Parliament
Dr. Dessima Williams, Elected as President of the Senate, Leo Cato as Speaker of the House
The Government of Grenada welcomes the appointment of former ambassador, Dr. Dessima M. Williams, as President of the Upper House of Parliament, the Senate. Dr. Williams was elected to the post during the First Sitting of the Eleventh Parliament on August 31, 2022. “Ms. Dessima Williams has served Grenada with distinction, exhibiting marked leadership and […]
Roderick St Clair Grateful to Represent Farmers and Fisherfolk
23 AUGUST 2022, ST GEORGE’S: On 22 August, I was re-elected by representatives of the fishing and farming communities to represent them in the Senate during the 11th Parliament. I am grateful for their continued confidence in me. Thank you for coming out. I began my post on 16 September 2020 as Senator representing Agriculture and Fisheries and concluded at the dissolution […]
Grenada Bar Association Press Statement on COVID Control Bill
The Grenada Bar Association has taken note of the statement issued yesterday (26TH July) by the government of Grenada that it will not table the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Control Bill 2020 at the sitting of Parliament on Wednesday 29th July, 2020. The expressed reason for this is that the government wishes to delay the process to […]
COVID-19 Control Bill 2020 Will Not be Tabled in Parliament on Wednesday
St. George’s: July 26, 2020: The Government of Grenada wishes to inform its stakeholders and the general public that the Bill entitled THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID19) CONTROL BILL 2020 will not be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday July 29, 2020 as previously announced. This Bill was drafted after nearly four months of managing the SARS-CoV-2 […]
Grenada Highly Rated for Proportion of Female Parliamentarians
January 10, 2019 – Grenada is highly rated among countries worldwide for the proportion of women in parliament. Seven of Grenada’s fifteen parliamentary representatives, the equivalent of about 47%, are women. Four women also serve among the current group of senators. At the Post-Election Seminar facilitated by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association which wrapped up here […]
New Parliament Building Climate Friendly
Fourteen years after the passage of Hurricane Ivan which devastated Grenada’s housing infrastructure including the House of Parliament, which at the time was located on Church Street in St George, a brand new state-of-the-art Parliament House was officially opened on Thursday 21 June 2018. The US12.2 million-dollar facility, located at the top of Mt Wheldale, […]