The Seventh Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Agriculture was held at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort, on Friday, June 30, 2023, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Roland Royer, Minister for Blue and Green Economy, Agriculture and Food Security, Commonwealth of Dominica. At the opening ceremony, Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean […]
The Forty-fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 3- 5 July 2023. In acknowledgement of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas in 1973, it was agreed that Trinidad and Tobago would host. Chair of the Conference, Prime Minister of […]
Hon. Ron Redhead, Grenada’s Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture to attend the Spice Island Cultural festival in Montreal, Canada on July 8, 2023 in Vinet Park, Little Burgundy MONTREAL, CANADA – Hon. Ron Redhead, Grenada’s Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, will be the very special guest at the 6th annual Spice Island Cultural […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The High Commission of Canada is pleased to announce the contribution of CAD82,620 to two Grenadian organizations — the Grenada Planned Parenthood Association and GrenCHAP Inc. — through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). These new projects will strengthen sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) services in Grenada, and increase public awareness […]
Small islands see the ocean as critical to building climate resilience Focusing on its renewable energy transition, the government of Grenada held a roundtable discussion on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), under the banner of the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA). The meeting occurred in the margins of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)-Caribbean Cooperation […]
Earlier today, the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) Air Traffic Control received a distress call alerting of engine failure of a Piper aircraft enroute from Margarita to Grenada and approved the pilot’s request for an emergency landing at the MBIA. Regrettably, the aircraft subsequently crashed approximately 14 miles off the coast of Grenada. This turn […]
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has identified two Member States – Dominica and Grenada – to stage Recycle OECS model demonstration projects. The two countries met the eligibility criteria and were deemed most ready and viable for that purpose. The disclosure was made by Mr. Chamberlain Emmanuel, Head of the OECS Environmental Sustainability […]
By Richard Simon, St. George’s, Grenada – A regional coconut training workshop and exhibition opened in St. Georges, Grenada this morning as the Caribbean explores avenues for the greater exploitation of natural resources, improve trade and strengthen the region’s manufacturing base. According to local planners 14 countries from the Caribbean Community, including the host Grenada […]
Bridgetown, Barbados. The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) hosted a four-day training on gender analysis, gender action planning and mainstreaming gender into the project management cycle and the BNTF’s development work for its Community Liaison officers (CLO’s) from nine BNTF participating countries (PC). The highly interactive and participatory training focused on […]
