Tag Archives: First published in the New Today Newspaper June 21 2013

Commissioner of Police, Willan Thompson has confirmed reports that he was allegedly assaulted by one of the officers under his command during the recent Police Sports Day held at the Sir Roy St. John playing field at Tanteen, St. George’s. The Commissioner has been at home for over three months ever since he was forced to take leave following the February 19 victory at the polls of the New National Party (NNP) of Dr. Keith Mitchell. In his first encounter with Dr. Mitchell, the newly elected Prime Minister expressed concerns with Thompson’s leadership of the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) … Continue reading →

“Lots of hard work”. Those were the words issued by eleven-year-old Fadia Fakhre, the top student in this year’s Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) examination, the replacement for the Common Entrance Exams as she reacted to the news on Monday about her success. She is a student of Westmorland Junior School, which secured the top three positions in the exams that seeks to give automatic entry for primary school students into the secondary school system. Fadia who copped the top position with 498 points spoke to THE NEW TODAY on Tuesday in an exclusive interview attributed her success to hard … Continue reading →

The Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2013 should be reviewed because it seeks to give too much power to the State, at the expense of the liberty of the individual. Dr. Francis Alexis draws attention to the part of the Bill which would put into law the clause which says that: ‘The Attorney General if he believes that an organisation is engaged in committing terrorist acts may by order- (a) add an organisation to the Fifth Schedule ; or (b) amend the Fifth Schedule in some other way .’ There are two objections here, Alexis points out. First, the clause needs to … Continue reading →

A call has been made for the establishment of a Mobile Blood Transport service in order to go out into the rural areas of the country to obtain greater quantities of blood for the island’s health needs. The call was made by civil servant, Ann Dufont, the current Chairperson of a newly formed group known as “Friends of the Blood Bank Grenada Inc”, whose primary role is to donate blood to the St. George’s General Hospital. The organisation held a ceremony last Friday at the National Stadium as the members joined countries worldwide in raising awareness of the need for … Continue reading →

A Grenadian deportee wants Grenada to forcefully lobby the U.S Government of President Barack Obama to put facilities in place to better prepare deportees with criminal records for integration with natives before sending back to the Caribbean. Mark Anthony of St David visited the office of THE NEW TODAY last week Wednesday to voice his concerns about the U.S policy of just sending back to the Caribbean some of its nationals after serving time in American jails for engaging in criminal activities. The 45-year old man complained that in most cases, the deportees have lived almost all their lives in … Continue reading →

The sitting of the Senate last Friday ended with laughter as former Finance Minister Nazim Burke and Leader of Government Business, Kenny Lalsingh clashed bitterly on the issue of party abortion. Abortion, an act that is illegal on the country’s law books, was repeatedly used by Senators representing both the governing New National Party (NNP) and main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in making reference to the first 100 days in office of the Keith Mitchell-led administration. The debate on the Adjournment of the Sitting kicked off with Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Ministry with responsibility for Information, Senator … Continue reading →