Grenada

The latest conference to address the sargasso challenge in Grenada and the region was organised by incoming CARICOM chairman and Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell with representatives from the EU and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

A group of four from the Windrush Generations UK organisation recently visited Grenada to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the HMT SS Empire Windrush ship, which sailed from the Caribbean to the port of Tilbury, London in 1948

The Import Bank (Afreximbank) approved a loan to Joyau Des Caraibes Limited, the Caribbean subsidiary of ORA Developers, for the expansion of the Silversands Hotel in St Georges; the country attracts over 2,5 million visitors annually

A weapons amnesty is now in place with lawmakers in Parliament voting in favour of a motion to give people on the island three months to surrender illegal firearms and ammunition

Several members of the Catholic denomination in a rural church in the St Patrick East constituency have supported the petition started by their parish priest, Father Gerard Paul, to have Bishop Clyde Harvey removed from the highest office in the Church

A senior nurse at St George's General Hospital wants Health Minister Phillip Telesford to examine the poor treatment of some of her colleagues in the institution whenever they fall ill

A retired superintendent of the Police High Command called the gun amnesty presented by the Congressional government "nothing but stupidity" in an attempt to take a number of illegal firearms off the street

The initiative called "Project 500", which will build 500 affordable Grenadian-style homes for citizens, will be soon launched according to plans by the Congressional government led by Dickon Mitchell

Reach Within - a Grenada-based charity that supports children at risk - initiated the Food Security for Trauma Healing project to develop the agricultural skills of those assisted and to meet their personal and community nutritional needs

Aisha Achiumugu, CBI's new resident in Grenada, recently donated 250 backpacks for the school and will fund five scholarships in Grenada

The Grenada Football Association has begun selections for the national Under 14 and Under 17 Boys teams

The Government of Grenada successfully raised 15 million Eastern Caribbean Dollars (US$ 5.550.000) in the regional government bond market through the issuance of its first 91-day Treasury Bond for the year 2024

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank recently announced the launch of a special $50 note, a tribute to commemorate Grenada's 50 years of independence