28th March, 2017 (St. George’s, Grenada) – The Pure Grenada Music Festival (PGMF) comes into its home stretch as the event is now just a month away. The PGMF, which takes place on May 5th -7th, continues to be pioneers in Grenada, not only in introducing the first festival of this magnitude to the […]
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, March 23rd, 2017. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the European Union (EU) have signed the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) agreement worth EUR 24 Million to support regional private sector development. At the 11th EDF launch and signing ceremony, held yesterday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados, Head of […]
An event held in Barbados helped to determine critical factors for Caribbean countries to successfully capitalize on international and regional market opportunities. Bridgetown, 15 March 2017 (IICA). A conference and technical symposium facilitated discussions and exchange of information among key public sector and private sector stakeholders on sustaining and building on the actions concluded under the […]
March 6th, 2017 saw Grenada Co-operative Bank announce its plans to make a difference to the landscape of Grenadian society by commencing a new initiative surrounding Carlton Home, a provision for the care, counselling and rehabilitation of alcohol and substance abusers. In a call for collaborative support for the initial 5 year project, the […]
The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) in collaboration the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS) of the United National Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Caribbean Regional Stakeholders […]
(St. George’s, Grenada) 8th March, 2017— The Grenada Tourism Authority is optimistic about upcoming networking meetings as it seeks to secure further opportunities for increased cruise passenger arrivals. The first stop is the US Cruise Business Negotiation Meetings in Miami from 9th to 10th March, 2017. A delegation led by GTA Chief Executive Officer Patricia […]
An event held at IICA Headquarters focused on analyzing the challenges faced by these spaces in Central America, as well as the opportunities they afford to revitalize sustainable development. San José, 6 March 2017 (IICA). According to the United Nations (UN), by 2050, approximately 6 billion of the world’s predicted 9 billion inhabitants will live […]
February, 2017 saw the long anticipated arrival and installation of Grenada’s first hyperbaric chamber, in a specially built unit at St. Augustine’s Medical Services. Dr. Lutz Amechi, Resident Physician at SAMS, welcomed Dr. Tyler Sexton, the Medical Director of Caribbean Hyperbaric Medicine, which specializes in Hyperbaric Medicine, who was on island to install the […]
(St. George’s, Grenada) 2nd March, 2017–The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) proudly unveiled its wall mosaic mural at the entrance to the Carenage aptly named “Carenage” on February 23rd 2017. The work of art is by a young, local Grenadian artist, Akym Pierre, whose talent captured the life of the Carenage in 4 different scenes: Scene […]
St. George’s, Grenada, Wednesday, February 29th, 2017: As promised by the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, in his 2017 Budget Presentation, the one-off payments for Public Officers, in recognition of the sacrifices made during the Homegrown Programme, has begun. As part of the February 2017 salaries, payments have […]
