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ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Grenada government says it has embarked on a Climate Smart Agriculture and Rural Enterprise Programme (SAEP) as part of its efforts to increase productivity and the contribution of the agricultural ...
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Disinfectant Mats To Be Installed At Norman Manley International Airport
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of Agriculture says that effective February 1, disinfectant mats will be installed at the Norman Manley International Airport here as part of the Government’s efforts to reduce the risk of ...
Read More »Former St. Vincent Governor-General, Sir Frederick, Has Died
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – Former Governor-General, Sir Frederick Ballantyne, is dead. According to Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Ballantyne, who was 83, died at his home, on Thursday morning. Sir Frederick died ...
Read More »Dominica Opens Embassy In United Arab Emirates
ROSEAU, Dominica, Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Commonwealth of Dominica has established a new embassy in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi – becoming the first Dominican mission to the country, but also to the ...
Read More »World Bank Approves Funds For Grenada To Reduce Disaster Risks, Build Resilience
WASHINGTON, DC Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – Grenada has become the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be approved for a Deferred Drawdown Option for Catastrophe Risks (Cat DDO) to help reduce disaster risks and build ...
Read More »Speaker Informs St. Vincent Parliament Of His Plans To Quit
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Jomo Thomas, on Wednesday, informed Parliament of his intention to quit the post, in keeping with the announcement that was first made ...
Read More »US Congressional Team Meeting With Guyana’s Political Parties
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – A three-member United States Congressional delegation held talks, on Wednesday, with officials of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), as part of efforts to meet with the leadership of political parties ...
Read More »Engine Failure Forces JetBlue To Make Emergency Landing In Grenada
St. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday, January 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) re-opened, on Wednesday evening, following its closure, “for a short period”, after a US-bound JetBlue aircraft made an emergency landing, soon after take-off. A government ...
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