World AIDS Day 2016 comes a year after the community of nations committed to ending AIDS by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals and six months following a landmark Political Declaration to end AIDS. HIV prevention is central to achieving this goal. At this exciting moment in history we have at our disposal […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, November 30, 2016 – GIS: Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell says the country should be celebrating the fact that a referendum on the constitution has been held for the first time since independence was attained in 1974. Prime Minister Mitchell was speaking in the wake of opposition inspired comments suggesting celebration […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, November 30, 2016 – GIS: Prince Harry, on November 28, announced nine new Royal Household Hospitality Scholarships, which will give professionals across the nine Caribbean Realms the opportunity to undergo training at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle for six weeks next year, culminating in Royal Ascot week in June 2017. His Royal […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, 23rd November, 2016 –GIS: An attempt to stop Grenada’s first Referendum since Independence from taking place has been dismissed. A High Court Judge on Tuesday refused an application by Attorney Jimmy Bristol, acting on behalf of Valerie Thompson Duncan. The application, filed by Henry, Henry and Bristol on behalf of Thompson Duncan was seeking […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, November 23, 2016 – GIS: The Government of Grenada says the proxy means test administered by the World Bank has determined the persons most eligible to receive monthly financial assistance under the revamped Support for Education, Empowerment and Development Programme (SEED). The new version of this safety net programme, functions strictly under World Bank […]
By Indi Mclymont-Lafayette, Journalist THE PRIME Ministers of Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, and Dominica were present to highlight the impacts of climate change on their islands and lobby for international action to curb climate change during the final week of the 22nd UN Climate Talks in Marrakech, […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, 18th November, 2016 –GIS: The Grenada government is this month signing up 5,122 families under its reorganised social services system known as SEED (Support of Education, Empowerment and Development). This means over 10,000 people now stand to benefit from monthly payments, under a multi-million dollar scheme, partly financed by the World Bank, to help […]
Marrakech, November 16, 2016 – “We are proud to be one of the countries that ratified the Paris Agreement when it opened for signature on April 22, 2016.”- Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Elvin Nimrod. Heads of State and Governments across the world, gathered at Marrakech, continue to deliver national statements as the second of […]
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 – Bishop’s College and Hillsborough Secondary School are making waves throughout the tri-island state. For the first time, the two schools, which are located in Carriacou, will compete against each other in the final round of the Grenlec Debates. On 7 November, Bishop’s College faced St. Joseph’s Convent, St. Andrew in the […]
New round of discussions will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters on November 21-25, 2016. (November 15, 2016) Delegates from the 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that adhered to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region—which refers to access […]
