Recent FAO training focuses on understanding and applying food systems thinking to tackle the interrelated issues of poverty and food security and nutrition November 30, 2017 (Bridgetown, Barbados) — In the last few years, integrated and holistic ways to address food-related challenges such as reducing food waste and loss, improving farmer livelihoods, expanding access to […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, DECEMBER 1, 2017 – GIS: – With plans already in the making, Grenada can have it’s first ever National Emergency Medical Response Unit, up and running by the first quarter of 2018. Health and Social Security Minster Hon. Nickolas Steele made the announcement, on Thursday morning, during his contribution to the 2018 national budget at […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, NOVEMBER 28, 2017, GIS: – Grenada’s unemployment rate has fallen significantly from 40% in 2013 to 24% in 2017. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr.Keith Mitchell made the disclosure during his presentation of the 2018 budget in parliament on Monday even as the country’s unemployment rate looks set to fall again […]
The Tri-Island Caribbean Nation is Focused on Tourism Education St. George’s, Grenada – November 27, 2017 – The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) is reviving the mantra, ‘Tourism is Everybody’s Business’ with the launch of its Tourism Awareness Campaign (TAC). The programme was launched on Thursday 23rd November at the GTA headquarters and attended by Minister […]
The National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) is gearing up for its annual Christmas Food Hamper Promotion that will see some 35 beneficiaries receiving hampers bearing Christmas goodies. Each year, the company has created an environment of cheer for individuals in various communities, who are without the means to acquire items that help to brighten […]
The General public is hereby informed that, effective, Saturday November 18th, 2017, the retail prices of petroleum products (Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene and LPG {Cooking Gas}) in the State of Grenada will be as follows: *Petrocaribe’s LPG 20lb Cylinder The new Retail Prices are computed based on the average FOB costs: that is; (Ex-refinery prices), for the […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA– GIS: The Government Negotiating Team and the two public sector unions, the Public Workers Union and the Grenada Technical and Allied Workers Union, resumed negotiations on the one-off payments earlier today, November 17. The Unions had previously rejected the additional sum of $650 in one-off payments. In an attempt to reach a […]
The Ambassador of Mexico to the Eastern Caribbean States, His Excellency Oscar Arturo Esparza Vargas, presented this morning his Letters of Credence to Her Excellency Dr. Dame Cecil La Grenada, Governor General of Grenada. During the Ceremony, Ambassador Esparza, conveyed the compliments, as well as the message of friendship, prosperity and wellbeing of the President […]
Chairman of the World’s Small Island Developing states, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.Keith Mitchell, is insisting that Caribbean countries need “urgent access to financing” if they are to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Prime Minister Mitchell has also echoed concerns that the process for Caribbean countries to get resources such as the Green Climate Fund can be […]
The ninth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas concluded on Thursday in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. (November 17, 2017) The countries participating in the ninth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), held in Mexico, urged governments of the region […]
