By Lincoln DePradine GEORGE’S, Grenada – Parliament has been dissolved in Grenada ahead of general elections that will be held March 13. For several weeks, Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell had been hinting at unveiling the election date. He finally did so last Sunday at a mass rally here of his ruling New National Party […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The University of the West Indies (UWI) is backing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments in protesting the European Union’s (EU) recent blacklisting of regional countries it considers tax haven. In a statement issue last week, Vice-Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles said the UWI “stands with the governments of the Caribbean in protesting the recent […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuban leaders ended their sixth summit in Antigua on Friday reiterating calls for the region to be declared a zone of peace and urging the United States to lift the decades old trade and economic embargo on Havana. In addition, the leaders of the 15-member group and Cuba […]
By Carlton Joseph As 2017 comes to an end, Caribbean countries need to seriously assess our position in the world. We must ask ourselves why are we poorer, after implementing IMF Structural Adjustment Programs that were supposed to improve our lives? Is democracy, as practiced in the Caribbean, working for us? Why is crime escalating […]
Four Grenadian police officers, have been charged with the fatal beating of Oscar Bartholomew in 2011. Bartholomew, a Grenadian living in Toronto, Canada, was visiting his native island with his wife at the time of his death, which caused widespread anger and grief across the country. The officers, Edward Gibson, Roddy Felix, Kenton Hazzard and […]
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica: As the Caribbean looks to grow its tourism market, a senior executive of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has urged the region to look to Asia as its next frontier. UNWTO’s regional director for Asia and the Pacific, Xi Jing, himself an Asian, on Monday, outlined the tremendous potential of the market, […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) selection panel announced a 15-member Under-19 team and three reserves to participate in an 11-day camp in St Kitts & Nevis. The camp which will run from December 10-20 is the last round of preparation before they depart the region on December 28. Windies Under 19 are […]
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – A senior official of the Canadian Tourism Research Institute (CTRI) said over two million Canadians have visited the Caribbean for the first six months of this year, representing a 5.2 per cent increase over the corresponding period last year. Jennifer Hendry, senior research associate with the CTRI, was addressing delegates at […]
GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government has welcomed a move by a local entrepreneur to invest an estimated EC$20 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) in a hotel utilising the country’s Citizenship by Investment Program(CBI), “Projects like that benefits so many,” Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said at the sod turning ceremony. Grenada, like several other […]
By Lincoln DePradine Ajamu, Grenada’s most decorated calypsonian who has won more monarch titles than any other Grenadian performer, returned to Toronto last Saturday to thank people here for their assistance after he fell ill in the city during a visit a year ago. The nine-time Calypso Monarch, whose real name is Edson Mitchell, was […]