The Ministry of Finance and Energy wishes to advise the general public that Section 56(1) of the Public Finance Management Act authorizes, by resolution of the House of Representatives, the Minister of Finance to borrow on behalf of the Government of Grenada in any form and from any legitimate source, whether domestic or external and […]
It has come to the attention of the Ministry of Finance, Government of Grenada, that Grenada has been one of 17 countries to be blacklisted by the EU Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation). On 5th December 2017, the Council approved and published conclusions containing an EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters. The reason […]
ST. GEORGE GRENADA, THURSDAY 30TH NOVEMBER, 2017, GIS: Public servants in Grenada could take home a bigger pay package than normal for Christmas, if the nation’s trade unions would allow it, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has suggested. If the unions, Public Workers Union and the Technical and Allied Workers Union, agree to Government offer for the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Safeguarding Our Gains, Securing a Brighter Future Delivered to the Houses of Parliament by the Governor-General, on the Occasion of the Sixth Session of the Ninth Parliament (Grenada Trade Centre, October 20, 2017, 10 A.M.) Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of Parliament, Our Nation embarks on this Sixth Session of the Ninth Parliament […]
A Statement from the GNT on the current state of affairs with respect to negotiations with the Public Workers Union and the Grenada Technical and Allied Workers Union and their call for strike action The Government Negotiating Team (GNT) is indeed disappointed that the leadership of the Public Workers Union and the Grenada Technical and […]
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, SEPT 26. 2017, GIS: – Government is taking further steps to protect the labor force, with the approval in both Houses of Parliament of the Foreign Nationals and Commonwealth Citizens Employment Cap Act. A motion was brought before the Upper House at its last sitting, seeking to insert in the Principal Regulation […]
