By Arley Gill As we commemorate another Emancipation Day here in the Caribbean region—we must stop and acknowledge with reverence and utmost respect the significance of this day. Our ancestors—men, women and children—dehumanized and exploited for profit on the very land on which I stand—demand that as we commemorate their freedom from slavery—that we also […]
Parenting, Health and Wellness Graduation Ceremony for Byelands and Lacabakay Communities. Grenada, July 30th, 2021 – On Wednesday July 28th, 2021, the Ministry for Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment, under the Grenada Spotlight Initiative, hosted a National Parenting Programme Graduation Ceremony. The programme is a national initiative which seeks to support, educate and empower […]
St. George’s, Grenada, July 15th, 2021. Despite the continued challenges brought about by the global pandemic, the annual cancer awareness event, CIBC FirstCaribbean Walk for the Cure (WFTC) will take place in Grenada and across the bank’s 16 regional territories, in 2021, albeit in various forms. Dr. Sonia Nixon, President of the Grenada Cancer Society, […]
Grenlec is encouraging customers to manage their electricity usage in the face of rising world fuel prices that have pushed electricity prices to their highest level since March 2020. Over the course of 2020, fuel prices remained relatively low, ending the year with the fuel charge at 29 cents. Since January 2021, there has been […]
On Tuesday 27th July, 2021, officers attached to the Grenville Police Station arrested and charged Jude Jack, 50 years, Butcher of Paradise St. Andrew for Permitting More Person at an Event than the Amount Specified on the Permission. He was granted bail in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500.00) with one surety. Jack […]
Last week Sandals Grenada held a Parents Appreciation Luncheon for the team members with children who were successful at the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) examinations. The initiative, one of the resort’s many welfare activities providing continued support for its over 500 employees, gave an extra boost for parents with soon to be secondary school […]
St George’s, Grenada (July 28, 2021) – The Ministry of Agriculture, announces the launch of a campaign to educate and inform audiences nationwide about the consequences of stealing agricultural produce and livestock. The launch will be done simultaneously with the official opening of the annual distribution season, at the Mirabeau Propagation Station, St Andrew, on […]
Officers attached to CID, Gouyave Police Station, arrested Kenney Alexander, alias “Scare Dem”, a 34-year-old resident of Queen Street, Victoria, St. Mark, on Tuesday 27th July, 2021, in relation to Grenada’s third recorded homicide of 2021. Alexander was charged for Non-Capital Murder, Attempted Murder and Wounding. He also received a charge of Grievous Harm for […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JULY 27, 2021: The Irish Government’s Fellows programme for 2022-3 is open for applications. The programme enables early to mid-career professionals from eligible countries to undertake a fully funded, one-year master’s level programme at a higher education institution in Ireland. As part of the roll out of Ireland’s Small Island Developing States […]
