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CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-Grenada government defends amending Economic Citizenship legislation

government has defended its decision to amend legislation allowing for persons who apply for citizenship under the island’s Citizenship by Investment Programme not to have their names made public.


The government, which controls all 15-seats in the Parliament, amended the existing legislation deleting the section which required that the information be included in the bi-annual report of the programme which is presented to Parliament no later than September every year.

GRENADA-SECURITY-Government owes RSS millions in arrears

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada owes the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS) six million EC dollars (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) in arrears, according to a government statement issued here.


It said the figure was outlined to Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell when he attended last week’s RSS ministerial meeting in Barbados. The statement blamed the previous Tillman Thomas administration for making any payment to the RSS over the four and half years it served in government.

Grenada PM Urges CARICOM on ICT

Continuing his push for information and communication technology development in the region, Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell urged CARICOM heads of government to enhance the region’s ability to compete on the “global stage.”

Mtichell, addressing the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting at the Buccament Bay hotel in St Vincent, outlined a five-pronged plan for ICT development.

GRENADA-POLITICS-Controversial sections of Electronics Crime Bill withdrawn

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Controversial sections of the Electronic Crimes Bill were withdrawn during Thursday’s sitting of Parliament. The changes, which saw the removal of sections 6, 16 and 25 of the Bill are consistent with a promise made one year ago by the Keith Mitchell administration. “So after listening to those voices and whenever I travelled out the first question being asked of me with the media concern is what are you doing about this? I assured my members that we were going to move to remove those sections,” Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell told parliament.

6.5M Earthquake Shakes Eastern Caribbean, From Martinique to Grenada

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake northeast of Barbados caused shaking across the Eastern Caribbean early Tuesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The quake, which occurred 172 kilometres northeast of Barbados, struck at around 5:27 AM local time. The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre also recorded the quake has having a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale.

C@ribNET - a step in the right direction for CARICOM says Secretary General LaRocque

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has stated that C@ribNET was a step in the right direction for CARICOM.  He was speaking to Ministers and delegates at the opening ceremony for the forty-eighth (48th) Special Meeting of the Council on Trade and Economic Integration (COTED) on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Grand Anse Grenada on Friday.

ICT and Human Resource Development, the catalyst to sustainable economic growth and development for CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     ICT and Human Resource Development fused together could be the catalyst to enhancing prospects for sustainable growth and development for CARICOM. That was the sentiment expressed by Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell at the opening ceremony for the forty-eighth (48th) Special Meeting of the Council on Trade and Economic Integration (COTED) on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Grenada on Friday.

ICT new frontier for regional integration – SG

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Ministers and delegates to the Caribbean Community’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), led by the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr the Rt Honourable Keith Mitchell, were given a demonstration of the cutting edge of technology in the Region.

C@ribnet demo makes impact at ICT Ministerial meeting

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Ministers and delegates to the Caribbean Community’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), led by the Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr the Rt Honourable Keith Mitchell, were given a demonstration of the cutting edge of technology in the Region.

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