GEORGES, Grenada – The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has recognized the Government of Grenada’s efforts in implementing enhanced health and safety measures and creating a safe, gradual plan in restarting its Tourism industry. In a letter written by President and CEO of the WTTC, Gloria Guevara to the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), she […]
LONDON, – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton condemned Bernie Ecclestone for “ignorant” comments about racism after the sport had distanced itself from the 89-year-old former supremo. Ecclestone had earlier told CNN in an interview that “in lots of cases, Black people are more racist than what white people are.” Formula One, whose chairman Chase Carey […]
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Grenada recorded more than 1,000 small earthquakes at the underwater volcano Kick ’em Jenny last week, causing the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to issue an advisory warning marine traffic and communities within proximity about the build-up of activity. Located between Carriacou and Grenada, the submarine volcano has been on yellow […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Grenadian sprinter Bralon Taplin has lost his appeal against a four-year ban for dodging a doping test, which means he will miss the Tokyo Olympics if it comes off next year, as well as the next two World Championships. After saying that it was “comfortably satisfied” that the athlete purposely evaded testing, […]
GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada has officially cancelled its 2020 Carnival celebrations, saying that the annual event could give rise to a second wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and further impact socio-economic growth in the twin-island nation. “Grenada, like the rest of the world, is dealing with the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19, not only on public […]
Retired Ontario Superior Court Judge Romain William Michael Pitt, died in Toronto on April 29 last. He was 84. Pitt who was born in Grenville, Grenada, was a founding director of the Caribbean Cultural Committee which for several decades organized Caribana, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival. After finishing his secondary school education in Grenada, Pitt entered […]
Grenada-born Celina Caesar-Chavannes, the former Liberal Member of Parliament for Whitby, Ontario who sat as an Independent in Parliament after exchanging angry words with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year, has not ruled out the possibility of returning to “active politics.” “I never stopped being a member of the Liberal Party,” she told The Caribbean […]
GRAND ANSE BEACH, GRENADA – Sir Royston O. Hopkin KCMG, owner and chairman of the award-winning Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada has died following complications from heart surgery. He was 75 years old. Sir Royston, the only Caribbean hotelier ever knighted by the Queen of England, has had an extensive and distinguished career in […]
By Lincoln DePradine Dr Gervan Fearon, president of Brock University in St Catharines, has commended self-taught photographer Ian Grant on the quality of his artwork, calling them “inspiring’’. “His pieces have meant so much for me,’’ Fearon said at the launch of the latest exhibition by Grenada-born Grant. The exhibited work, at the consulate general […]
Last Friday, 7 February 2020, Grenadian students studying in the various Provinces in Cuba arrived in Havana to celebrate Grenada’s 46th year of Independence. On Saturday the day started with students participating in their usual outdoor and indoor games while availing themselves of the opportunity to socialise with each other. There was also a steelpan […]
