Grenada
Grenada’s Government Appeals to Diaspora for Education Partnership
February 19, 2012 | 10:26 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada's government is looking to nationals living in the Diaspora to provide more education opportunities for the country's youth. It's the Diaspora's help that is crucial in the continued development of the country, according to Tourism Minister Peter David. "While under our government we have more...
Grenada Mourns Former Prime Minister George Ignatius Brizan
February 19, 2012 | 3:05 pm | 0 Comment
Above: St George's Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada is mourning the loss of former Prime Minister George Ignatius Brizan, who passed away Saturday. Brizan was the founding member and former leader of the current ruling National Democratic Congress, and served as PM in 1995. He was also a longtime educator. "He was not just a teacher of more...
Grenada Doing “Whatever Is Necessary” to Keep Airport Open in Taiwan Dispute
February 13, 2012 | 11:45 pm | 0 Comment
Above: downtown St Georges, Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Grenada "will do whatever is necessary" to ensure that Maurice Bishop International Airport remains open as the government of Taiwan seeks to collect on a summary judgment involving unpaid debts. The statement was made by Information Minister Sen. Glen Noel Monday, who more...
Taiwan-Grenada Loan Dispute Threatens Payments to Airports Authority
February 13, 2012 | 12:57 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Grenadian Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is working to find a solution to current financial issues at the Grenada Airports Authority relating to a lawsuit by the Taiwanese government. Grenada, which formerly had diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, broke off those ties in favour of a link with more...
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OECS Endorses Common Tourism Policy
February 13, 2012 | 11:47 am | 0 Comment
Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The heads of government of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States endorsed a common tourism policy at the recent 54th Meeting of the OECS Authority. The policy will serve as a guide for "collective action" geared to the development of tourism in the OECS Economic Union, as well as the establishment more...
Grenada “Committed” to Tax Transparency, Money Laundering Fight
February 13, 2012 | 11:44 am | 0 Comment
Above: downtown St George's (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The government of Grenada released a statement today reaffirming its "commitment" to the principles of tax transparency and the fight against money laundering. The country said it was committed to the "highest standards" of international cooperation in taxation matters, as enunciated by the more...
Grenada Gets Top Rank for Investment Promotion, Bests Trinidad and Jamaica
February 10, 2012 | 12:37 am | 0 Comment
Above: St George's, Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada's Industrial Development Corporation has been ranked first among 77 investment promotion institutions in Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific, according to the Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking 2012 report, a joint effort by the World Bank Group. The country's GDIC was ranked ahead more...
Interview with John Ashton, UK Special Representative for Climate Change
February 2, 2012 | 1:59 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell “It was the voice of the Caribbean that changed the world at Durban,” says John Ashton, the UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change. The Caribbean, perhaps more than any region in the world, faces an existential threat from global climate change. It is that threat which has spurred the region to band together and more...
Grenada’s Ruling NDC Challenges Claims over Unrest in Party
February 1, 2012 | 9:51 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Tourism Minister Peter David By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada's ruling National Democratic Congress has dismissed what it calls "vicious lies" about strife within the party. "We're living good, we're eating good, and we're living together," said Senator Arley Gill, press officer for the NDC following an executive meeting at the party's headquarters more...
Interview with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Bunting
January 31, 2012 | 1:57 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell GRENADA - The seventh UK-Caribbean Forum that met in Grenada earlier this month looked at a range of areas of cooperation as the Caribbean and the UK open up a “new and more modern relationship” going forward. As part of a series of interviews with leaders at the Forum, Caribbean Journal talked to Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter more...
CJ Interviews , Grenada , Jamaica , News
