Regional Sports

CWI Confirms West Indies Contracted Players For 2022-2023

ST JOHNโ€™S, Antiguaย โ€“ Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the international retainer contracts for the West Indies Menโ€™s and Womenโ€™s players for the 2022-2023 season. A total of 36 players have been offered contracts for […]

Regional News

Private Sector Workers Get 36% Salary Increase In Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana โ€“ Private sector employees will begin receiving a 36 per cent minimum wage increase from July 1, taking their salaries to GUY$60 147 (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents). A government statement said that the […]

News

COVID-19 Drives Global Surge In Use Of Digital Payments

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2022โ€” The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred financial inclusion โ€“ driving a large increase in digital payments amid the global expansion of formal financial services. This expansion created new economic opportunities, narrowing the […]

Regional News

PAHO Calls For Greater Cooperation To Increase Regional Self-Sufficiency For Medical Products

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) โ€” The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne has called on countries to work together to raise manufacturing capacity and decrease the regional dependence on […]

Agriculture

Integrated Crop Management Under Protected Cultivation Systems

ST. GEORGEโ€™S, GRENADAโ€“ The Ministry of Agriculture has collaborated with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in offering farmers, input suppliers, and extension assistants, theoretical training on protected cultivation systems. A train-the trainersโ€™ workshop, held […]

Local News

Global Environment Initiative Launched By Grenadians

A Grenadian family and local organizations have launched a globalย  environmental initiative dubbed 195in365, aimed at bringing worldwide attention to climate change,ย  the worldโ€™s sustainability and its regenerative capacity. The movement will journey to 195 […]

Government News

Government Congratulates GFAโ€™s Newly Elected President and Executiveย 

The Ministry of Sports and by extension, theย ย Government of Grenada, congratulates the newly elected President of theย ย Grenada Football Association, Marlon Glean and his fellow executive members. Glean and the 10 other executive members were elected […]

Regional News

IMF Prepared To Help Caribbean Region โ€“ Georgieva

(CMC) โ€“ The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, says the Washington-based financial institution is prepared to increase its commitments to provide more support to Caribbean countries as regional economies seem […]