Reach Within is a non-profit organization that has been working with Grenada’s most vulnerable children and teens since 2005, while fine-tuning a simple model of care to support resiliency development and improved health outcomes. Its mission is to transform trauma suffered from abuse or neglect into healthy living; we believe that anyone can thrive against […]
Rodney Bay, St. Lucia, January 10th, 2021: For a second year, the Republic Group has been named as the Best Corporate Governance ‘Financial Services’ Institution in the Caribbean by Ethical Boardroom. Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) received this award for the first time in 2019, demonstrating that the Group continues to set the tone of good governance […]
A company founded by a Caribbean immigrant in the US Diaspora has been named a Comcast RISE 2021 winner. Hard Beat Communications, (HBC), the award-winning digital Caribbean PR and AD agency founded by Guyana-born Felicia J. Persaud, is among the awardees of the fifth round of the Comcast RISE program for small, women and minority-run businesses […]
A prize-giving ceremony is being planned for early next month for Grenada Boys’ Secondary School students, who participated in a recent essay competition organized by a newly formed GBSS-affiliate group. The GBSS Alumni International Foundation (AIF), which includes former students living in Grenada and in the Diaspora, has set out on a mission to assist in […]
5 JUNE 2021, ST GEORGE’S: Queen Elizabeth II has awarded two farmers the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) for their service and contribution to agriculture in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. I congratulate farmers Evans Gooding and Leonard Joy Peters whose efforts and tenacity have been recognised through this significant award. Mr. Gooding is the president […]
A Cayman Islands-based journalist who wrote an article examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of teenagers, has won the PAHO/CDB/CBU Award “Celebrating Responsible Coverage of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support During Covid-19”. Daphne Ewing-Chow was adjudged winner in the print category of the competition, which was open to participants in […]
Despite severe restrictions on travel which prevented the usual gathering in Barbados, CIBC FirstCaribbean reached around the region recently to honour its brightest and best performers for 2020. Chief Executive Officer Colette Delaney told those gathered for the online Achievers Awards Ceremony that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has caused staff at all levels […]
St. George’s, Grenada W.I. – 12th January, 2021 – The Ministry of Tourism and the Grenada Tourism Authority extend congratulations to Grenadian sons of the soil, recently recognized in her majesty the Queen’s New Year Honours List. 2020 Caribbean Hotelier of the Year, Leo Garbutt was recognized with a Member of the Order of the […]
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Leo Garbutt of the owning family of Calabash Luxury Boutique Hotel in Grenada has been awarded the insignia of Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Tourism in the Queen’s New Year Honor’s lists. With his family and team at Calabash, Leo has transformed the hotel into the world […]
