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7/7/2016 || NO CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY 1 There is no change in government’s policy towards the school books programme. During the weekly Post-Cabinet News Briefing, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Simon Steill said based on an ongoing audit in primary and secondary schools, they do not envisage a shortage of books for th...Read More >>>   7/1/2016 || ECCB WANTS EXPLANATION FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS 1 In light of customer’s complaints about an increase in bank charges, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is calling on the bankers association of all ECCU states to educate and inform the customers. Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Timothy Antoine addressed the issue at a press co...Read More >>>   7/1/2016 || GOVERNMENT NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR NEW BANKING FEES 0 The Grenada government says it’s not responsible for the new fees being introduced to customers by local banks. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Mike Sylvester was clearing the air on Tuesday June 28 amid growing concerns from customers about new banking fees. One bank has introd...Read More >>>   6/30/2016 || NATIONAL ADDRESS BY PRIME MINISTER DR. THE RT. HON... 0 Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters…All, As we enter into the fourth year of this term, we are pleased to report that we have kept faith in your overwhelming mandate as we continue to build a society that has greater opportunities for all. Tonight, I can report that the economy contin...Read More >>>   6/30/2016 || GRENADA PM RESHUFFLES CABINET 0 In a national address on Tuesday, Grenada’s prime minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, announced a number of changes in Cabinet responsibilities, in accordance with what he described as a commitment given in 2013 continually to adjust ministerial positions to improve efficiency and to give members different...Read More >>>   6/28/2016 || FLOW GRENADA TO SEND HOME WORKERS 0 The Grenada Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU) says several workers at the telecommunications company, FLOW Grenada, will be sent home as a result of its merger with the British telecommunications giant, LIME. “I can confirm that we have received correspondence from FLOW stating its intent...Read More >>>   6/28/2016 || CDB LAUNCHES US$15 MILLION EDUCATION PROJECT IN GR... 0 At the J.W. Fletcher Catholic Secondary School in Grenada, 217 boys and girls have been making do with inadequate space. Teachers and students work together creatively to make the best of the eight classrooms, spread across two blocks. But this arrangement is not suitable for optimal outcomes in the...Read More >>>   6/22/2016 || GRENADA PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR CCJ 0 The Grenada Parliament yesterday approved legislation for the island to replace the London-based privy Council with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice as its final court. However, before Grenada could join Barbados, Dominica, Belize and Guyana that have already made the CCJ their final...Read More >>>   6/20/2016 || AN EXPERIMENTAL ZIKA VACCINE WILL BE TESTED ON HUM... 0 For the first time, researchers will be allowed to test an experimental Zika vaccine on humans. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a clinical trial that will determine if a Zika vaccine is safe to use on healthy humans, STAT reports. If the trial is successful, researchers will conduct te...Read More >>>   6/20/2016 || CARICOM TO TRAIN REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS 0 Regional environmentalists are scheduled to attend a workshop on the implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) that will be hosted by the secretariat of the Caribbean Community (Caricom). The “Training of Trainers workshop on mainstreaming” MEAs that will be held at the Secre...Read More >>>   6/20/2016 || CLOSURE OF GRAND BRAS HEALTH CENTRE 0 The Ministry of Health wishes to advise the Public that services at the Grand Bras Health Centre will be suspended from Wednesday 22nd June, 2016, to facilitate some urgent rehabilitative work on the building. The Ministry further advises that persons normally utilising the services at Grand Bras c...Read More >>>   6/9/2016 || GRERNADA AMONG SIX EASTERN CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES TO ... 2 On Wednesday, as the world celebrated World Ocean’s Day, six Eastern Caribbean countries marked their commitment to preserving the region’s extraordinary marine ecosystems by launching the first Eastern Caribbean coral reef report cards. Coral reefs are home to more than 25 percent of all marine ...Read More >>>   6/9/2016 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT EXPECTS NO NEGATIVE FALLOUT FRO... 1 The government of Grenada said it does not expect any negative fallout from a what it described as a civil matter in the United States involving Charles Liu, a citizen of Grenada under Section 11 of the Citizen by Investment Act, because the matter has nothing to do with the CBI programme. Accor...Read More >>>   6/7/2016 || GRENADA ECONOMIC CITIZEN CHARGED WITH STEALING INV... 1 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against an economic citizen of Grenada and his wife accused of misusing two-thirds of the money they raised from investors for the purpose of building and operating a new cancer treatment center t...Read More >>>   6/1/2016 || NLA HANDOVERS PRIZES TO SCRATCH-IS-BACK PROMO WINN... 0 ST. GEORGE’S – MAY 2015 – Two lucky Players of the National Lotteries Authority’s Scratch games received their personal-type prizes, after having won in the recently-concluded Scratch Tickle Your Fancy 2nd-Chance Draw Promotion. The promotion, which was held throughout the month of April, was dra...Read More >>>   5/26/2016 || GRENADA MOURNS FORMER HEAD OF STATE 0 Grenada is mourning the death of its former head of state, Sir Reginald Palmer, saying that he will be remembered and appreciated for his years of service to the island. Governor General Cecile La Grenade led the tributes for the 93-year-old former head of state, who died on Monday, saying that t...Read More >>>   5/26/2016 || GRENADA WINS ANOTHER GOLD AT CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW I... 0 The Grenada exhibit at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show 2016, named “Three Enchanting Islands - Pure Grenada”, has won gold. The show team was led by Grenadian-based designer Catherine John and brought Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique to life with a display of floral...Read More >>>   5/19/2016 || GRENADA RECORDS SECOND CASE OF ZIKA VIRAL INFECTIO... 1 A second case of Zika viral infection has been confirmed by Grenadian health authorities the Ministry of Health disclosed on Wednesday. The virus was discovered in samples sent to both St. George’s University and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) late last week, although definite confir...Read More >>>   5/12/2016 || STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER DR. KEITH MITCHELL ON ... 0 It is with a deep sense of sadness and nostalgia that I, and other cricket fans all over the world received the news that Tony Cozier, lifelong cricket commentator and analyst extraordinaire, has passed away. As Prime Minister of Grenada and as Chair of the Cricket Committee under CARICOM, I ext...Read More >>>   5/12/2016 || GRAND ETANG NOT FOR SALE, SAYS GRENADA GOVERNMENT 3 The Grenada government has again denied allegations that it intends to sell approximately 30 acres of the Grand Etang Forest Reserve to a Russian investor. Health and Social Security Minister Nickolas Steele, speaking at the end of the weekly Cabinet meeting, said that the Keith Mitchell governme...Read More >>>   5/5/2016 || GRENADA CONFIRMS ITS FIRST ZIKA CASE 0 The Ministry of Health wishes to advise that Grenada has reported its first laboratory confirmed case of Zika infection. A 27-year-old female non-Grenadian was diagnosed as the island's first person with the mosquito-related illness. The case was confirmed, Wednesday May 4 2016 at midday by the ...Read More >>>   5/4/2016 || GRENADA PM WINS DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST NEWSPAPER,... 0 Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has welcomed a High Court ruling that ordered an attorney and a newspaper editor to pay EC$120,000 (EC$1=US$0.37 cents) to him over an article claiming that he was engaged in corrupt practices. Mitchell said that while the wheels of justice “grinds very slowly”, h...Read More >>>   5/3/2016 || CRUISE SHIP FROM MIAMI ARRIVES IN HAVANA ON HISTOR... 0 As passengers cheered, Carnival Corp.’s Fathom Adonia arrived at Havana harbor on Monday morning, officially reestablishing the U.S. cruise business in Cuba. The voyage of the Adonia, with about 600 passengers aboard, was the first trip from Miami to Cuba in more than 50 years, and the importance...Read More >>>   5/3/2016 || REPUBLIC MAKES OFFER TO BUY OUT GRENADA BANK 2 Republic Financial Holdings Ltd is making an offer to buy out Republic Bank (Grenada) Ltd. In a notice posted on the T&T Stock Exchange yesterday the banking group, which already has 51 per cent shareholding in that financial institution, announced that the offer document will be mailed out to sh...Read More >>>   5/3/2016 || UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREE... 1 Human rights, democratic societies and sustainable development depend on the free flow of information. And the right to information depends on press freedom. Each year, we observe World Press Freedom Day to emphasize these fundamental principles, to protect the independence of the media and to honou...Read More >>>   4/18/2016 || FORMER MEMBER ALLEGES 'POOR POLITICS' BY GRENADA'S... 2 A former member of Grenada’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has severely criticised the party and its leader Nazim Burke, suggesting that the NDC could be headed for another defeat by the New National Party (NNP) when elections are called. “The current perception, excluding ‘NDC Ph...Read More >>>   4/13/2016 || DRONE USERS IN GRENADA NEED TO OBTAIN PERMISSION F... 0 The Grenada Government Tuesday warned drone users that they must first obtain permission from the police before allowing the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into the air. “Cabinet has decided that persons who wish to operate a UAV should apply to the police stating the reason,” Planning Minister Ol...Read More >>>   4/13/2016 || LIAT CONFIRMS RESIGNATION OF CEO 0 Regional carrier, LIAT, Wednesday confirmed that Chief Executive Officer David Evans has resigned. In a statement, LIAT said the Board of Directors accepted Evans’ resignation Wednesday. The Director of Finance and ICT Julie Reifer-Jones, has been appointed to act as CEO. The Board of dire...Read More >>>   4/4/2016 || WEST INDIES WOMEN WIN FIRST-EVER GLOBAL TITLE 0 The West Indies Women won their first-ever global title with an impressive eight-wicket victory that denied the Australian Women a fourth successive ICC Women’s World T20 title. Half-centuries from Elyse Villani and Meg Lanning lifted the Aussie Southern Stars to 148 for five, the team’s highest ...Read More >>>     4/4/2016 || WINDIES MEN AND WOMEN COP T20 WORLD TITLES 2 Carlos Brathwaite calmly belted four astonishing sixes off the first four deliveries of the final over to catapult West Indies to extraordinary four-wicket victory over England as the Caribbean made history by sweeping both the men’s and women’s titles at the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup here yesterday. ...Read More >>>