Daniel back on the job following suspension (0)
2/08/10 •
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Feb 8, CMC – A high ranking official of the Grenada Football Association has returned to the job after serving an 18-month suspension over allegations of financial impropriety.
Victor Daniel, the GFA’s general secretary, was reinstated with “immediate effect” by the FIFA-endorsed Normalization Committee in charge of football on the island.
“Please be informed [...]
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Grenada celebrating 36 years of independence (0)
2/08/10 •
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada is observing its 36th year of political independence from Britain with Prime Minister Tillman Thomas emphasising the need for sound economic management in a global environment characterised by a financial and economic crisis.
Thomas said that the impact of the crisis had been severe on Caribbean countries that have seen steep [...]
Independence address by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas (0)
2/08/10 •
ST.GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FEBRUARY 7th, 2010_ “Fellow Grenadians, friends, it is my honour and pleasure to address you on the occasion of our observance of our thirty sixth anniversary of independence. For the first time, we are having this ceremony during the afternoon as we seek to accommodate our religious customs, new features and engage more [...]
Discarded GFA president blasts FIFA (0)
2/07/10 •
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Feb 7, CMC – Ousted Grenada Football Association (GFA) president Ashley ‘Ram’ Folkes has blasted Football’s governing body FIFA for its decision to fire his entire executive.
Folkes described FIFA’s action to remove his group as ‘high-handed and arbitrary’ and pledged to contest the ruling.
FIFA’s executive committee dismissed the Ram Folkes executive after [...]
Kirani James runs world-leading time (0)
2/07/10 •
Reigning World Youth double champion Kirani James says he feels good after clocking the fastest time in the world in the 400m indoors.
Running his first race indoors for the University for Alabama, 17-year-old James ran a world-leading 45.79 seconds at the Meyo Invitational at the Loftus Center, Southbend, Indiana, on Saturday (6th).
Speaking on the university’s [...]
Kowlessar blasts Gibson appointment (0)
2/05/10 •
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 4, CMC – A top Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board official has blasted the appointment of Ottis Gibson as West Indies coach and says David Williams has gotten a raw deal.
Lalman Kowlessar, an executive member of the TTCB, said he did not view Gibson’s hiring as a positive move for [...]
Gayle’s scorching hundred gives Windies victory (0)
2/04/10 •
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 4, CMC – Chris Gayle’s blazing century provided the platform for a rousing 90-run victory for touring West Indies over the Australian Prime Minister’s XI in a rain-reduced warm-up match on Thursday.
Gayle delivered a vicious captain’s knock of 146 off 89 balls and shared in a double-century opening stand with Travis Dowlin [...]
Latest CFU ratings (0)
2/03/10 •
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 3, CMC – Latest Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings, collated from the FIFA Coca Cola rankings released on Wednesday (world rating in bracket).
1 Jamaica (78)
2 Trinidad & Tobago (84)
3 Haiti (95)
4 Cuba (125)
5 Guyana (126)
6 Antigua & Barbuda (127)
7 Barbados (128)
8 Grenada (133)
9 Bermuda (135)
10 Suriname (142)
11 St Kitts & [...]
Opposition Senator reigns (0)
2/03/10 •
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Senator Devon Rachae Wednesday resigned as a member of the Upper House, the second opposition legislator to quit in the last two months.
A statement from the opposition New National Party (NNP) said that Rachae, 23, quit to further his academic career.
His resignation follows that of Kennedy Roberts who left in [...]
Prime Minister’s Independence message 2010 (0)
2/03/10 •
Our nation is celebrating its 36th Anniversary of Independence with the theme “celebrating our nation’s birth with Love and Togetherness.”
We are commemorating this milestone at a time when our country is facing its greatest economic challenge in decades. However, while this global phenomenon is negatively impacting us, it has also afforded us the opportunity to [...]
Record Entry for 2010 Grenada Sailing Festival (0)
2/02/10 •
A record 44 yachts have taken part in the 2010 Grenada Sailing Festival Port Louis Racing Series, presented by Port Louis Trading and Camper & Nicholsons Marinas. This year, the annual National event, run in association with the Grenada Board of Tourism, took place from Friday 29 January to Tuesday 2 February and organisers reported [...]
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