Minister Steele issued a brief statement in an effort to allay fears in the wake of reports of a resurgence of H1N1 and an incr...Read More >>>   1/14/2016 || GRENADA MAKES LIST OF MOST ETHICAL TRAVEL DESTINAT... 0 Help has arrived for travelers who've resolved to avoid spending their tourism cash in countries with poor human rights and environmental records. Nonprofit group Ethical Traveler—a project of the Berkeley-based Earth Island Institute—has just released its annual list of the 10 most forward-think...Read More >>>   1/14/2016 || US MULLS WARNING PREGNANT WOMEN AGAINST TRAVEL TO ... 0 United States federal health officials are debating whether to warn pregnant women against travel to the countries in the Caribbean, Latin American and Brazil where mosquitoes are spreading the Zika virus, which has been linked to brain damage in newborn babies. Officials say it could be the firs...Read More >>>   1/12/2016 || GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES BUY LOCAL MADE IN GRENADA CAMP... 2 The Ministry of Economic Development, Planning, Trade, Cooperatives and International Business is pleased to announce its National Buy Local and Made in Grenada Campaign which officially started yesterday, January 11, 2016. The entire population is being urged to support the local manufacturers ...Read More >>>   1/12/2016 || GRENADIAN APPOINTED ECCB GOVERNOR 0 The Eastern Caribbean Monetary Council has appointed permanent secretary in Grenada’s ministry of finance, Timothy Antoine, as governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB). Antoine, a Grenadian national, succeeds Sir K Dwight Venner, who retired on November 30, 2015. He is the holder ...Read More >>>   1/4/2016 || NEW YEARS HONOURS 2016 1 Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointment to the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:- KCMG JUSTICE LYLE KEVIN ST. PAUL For Public Service and the Judiciary OBE DR. CHAMARTHY SUBBARAO For service to the Med...Read More >>>   1/4/2016 || CTO DECLARES 2016 “YEAR OF ROMANCE IN THE CARIBBEA... 1 The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has declared 2016 as the Year of Romance in the Caribbean . The organisation says with the launch of this new initiative, the CTO and its member countries and hotels will highlight the region as the leading choice for a romantic vacation for consumers and ...Read More >>>     1/4/2016 || INCOMING CARICOM CHAIR PRIORITISES BENEFITS FOR PE... 0 Dean Barrow, prime minister of Belize, assumed the six-month chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from January 1, 2016, succeeding Freundel Stuart, prime minister of Barbados. In a message to usher in the New Year, Barrow pointed out that there was a lot to be proud of and a lot to ...Read More >>>