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  • GRENADA ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF PAN AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE

    By Michael Bascombe WASHINGTON, DC, September 17, 2012 – Grenada’s Health Minister, Senator Ann Peters was elected President of the 28th. Pan American Sanitary Conference of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), which is meeting from September...
  • CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN SUPPORTS THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

    Bridgetown, Barbados, 18th September 2012. Kevin and Christian in Barbados lost a parent to cancer. Keturah in the Bahamas and Shadden in Grand Cayman are walking for loved ones lost, while Sharon in Antigua celebrates her mother’s triumph over cancer. ...
  • DIGICEL VOLUNTEERS BUILD COMMUNITIES ACROSS GRENADA
DURING DIGICEL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WEEK

    “Community involvement approach has the objective of improving the livelihoods and 
surroundings of the people, especially the youth, in those communities” Ever since our launch, Digicel has recognized that it needs to play a positive role in its c...
  • CLAIMS OF TRYING TO "STALL" RULING PARTY

    St. George’s, September 18, 2012 – The two highest ranking members of the Grenada administration, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and his deputy, have said that the prorogation of parliament has nothing to do with a no-confidence motion that was pending...
  • I'M STILL FINANCE MINISTER, SAYS NAZIM BURKE

    St. George’s, September 17, 2012 – Grenada’s Finance Minister Nazim Burke has dismissed reports that he had lost the portfolio and had walked out of a cabinet meeting on Monday.“For the entire duration of that meeting, I was there in my capacity a...
  • VINCENTIAN PM COMMENDED FOR AIDING GRENADA

    St. George’s, September 15, 2012 – The Public Relations Officer of the NDC, Arley Gill, has hailed the “regional integration spirit’’ of the Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Former Senator Gill made the remarks following a report...
  • NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION “UNFORTUNATE AND UNWARRANTED,’’ SAYS SEN. PRIME

    St. George’s, September 15, 2012 – Former deputy leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator George Prime, has described MP Karl Hood as a “colleague and friend.’’ However, Prime wants Hood – who has filed a motion of no-confiden...
  • GRENADA BIDS FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR CARLOS PEREZ

    ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, SEPTEMBER 14th 2012_Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas on Thursday bade farewell to Venezuela’s Ambassador to Grenada Carlos Perez.Prime Minister Thomas described Ambassador Perez as an outstanding Diplomat and friend. “Ambas...
  • OPEN LETTER TO HON. PETER DAVID

    Dear Hon. David,Greetings Hon. David!  Permit me to clarify that I write in my individual and personal capacity. It appears Hon. David that you are currently the “man of the  moment” in the current political conjuncture and it may even appear t...
  • WHEN DOES THE FIVE YEAR TERM OF THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT END?

    By Dr. Lawrence A. JosephThe question as to when the five year term of the present Parliament is constitutionally due to expire has confused quite a lot of individuals. This article therefore seeks to address the issue. According to section 52 (2) of the ...
  • STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

    ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA, SEPTEMBER 17TH 2012_Prime Minister, Hon. Tillman Thomas today requested His Excellency, the Governor-General of Grenada, Sir Carlyle Glean, to prorogue Parliament. This action will bring an end to the 4th Session of the 8th Parliam...
  • NATIONAL ADDRESS BY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION DR. THE HON, KEITH MITCHELL

    My fellow citizens of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite MartiniqueIt is once again my pleasure to address you as is required of me as Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of our country.But I also address you as a concerned citizen, one who can...
  • INDUSTRIOUS 12-YEAR-OLD IMPRESSES, RECEIVES SCHOOL HELP

    By Lincoln DepradineSt. George’s, September 13, 2012 – A 12-year-old St. John’s Christian Secondary School (SJCSS) student, who has been doing odd jobs to meet some of his home and school needs, has been assured of private assistance throughout the ...
  • WORK TO START SOON ON SNELL HALL PROJECT

    St. George’s, September 11, 2012 – A contract is expected to be signed shortly that will pave the way for the start of construction of a playing field and human resource development centre in St. Patrick for residents of Snell Hall, Madeys, La Mode an...
  • FINANCE MINISTER CRITICIZED FOR "LACK OF CANDOR"

    St. George’s, September 13, 2012 – AN EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF GRENADA’S OPPOSITION NEW NATIONAL Party has taken that country’s Finance Minister to task for refusing to, in her view, come clean with people there.Delma Thomas, a likely opposition candid...
  • MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY

    New York, 15 September 2012Today we look back on yet another year of remarkable events in the story of democracy -- a story that continues to be written by people who yearn for dignity and human rights, for an end to corruption, for a say in their future,...
  • LAUNCH OF CARRIACOU WIND ENERGY PROJECT

    ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA Monday, September 10, 2012: In keeping with the pronouncement in the 2012 Budget, the Government of Grenada in partnership with the European Union and GRENLEC will launch the Carriacou Wind Energy Project.  The Financing Agreement...
  • MITCHELL PREDICTS PM THOMAS WILL LOSE SEAT IN GENERAL ELECTION

    St. George’s, September 11, 2012 – The opposition New National Party (NNP) is predicting that Prime Minister Tillman Thomas will be a victim in the party’s victory over the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Grenada’s next general election.At t...
  • MP PETER DAVID'S SPEECH

    HON. PETER DAVID, MP Town of St. GeorgeSpeech Delivered at Public Meeting, St. George’s Anglican Senior School Thursday, September 6, 2012 Sisters and Brothers, ladies and gentlemen, comrades; a very pleasant night to you all. Whatever party you be...
  • MP SAYS GRENADA’S ECONOMY ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE

    A former senior NDC government minister wants “a more friendly posture toward foreign direct investment and foreign investors’’ as part of an attempt to wrestle Grenada from economic collapse.“Our country is at the edge of a fiscal cliff,’’ sa...