Consultations on 2011 Budget

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, Wednesday, October 13, 2010: As part of the 2011 budget preparation process, the Ministry of Finance has planned a National Budget Consultation for Thursday October 28th, 2010, at the Grenada Trade Centre.

The day's exercise will take the form of working group sessions where participants will be placed into groups focusing on the following areas:

Safety nets and social protection Job creation and stimulating demand Small and medium enterprises Tourism Energy development Construction Agribusiness 

Invitations to the consultation are currently being disseminated via email. This is consistent with the Ministry of Finance’s efforts to realize the Government’s policy on waste reduction in the public service.

Anyone wishing to attend

Sustainable Land Management

The Ministry of Agriculture through the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project completed its 4th workshop aimed at strengthening awareness of land degradation, and augmenting capacities for wise use of land within the construction sector.

On Thursday October 7th, the  SLM Project conducted a workshop targeting  loan and valuation officers from eight local banks and credit union institutions across Grenada.  The session facilitated by Project Coordinator, Dianne Roberts; Senior Building Inspector in the Physical Planning Unit, Daniel Lalgie; and Focal Point for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Augustus Thomas was designed to strengthen participants knowledge of the contribution of

GROUP C OF THE DIGICEL CARIBBEAN CUP KICKS OFF AS HOSTS SURINAME EYE FIRST PLACE

Wednesday, October 13th 2010 – Paramaribo, Suriname: Group C of the Digicel Caribbean Cup matches kick off this evening following a press conference held this morning to introduce the teams in the Andre Kamperveen Stadium in Paramaribo.

Guyana face St. Lucia in tonight's opening set of matches and first time hosts, Suriname – who take on the Netherlands Antilles – will be hoping to make the most of their home advantage by topping Group C to go through to stage two of the competition in Trinidad.

The Surinamese Team Manager, Gordon van Sichem, said: "Hosting a Group stage of the Digicel Caribbean Cup is a fantastic opportunity for Surinamese football. It will give our national

Grenada wins overall title at triathlon in Barbados

Grenada, 11th October, 2010: Five Grenadian athletes representing the Grenada Triathlon Association competed at the Barbados National championships this past weekend in both the sprint and Olympic triathlon events. The races started on time at 6 am Sunday on Brighton beach on the south coast of Barbados. Athletes competed in an Olympic course of 1500m swim, 40km bike ride, finishing with a 10km run; and a sprint course of 750 m swim, 20 km bike ride, and 5 km run. Competitive athletes also traveled from Trinidad, Martinique, Antigua, and of course Barbados.

First to compete in the sprint course from Grenada were

New Literary Festival for Grenada

St. George's, October 11, 2010 (GIS) – The cultural landscape in Grenada is about to be changed in a very profound way. A niche is being established for spoken word, penmanship and the dramatic arts, giving them their own cultural space on the national calendar of events.

The Grenada government, through the Department of Culture, is about to launch two new festivals, which it believes will have mass appeal to Grenadians and visitors alike.

The first of the two – The Spice Word Literary Festival – will feature the works of Grenadian authors, poets and artists. The theme is, "Feel

Grenada NY Adventist Organization Plan Medical trip to Grenada

 

There was standing room only yesterday at the Wingate High School Auditorium when Grenadians of the Seventh Day Adventist Faith met for their annual convention.

The president of the organization Brother Crafton Calliste announced that the GNYAO will be undertaking a massive project in Grenada next year July, 2011. "Our goal is to take much needed medicine and supplies to Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, as well as to conduct Health Fairs and Seminars, in order to improve the quality of life to all Grenadians. In addition, we will afford some person or persons with a medical condition that

A new chapter in the annals of Caribbean

As of this coming Sunday 10 October a new chapter in the annals of Caribbean history will be written with the dissolution of the Dutch Caribbean federation known as the Netherlands Antilles.

10-10-10 will bring an end to 56 years of a constitutional arrangement between the Netherlands(Holland) and its Caribbean dependencies, except Aruba, as a group.

Aruba negotiated its own internal autonomy with Holland which took effect in 1986.

That move was borne out of a desire to remove itself from under Curacao, the largest island and defacto capital of the now-being-disbanded Netherlands Antilles.

After several unsuccessful attempts at working arrangements satisfactory to the remaining islands and Holland (The Netherlands), St Maarten led a process that will culminate with this Sunday's official fragmentation of the group.

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