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Monday, May 5, 2008

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Yet another Caribbean Website has been launched. This time by Grenadian – Edward “Eddie” Frederick under the domain name caribbeanperspective.com. Frederick, who has been in the media for close to twenty years, introduced his countrymen to interactive radio. read more...



Thursday, May 1, 2008

The sub-region has a new Regional Association for Heritage Protection as six OECS member states and two French Departments of the Americas launched the Regional Heritage Association (RHA) on January 29, 2008 at the Rex Resorts Hotel in St. Lucia. The RHA is a non-profit, non governmental organization. read more...



Wednesday, April 30, 2008

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate for Grenada's St Patrick East constituency, Joe Gilbert, is accusing the sitting Member of Parliament Anthony Boatswain of unprofessionalism in trying to disrupt an opposition meeting last Saturday. Boatswain who is also Grenada's Economic and Planning Minister... read more...



Tuesday, April 29, 2008

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: A Commonwealth programme to train Caribbean government officials on the evaluation of development aid programmes is being held in Grenada from 28 April to 2 May 2008. This five-day workshop is co-organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat and St George’s University in Grenada. read more...



Tuesday, April 29, 2008

That statement above has been put forward as an apt description of corruption by persons holding public office, and at the core of that definition is the very root of all evil bribery. And someone sent me an article from “Arab News”, which is the Middle East leading English daily newspaper... read more...



Saturday, April 26, 2008

CASTRIES, St Lucia: The OECS Secretariat has announced that on April 24 the Secretariat communicated to the Lord High Chancellor, Jack Straw, a recommendation for the appointment of Justice Hugh Anthony Rawlins, to the position of Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. read more...



Tuesday, April 22, 2008

We seem to be a country without a conscience, and because we have lived with suffering for so long our very souls are now hardened to the point of indifference. But the price of indifference today is the end of freedom tomorrow. We cannot, as a people, develop our Tri-Island state to an acceptable standard. read more...



Saturday, April 19, 2008

ST GEORGES, Grenada: The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) has promised to investigate the source of pamphlets accusing two local journalists of working with the opposition after they filed a formal complaint on Thursday. Rawle Titus and Linda Straker gave separate statements to the head of the CID. read more...



Saturday, April 19, 2008

Your 18 April story "Journalists harassed in Grenada" is just another example of the knee-jerk reaction of RSF (Reporters without Frontiers) who, in my humble opinion, have shown themselves to be more deserving of the name RSR - 'Reporters without Responsibility'. There is a long history of political and social cartooning. read more...



Friday, April 18, 2008

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Robert Menard, the secretary general of the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) expressed serious concern on Wednesday to Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell over the recent harassment of two freelance journalists accused of working with the opposition in Grenada. read more...



Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Lloyd Noel is a typical lawyer with a lot of words and not much action. (Can anyone actually read an entire column of such excessive verbiage?) May I suggest in light of his latest commentary about people suffering in Grenada because of high government legal debts that he volunteer to help his country? read more...



Tuesday, April 15, 2008

In our situation in today’s Tri-Island state, change cannot just be a promise it must be a categorical imperative. We must, as a people, change the whole structure that propels our society. And time is of the essence. When it is remembered, if we can ever forget, that our national debt is now over two billion dollars. read more...



Monday, April 14, 2008

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Over twenty-five high-level representatives from fifteen national employers' organisations throughout the Caribbean region will gather from 15-17 April 2008 in Grenada for the 11th International Labour Organization's Round Table for Caribbean employers organisations. read more...



Wednesday, April 9, 2008

HAVANA,Cuba (ACN): In the Caribbean island of Grenada, 112 formerly illiterate citizens were the first to learned how to read and write with the Cuban teaching method "Yo si Puedo" (Yes, I can). The graduates received their diplomas from the hands of Grenada's Education Ministry officials. read more...



Tuesday, April 8, 2008

We are way down the ladder of world states or nations in terms of size, accomplishment, economic developments, or progress in general, but when it comes down to melee in our politics, and misusing or abusing our institutions and the systems that should be binding us together as a people... read more...



Friday, April 4, 2008

CASTRIES, St Lucia: For the past few months the Rainbow Radio League (RRL) of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been planning a tri-island radio communications simulation exercise among St Vincent, St Lucia and Grenada. The simulation, dubbed "Operation X", will involve the exchange of emergency communications. read more...



Wednesday, April 2, 2008

As the campaign for the very important and eagerly awaited forthcoming general elections in our Spice Isles, take on more and much more momentum with each passing weekly activities, we are witnessing a brand new twist in the methods and actions being utilised. read more...



Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The publisher of an innovative programme for teaching reading, which is having remarkable results around the world, is visiting the Caribbean in April and May. Chris Jolly, publisher of Jolly Phonics, is visiting Trinidad, Grenada, Barbabos, Antigua and St Kitts from 28 April to 2 May, read more...



Monday, March 31, 2008

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: Dr Clarice Modeste-Curwen, Grenada’s Minister of Tourism and Chair of the Government’s Monitoring Committee with St George’s University, joined Chancellor Charles Modica in honouring the accomplishments of SGU’s Grenada Scholarship students. read more...



Friday, March 28, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters): Grenada smashed US Virgin Islands 10-0 while Suriname trounced Montserrat 7-1 in the CONCACAF preliminary round World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday. Elsewhere, Antigua beat Aruba 1-0 while Belize held out for a 1-1 draw away to St Kitts & Nevis to earn a prestigious tie against Mexico. read more...



Wednesday, March 26, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters): Three of the lowest ranked international teams will attempt unlikely wins in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying on Wednesday. Montserrat meet Suriname in a one-off preliminary round encounter that will be played in Trinidad, as neither country has a stadium considered suitable. read more...



Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Even in these days of holy week, as we try to remember the suffering and sacrifice endured by one man over two thousand years ago - and we recall our own faith for what its worth, and our years of struggle in these isles - the good old saying that the longest day must come to an end, still leaves us asking... read more...



Thursday, March 20, 2008

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: ‘Homosexuality in the Caribbean-Crawling out of the Closet,’ the latest book to be introduced in the Caribbean by writer Professor Claude Douglas, is said to be simultaneously a sociological analysis and an erudite commentary on sexuality as a critical function of human identity. read more...



Thursday, March 20, 2008

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada: A group of 19 Grenadians will leave here on Thursday for St Vincent and the Grenadines to undertake four days of Christian Ministry with children.  The team, headed by the Missions Director at Evangelistic Center, Angela Simon, will provide the gospel message to children ages 5 to 12. read more...



Tuesday, March 18, 2008

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: The DMJ Creative Foundation for the Performing Arts continues its series of Grenada Co-operative Bank Junior Calypso Workshops, which are geared toward improving the writing skills of young people, while increasing their knowledge and interest in a most important indigenous artform. read more...



Tuesday, March 18, 2008

I assert that we cannot develop a truly honest and god-fearing society and people until we learn to demand the highest level of integrity from those occupying positions of trust. And we must never forget, but always keep in the fore front of our consciousness, that the price of indifference today is the end of freedom. read more...



Thursday, March 13, 2008

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Approximately US$1 million dollars has been earmarked to provide further critical capacity building and the restoration of livelihoods in the tri-island state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique -- still in the process of recovery from the ravages of Hurricanes Ivan and Emily. read more...



Tuesday, March 11, 2008

When we look into the future of tomorrow’s world we should be asking ourselves, what are we trying to do, and what does today’s child hope to come into or gain as a consequence of what we do? No group in organized society has the right to act without regard to the interest of the whole of that society. read more...



Saturday, March 8, 2008

I read Leslie Mc Quillikin’s rather verbose reply to Elizabeth Gove’s objection to Captain Peter David as a possible future ruler of Grenada. Well, if David has grown out of Marxist-Leninisim, why does he not come out and firmly denounce it? Why must we assume that he has changed? Why doesn’t he come clean? read more...



Friday, March 7, 2008

The Caribbean Sea which covers over 2.7 million square miles, with its mild tropical climate, is a sunshine heaven for many who yearn to share in its glory along the many sandy shores, mangrove trees and other diverse aqua-life which are coastal inhabitants along its many open and hidden shorelines. read more...



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