Former Minister for Finance Hon. Anthony Boatswain is calling on the Government to take urgent action to provide relief from the depressing impact of the Value Added Tax (VAT).  He said despite being warned by the NNP that the timing was not right for the implementation of the VAT, the Government proceeded to impose a 15% tax on the people in time of a recession.  The result being that more and more Grenadians are finding it impossible to meet their basic financial obligations.  
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St. George’s, March 9, 2010 – The principal of a St. George’s primary school has said that a “strong and vibrant’’ physical education (PE) programme is one of the main reasons for the school’s recent athletic success.
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March 8^th 2010 – London, United Kingdom – Commonwealth Day 2010 took on special significance as the national flag of Rwanda was hoisted in a flag-raising Ceremony in the grounds of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Marlborough House in London. Rwanda was admitted as the 54^th member of the Commonwealth at the Biennial Heads of Government Meeting held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in November of 2009.
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I am forced to write this as guidance on how we should address Members of Parliament both verbally and in writing.

 It is well known, and stated time and time again, that we follow the Westminster system of Government; and people like Sir Curtis Strachan and Mr. Leslie Pierre would normally correct us on these matters.

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St. George’s, March 8, 2010 – Female members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) are planning to meet within the next few months for a major event to build camaraderie and examine ways of providing practical assistance to women in their communities.
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DELIBERATE LIES & MISREPRESENTATIONS = NAZIMATICS

1.     Minister says 11,500 persons received work in the debushing programme in 2009, but less than half that number received only a fortnight each.
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St. George’s, March 5, 2010 (GIS) – Concert promoters applying for work permits to bring artistes to perform in Grenada have been promised a 24-hour response to their application.
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The Carenage, which is one of the focal points for the 300th anniversary of the Town of St. George, will host its first major event in the tri-centennial celebrations on Sunday, March 14.
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HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Grenada on Monday called for a “complete and unconditional lifting” of the more than four-decade old economic blockade against Cuba by the United States.
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St. George’s, March 1, 2010 – Former Attorney General Jimmy Bristol has reiterated charges that the country is being run by a group of non-elected advisors.
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St. George’s, February 23, 2010 – The government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is shooting itself in the foot by allowing party “advisors’’ to cause it to deviate from its inclusiveness and by the ongoing public attacks on Peter David, says trade unionist Chester Humphrey.
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St. George’s, Grenada, February 21, 2010 – Grenada’s Finance Minister and deputy leader of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed newspaper reports suggesting that the government is seriously divided.
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Political Analysis
by Hamlet Mark

MAYBE the government of the National Democratic Congress can have George Worme write a book on ‘Political Suicide 101’ because at a time of the toughest economic challenges, we’re being led down a street where we are majoring in minors.
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Eric Matthew Gairy, son of Douglas and Theresa Gairy, was born in the parish of St. Andrew’s on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Grenada on February 18, 1922.  He received his early education at the St. Mary’s RC School in La Fillette and the St Andrew’s RC School in Grenville. Read more