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.U.W.I CENTRE LIBRARY
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING Si.DIES.


rhe enadE


Volume 19


Saturday 25th May 1991


Number 9


GRENADA


GOVERNMENT

HOLDS NATIONAL

CONSULTANT ION
TrvuuWas ?o6b�-Lms cannot bf soEpd bu "wiUl
passioW9-or blind emotions ": 11Br zrn


SjR GEORGE BRIZAN,


'not 7be 1 -. by ... or n
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S-:hre the i .ternatic .


-d' - -stil ." [2
e- .... -4 i
ularly, small il.^ - as ."


TI- Minister's vere made as he
dJir-..'- .te t Ji-,,n.. " ora- iait n" or gan-
ised by G::-i-"' ",.e'toe.'-i. up a develop-
ment plan for Grenada o-,e_ the next fi-.
years.
Please See CO- SULTATION Page 2

IN THIS ISSUE
Page
0 Grenada Government Holds
National Cosultation ......- . 1
0 ASTA Caused Collaose of
Marketing Agreement-...---.--..... 3
0 CET Will Incfease Cost
Of Living ----------........--......--.... 4
0 Skilled Man-Pover Shortage
Concerns Vice-Chancellor.-- 5
0 Grenada Ra.ifies Declaration
On Ch duren .................... 7
O Po I`ce R-p2ort on Lalsingh
Affair............................. 8
0 Producer Associations Get
Togeth--r.......--------.............------ 9
� UWI A-peals Committee
Off To " d Stat....... 10
0 CDB Change In Operation-... 11
0 British Market May Be
Preserved For Windwards
Banan a a ......................... 12
SNevsshort.....----.....-....----..... 14


NOT TO


BE TAKEN


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I age 2 Saturday 25th May 1991 The Grenada Newsltter


O,- -.ULTATI-. Fromi P3ga J
Th_ Co 2.u ..:-: .r called to cotrider flhe
,Ir.... p_._. t �:: Bri:m r: id. this ri.aft
I .-:. i mdy with three T a -r economic ar
.-.::, .al ,,iss.e The first is to reduce
-'-, le:v of cL-m i.'p-:,ment am:,-ns ':- ,th
vand. c-, an in rurai c:r,:im r ' ties The
:er.- i. o ..- Grenada out of the "fc, :i1

--,-.rted Deformity- .
i" T-r: is to. .:1 i.. ed deformity
in CI- -..J s ec :-n-.:ry w--reby, an existing
jituiti :,1 -=&erC agiricult .it t:uritnrt and
I rfia :,- I ..in,-'- ac.:C.utI for 0-:� of the
I ...:1 :..'.. ,,.-..i:es sco '.t :' for 56T , will.
be re''.- d, he aid

Ti . --::r ai, the rs

i'-un _w:.- be to tha'.
.3 I r -1i, i.2 to * ..:ln and m.niu-
..fact. -c: lii -for at least 55-, of the
eY on "t .: rvices 30%.


plen:iry closing session, submitted recom-
mend ticns and :m:.mr, men'c.

' ,Anong re.omnenat-a ns put for-
vraf was one tst GCoverment
Should not acr.&ntee any further
.isans for Sttutovy BodLe.s and there
should ie a progra.mme- to ensure
long-term .bhiffy of state enter-
pr/ies and S% a itury & odie
A Review Of Rates
Another recr:L:endai.n is tlat tuher be a
Pub. ic UilJ.i .ib.-l.S : .. it. a th.er .-an be
full .2iz1.:L.Zi..,u .i- a reri_2, of rates prior
to i 1plen:en !.i,,t-., ,Ua. d -it was also
,re :.,, n1e-il :t. r after meter-
I ing be .r.tu�. for
; : *b :,fl


.ALs '?s rtApmenet Plan [ (vlth
S ": ". t-er difscsscons with
\ *- '-j } - . -.B. . -< fixntnzz ftnae- rc/awrd-

j~r " .fEmd set of procedwr-
- r... OW for a coll-Awtiv
\P:-: -Cit .rg bot Pubiit and

S yr - ' :- ' r3 -r s /tAtcng
7-,e--o--/- ,.--. vnj' anz^ 'l ,zafOn

, . - " -
n Aig'^y o^'^i'; c: at the M : rSuR^i.:.o
-ere >'�"{" r- orf C: :.:ipfi._ei L' P .i:
Soperiatn in v-n. .- f-rngr: of'
STor
. r _lirir'I- IC,:, p.: -:- repr' .ent-aifie -of the
SVillU.- P1 "".'-' _ "
/i.h., F _: C-ormifteec. C."ermLrerP.
. 'r ; l :-,. Live:, ..- - A:ss.-j iaon, FishI-r-
jUr,'s As; ..i:- : Ui ofPrca.c'- Co-
- .. "-- he C..:, -dity: Bo;.i,.4 Toii St
Bo 'ard, Hotel A'z :.: i :.' V " dors A ":..
- i-" n C.-:',?.7 of Industry & C.r.m: -ere
Liid D- -::ienf Contrl A t .'.t -rit, .
-;- _'-,- , N 1--. College, I -'inal Y,:.u h
i:-ll, C :;_ er.ence of .Chrch Prer
s* ' .C : o 2-: P' .rt . * Cowucil. - Sm ..

- e'e: pO r?_::.ratioa.
- . .-. The Draft Plan
- >ilo- - ,t-e ,-,pe":" . *:rer_ j:.ny, the
-.,-' ....- br ._l , up ,A - v"i-!L- ,.:
.:- co. .- :, . dr... -a. and, in a


A prcp:-sA: in the
draft plan that umi-
..-,rl:ed .-ic.Lrt. =2 land h,:ud, be taxed
.. rirejetI?. Instead, it vas recom-rnrended
4ata farmers be given a imr- limit of seven
e..I-c tdunrin" which c:;l-'" my be left idle,
-ilter tich period. those lcrdA. must be
c.:-Mpulsoriiy 1-.ed -..: f-t-.:rs for
pr.T,,. '.acti-., _ pi.ipose_--

Al.: in i i- agric. ar.t field here was a
re:. ,-.-nad ion that r'-;stric:Ji be placed
on food items wiLch can be produced
I':.;:.iy .
It Was Recommendedf
Hotel 2 ..opnt.. re.%rictionz are nov
that, in 4he deelpmierdt .'e there should
be no more than 15 r::ws per acre of land
sa-d. it. was recowrrr~ri.ed that haere .be no
rrT:.:i-.,n of" thi. Nor sh.:.uld hotels be
,l:. two .-'*:rie -nd in r_:peci, cases, three


There was strong -.:jeCti:.:. to the prc.pos.al
L-i. TiaLe be a re-irn.roduuc',n of 1'ee- for
e:.;,.: I'y edc.Jiin. nH:v/e:'.r, with a
r'-i'ed r cric,.urin �tr,-,r-.d to meet
n.i,,-_t!d -eeds, if, at the t~rti.ary level, a
s. Fdi. d-ires to pu'.:. a course of
!r unin not. rtk.-%:t to the -na*::-.n'i need,
t a Stuiide snt.,uld be c-.c:- d a fee.
Please See CONSULTATION Page 3


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-z ': ^AENCE FER-
. 6 n ice-Chairn -n ofA the
S: --.per ive Nut-
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S . ., ..... i April ,j llhej
-,*f th Tr;aing G(_ro


' 'a---- . m e -on, the .A A of b fg
i ...- .- . . ..-. a t- break k-dtwri d tior

- -hI


o.. TO be ren ri'ttn in

..~ Trheir -- nd endat_,: pro-

as go before Ca.ie' f-r
S .n- * .- -o m .-Z-adI by on the ofue f
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-1-.. .U'2'_-.g tO F.i-'pc tn z.eit
a. T --. , - . G..i ll


., -.--" - . .. ':: -ssed by o DJ , of q..e
i' _ a ..... - . oppcitio-. h.-ic


i - , ' t t- c e back here in
a- -ars ..:a to repeat this pro-
Ei 1b' *there are neiv
--- .r, a spokesman
S' ,,--; , - .,p said, "there should
S--of integrating and in-
- the political opposition
~ y- -' tof the plan


, 'W, e hav b- 3ivn;'...ly ,for
I n. , i --..;.,: - an to


the ihn ..n :- -.

M.f" eFerg.:scil -^,;?;e...^ - o.- per
cem-ir.:-7f �a nee o-
Agricultur ions, and
he nsaid it . .... Chairman is

the. list to ha - T- _ T t_-__
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O ne other a, . .. .. . . . * i.'
a GO'-e . . .. ..*.. , ... . ..

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CET WILL


iNCR EASE



CT I OF
^-/ 0 V/J


'- " ' 4


LIVING .
The sinss- CommunitY has been cotnr r- that
1ovmirnmet hts rot tkesn steps to protect buth the Business


and citizens


Community
SBEN JONES, POLITI-
W:A Leader of Thne NJ..tin,-,
Party (70P), A,1 at a press
conference on u.f... 15th that
WK1." ,:.t'in of a Co:" :tin E, rn"d
Customs T-r (CET) W all the cw.tunries of
e C.-r~bbean Conmumaity (CARICOM) is
of great concern

A v-.-- g to Mr .* ., the CET, wic:h
: i:- into -f .ct Grn :- '.-on o -, li, is
.., d Ad to ... ij ..in. ! a -"p - .'*0~.t 1 11l"
--r , CARI-COM.- -i p,'ri-?.refi erner~c to
p,.:. fromnn-CAPRICTOM comri-.
i re.:. t ;.n for pr .~j-t. g d..g


ini-i..ies. in the CARICOM region is well
,iderAi.:..:.;. by his party- -,,: Jones said, but
- 'P f s-. s the CCE T can h-ave ac!-.r. ,ffc-,c
ep .i-iy on - .u.ri: 1ike Gr- here
little m..u T.� ed goods areprod"aced *id
mro.-.t ife. of day-t'..- ' ii'-ng are im-
ported from outside CAR iCOM..

"The imposiWion of this tariff vill
have some effect uprL us to the ex-
tent that it will cause a rise in the
cost of living," he s l .
-e:.ee of the fear orf 1-' effect, the
PR.itical LU.kder 4: :1, EAiness
Coniu-mnity h ass - ee:: -r- - that
Please See CET Paee 5


SCON OLATION From Page _3
According to . ajnnou-,.----ent _:,d
b:' r Brizanr at. a press conference on
S. :in :.n :, the Villag-.

t -.- - -- - circ-:-ated also to d . -irs such
n 03e DUO!^ De'"01 I -nnitD 14130n |

P,'e r .

-.. ..i,__ in- "' " . .,r , Carib-ean th t

Reprd'o--o... :.-. a e saidh j
dou on May 24th to |

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________________________


SASTA From Page 3
Suddenly, .P-r thi and -itho., ... ni.,
he Vic -Chairmuan .-a, the irAner.-i
.4? :-",-,, ' ..4.re .g.:., the .' . nie-'
._. in 1 1-:. -0. . _ -M.e -..ws a total
A-1P[_e of the U. : Co---p:-.. .in
| ;Yi r..Pie. bt-een ri' : and Indon-
-, prices- ..
1:< .- ,,.... prices p-'.u1-.ei


Th .e.- .-, k ."
{'lii '" A -'L ,,"4 . f, _:,i -.. , 'iAL -'_o.? i:'.{ i I |

j 1987 anid 7or :-^ eal m 19 .p-1^
Q Q!:. of its -a.ion . t. Indoresia
prod i.; 75 .,: w.k : . -arat and
- Gr , f 25% ..rid :, -. n very, fva-:,�qivn I si-,-te d its colla, se
j 4 - a severe b�or to t re.d- Nutmeg -
i " Pleas 2 _7 ASTA Page 5


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SKILLED MAN- POWER

SH ORTAGE CONCERNS


VICE-CHANCELLOR


's^^W SM'dBM


ICE-CHANCEL LOR OF
the U W-ersit of the W ' t Indies
* U (jWIV) Grenad.a-born r
SAlister - , is cOni' Ci.'d


ntihe An '% Co ..ty (CARICOM).
' f c i-.' :- :- ; more t . than
h 1 uh or; in y," h said at a
c Oil. . m_ : tre-::"..onL l4th

-- t UP.V-- I. . "-". *p. : plan -lii-hed i,
S-tas estimated h' there . be a
- -than-a . in ,c'.rease m off-ca.impus
ST r nt, h -e said,- h- t. is, o" p- - .e
- i at UW I C-" : , -" off +. rp.il.4r


Sins at !: ::. Cave Hill,
Bar--.:0-.^ ze-St Am.i Tndad.

h & Ae-tt odierse/i&G6 noav of

had Lwo vars a._o, Z? ViMce-
C�m e/iSAr I s v & matt er of
ceitr-af/ - W _-..yv th_,1 te fJniver-
sity C6n .r Ls ,.nB-campus-
cousunri-es vFk4-A support /W Vishouad
b ive oery po.t.h/e -ppfortl.ity
to develop .skly s vibrant i centres of
educai-ow.

Those Centres, le ':d will no offer a
wide '-- -e of iloma ertifi.e i
Please see UWI Page 6


.'^STtA r Pn- 4
|Mr F : .::n - that, cr -:n'. -"1^

dustr, :- i'-, . cu rrency w
j .. . e . : ;h.e of t-ih .



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_ .-NA - - - . ":�" - , .rLt.: 27
jperpc . i -., .-* there
Sto . to "ng . renad
. ., __, . . .. . . , -.., .e. " ,' . --, -




as paid off
.... . - . .


SP tice-C i:,. eoff' r, are .....

_praon A_ r . and he th": ui.. that.
S. . ... . .- ' e . -,i l . . -..: is a
S- cbe b al
". od. A. A A:
t~~~he~ L4 b{.. :. i* .: - " . _ ' - t" " - :? ,t K e

... ... : - G : ......... O "RS-4- ,


I pl the FB.L-'-I Commumity and


In l January cf this var, Mr Jones
Ssaid. during 1he2 u.rgt debate, he
i i roghtl to (3overn2meE:'s attention
jthe concernE of the Business CoIm-
i mt-m and asked that Governaent
look into the matter wth a view to
Sfind-ing out whetherr h fears were
i I justified.
Discuss The Mattr
SIf the ci-,r in -e jstfi-, he sid he
j -l.- - t ,.- ....:.'.- -r~1 put into position
"' iI rj : , hich l . :ffeir the

SWe not justified, 'it Govern-ient
| j -should 0 ,,-:..... ^ matter -i' n. E.u.L;-
. .... Co..mun.ity . allay a' i r fears.

"I fee- t~hat I :,. rih' at. at time," Mr
| ones 4, b : r r4IEU � H..vr|
in St Lucia, - .: .urdi..:?i :.. -errat and
.-"Ile of the other ..i. 1 iie.- e T a
| ?Pleas . See CET Page 6


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Page 6 Saturday 25th Ma.
UWI PFrom Page.5
.:o.r.-:-. The V'ill :ffer co.ur-.:s also in
continguned:.r.infor ,f,.:fe:zinals, and,
".';rb'i:l .1'ith 'ihe tert.jar'y level ht.ion:ii
Colleges, they will pr-.:.'ide possibilities of
coiopi-ri,- at least L._- first year of
I t r -i v " rx7 - ..-
Reduce The Amount
"It is vital~? r1. hhe C(ihjn ..
'ncre- "1 7'c,.e. to university o '.
e ' v.ion", Mr : -iyre * .
"but. it has to te done in a
c C-:,r!::. where wre a ...~~-"r_- h"
niig serc.u. a :.;r,- code .. .
straitt. The_ ..T; oTf .
�-.u .-.- - .'. ...:...-e . . has to be
.,d'u.ed, ard, one way is to reduce
1the .*-':'.. u. of :'e st-e--ts have
to spend cn .:-.; m order .
to c.. we a degree." *-


E::?erinrenr (UWIDITTE
"h links, by :---T
TV, De J-,-.:.-, 'bado
..*,. Trinidad campuses .', the Un:-.:~-,:t:
-Cet.:..- in the non-c.:M.iL:. countries, will
Splaya major u r:-in this e pansion- ':i Vice

SEmphasise The Fact
-iHe w:ih to emphasise 'I9 fr:i:', he said,
that, - i E fro mbi.. a - . a - vUWI p resene
|in ,i-e n.:,i^-,..:i- ..- couantries,-. , University
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y 1991 The Grsrada Nevwletter


,Centres arv bec .ring a ,:.-r' imp.ort:.nt part
of the rm.ufrt re..-U of UWI activity.

At the prese-in' time 75 -reni- dir are
' r.Ailled at U '-L the Vice-Ci ellor sai
-- - 1 , -, -. - r
anid. he cri,.-ders ihis f:.,re far too l.:.m.

SThe re:'ity of firai-ial con-
..l straits is -:-d;,I resp.,rnible
'for iis, he said, and he
Believes the ;,nrnnity as a
w-hole. must give greater
- h.- L;.1 , to the fir"anncig- of
university -.:. Location for youi.rg
Gr aYn,-i - .
Some Financial Support
-i l:.:-. to WI is increase
thie Vi:- H:-~.~~i:clor said
. encoi'ragmnt' must be 'iver
to -t 1e 1- from r-1.1t.ivly
_____disad,.- d .--.;d ,1:. 1 srouiids to
MICI:TYRE T', e fo.,, '.viar and do
; .u ri .'--r 'ork. This
m :... if . that they must be Eive I sorime
n.r'i. *. .p.rt un l-e: the hiLghei-
nr'L.:r._e on '"-.;' <':":', jhich ve
sti.ldeil;L achani-ce .to cover their living costs.

To this -,a. --.r McIntyre said, he has been
fIl:. all over :. w-orld, whereverr n has
Please See UWi Page 7


CET From Page 5
-- .P:a .vr,, e--_. ' ,'.ct. . Z";" ' : _. a,':, Of
':* B'.Lin^ Connti ity arxl have her
-'SF to 21.e^ t,-. theyr do not 1-n. e: .
the CET to the esuent th.t they vill hav0e *
adverse -ifr1ci." P

-r.m ,he p.ii: -_. lip St Lucia.
~~ D i: ..:rdad rs, he 7d it
is .'* i" there is the neo for pr.-'.,,i-',
i.. r.. res to be taken, .:.t simply :. -..: itthe
*'-u . of i; .:.rt.-. - ~s from f#- i..m
countries, but ..:. . : -- rse in !he c::t of

Has Done Nothing.
Siam ., ed . by the fact that, up to n.:, "
our c ry as do..e nothi- _-- "


..verni.ent can . .. to off,-' the rj, i f tl-
i -of lioi-. Mr Joke r- -f-red to a 1G^.
" . ,:h-- now n :-:l.irged by the CO.-. ....
i tim por."-d ..:. " . .-


If h sur . re~r'ti a : CE has
be in :-I:'.' he l itL will b like a
double -;: .:.. a d :' i.:.-.:. of the
.ir :;. :--- ll h - . - . - :- of. -.eriu
*... .'2. .'ably : _6 .-ig the cL:sf of
57 4 i
ll.t v, rl _-.

To Grant Re;lie
From i -l er -, he said, since ".- CET
will cause -...: - -:... .: . .-.CARICO, ".
sour.-c:- to carry ir-..1 .. pric i- uru-.,z
Got could look .. is -'. tax
. ,-.I "

structure and introduce --i to grant
reli. f in sc,;':e ~ ... to .:-- rr.~':r..:;.?e the
epep -Li ris &e.

-..io J,: r. said government t has gi.en
ii .z fic:e t .. -:.i.- to all .z in 'lic.:. i ;:,ns of
he ,:E T and ll.:e- is u'.r: -t rieed for refil
-e::-ii n-i - of t .
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LC A . . . . .: " : :;: 2 " ". " " . . .. . . . . . .


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ERANADA RATI ES


DECLARATION ON


CHILDREN


RENADA BECAME, ON
I 17ththe T-mi.h aribbean
| .,co.u,-;,y to rti.fy ?_ United
Nations Drclioi. n on ilh
SSurvival, -rection --d -_: '..opment of.
.C..ren , the Plar of Ac'ija for


T e ::"i.::;. : -.: place as P.rin
;f :i '*J::":.lr- - .r.: ,hv..i-_ : .,i-, the
| d.. ''.uir- 7 -^*: T^ g a-? ! to him by
" - -- --- - --'-- -- . . a _ e , .o

;UWI Firom Page 6
Seen .. t .o inI a W1estin:di 1;r a.: nd
i -u-rs e r -e b b-_ -..-,-:.S of a response. That
-response is coming, he said, from Service
Uues, Fnjly ?.et -. Co-oper-ati
aid frus . u f-,,-.n-.i-e " -. "


S.. reference to : CAR.ICOM A 0: rs
S": -,h mir, Tion of UWI ,- fuates to
,er co-umtries, Mr Mh r, m w s.aid that, 15
V ears..j::, h Caribb,.,Ur.t.: 'd onrly.v.

U Gt Automatic Exemption
1Fif1ri years 3x , _:r--'-r. he T.?, UWIW
took i dP:i.-eon to, introduce -:-:,.-,2r id .'.-+e
. .pro..i - - ereby Stu.l m. :.d i- - a
reatdeaiofth;p:.- v .:-. uat v.erk in the
.Caribb,- n As an e::.-np-: of this, 1'-
S'ice-, . __ellor c.it. the c p of a sb."p!t
* 1.-T v -
: ,..-. now ... I _ UWI postgraduate
" o. - :-';, and get. au -n-:,i e: rmpi,':n
m :!m part o' t:"? : Membn r h' exip rmn-
S- oof the British College of Fr-i:i.: .


sd J^:3t; after -radrlf~m havE
� 1. iA mor30 up prcelkssfozaJly
inta- istructw-es sar respet-
" "---"- .....r anf d begiB to see
*t -r-A of __O _&re fr muc q r-
3f- ' L2 '7ev had Zse situation
y.r . ..id before when. ,on
fM �6ey ve!nt s'r.'oad At do f
S-Tr -fea&s4 sPrtc~ -0 vyr iy e
, -r ^cy- ^Q~y.-


Dr L- ?e H.-il11 the
Representative of
Children's Fund.


Barbados based Area
the U'ite.d N.i,-ir:r


"On Sept-m1er ?h 1990 i Preident
a.d Prime ML.t. .- rr:-: all o-er the
World ai in 1-v Yo: to0 discuss the
Ri~!s of Children " tie Prie Miirst
-. ,j ";.i' Gr ::- _.: . :-:pr ~.se-~d1 at tlat
*.i-r'. by .r Miniter r possible for
Women s::ffs::', Mr, Joan F'.'ell "

The- &rB-a 6" r e.tis ve Cwry cow-
cerned soat & d k Afr -rsthvs/ai a s d -cm`re .- be-
/?re Parlia nent st : ime a B.,I
relafig to to-se Ri-i .

Adults have a "'-por--ity to , rs'e th:t



.u "u,_ h lr �k: ? ' "
-l'r.:uh ; :"''p c-ldren :i- introduced
Pe. '- .n _!e HLD Page 8

To f,.I:rl.r this ":"; ,-- Mr Mclntyre ^aid,
UWI is stre.ng:... - its post.t d.a.,te
progr P il'i'-- 1 - .....i.' i i; "link-d, P r"'e ".
These -:-P re-�:', sanid, 4vll h:e the"" tun |
do a certain nu nber .of : ' .-.t- graduate

:',rVh UWI has a "ai-.", do the remainder
of - post-graduate -.-w- ',ere and theii
riH--i to UI tv d.o re-, ar and -/ri' a

He I Imprersd.
AMr Aclntyre sa&d 2aLt he firal
analysw/d de c'r-sf^ to~ retsrnhio

viZt Use grades& afife6 ssmpresed
vj:d ie est'nt to PL/& te receas
Ofset o a "pt to re"a-
if the Car/-'ss

This, l e -i, is a- :..i are.e-r .. of
the trend of ht past :,'-,r r , of a t^t-
of 2,600 gr.a ,600 "-.


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Page 8 Saturday 25th May 1991 The Gr.aada Newsletter

POLICE REPORT ON


LALSINGH AFEHIR



- w w- i- A -_, _


P RIME MINISTER NICHO-
Ias B ..l-'ite .- a:t at a pe
S-....,-"ence on Mray 17th th-
S.C-..r iner of Police, Nester --
SOilvie submitted a port to hr 4 ,-., May

I .ini of Heth, Mr Kr' Lal

, '.. Ii4- tAJ.'"
I sir i.

",_e no e-- to s-,b,, , t, the Piublic
3ff,"" - -'., .. d,b


4J CHILD Fromf Fage 7
: to v:'d.2- to &.'":.^jr "" c "
ciised : i -, he said, amd as the f
0:, aJ � .e:-e of tomr rr.:.- children
sI be " . for .at imp. -rf
role ..- . . _l ,-..,-e t, pl.y in *.._.,t,:i� t.

I.ra'sj * fAfr Bra t *
s ; ''"clidre off lod ayer exposed
A? m? 7anysocirl evenk ,&fcarefot
ecessarfy- th. best �inres '
here is, he said, the .:.-m of dr
S- r . , ' of peer gr.: . tl-"o irnfluer,
oTf , zrn media, ad :h - Ir- r . r tremend-

Bind Many Cof-.,t7-eL



His 1 :f - - )r!o, the
-i - . C -:e-ei, . im N ,; York t.-_,. t':.



Co -.. _: ,h bind " -01 , : ; .


`1 .. o,. an d


These iLn i oK:ins :f? to events last.
DeL-cpieinr when-'i a '{ trvc: Triid from
.he Unim.-- Kingdoim cr,-i2g., to Mr


pr-r c-:l - M.r -Li-' l, r, r
'.:, . ... staff : � -of e Mini: rrof
He"i, wr'iM e at the Ci:.. : " i an nr,,
to H:,1e, the "-ei: and "-a- - on."
- of thie ,i> . . .: . .in by a
C ien .. rv. . i-e packdays
c:. , . spare ,,.,, ua quantity of
e!ecTrf .:i equi, & vj --n.
Truck Wva Ragsed
I an .-. .- 1-- : TER, Mr
ie t s while the
-lectr.: i.- equipment w. s c -: ..,_.,d, but
:. ;,,:'f a;_ i , :mi'.:.i1'.-- C- ' - ..-i. . e"^rv'" .. s
_ru,ht. to tie C.i:. r by Mr Stanley
...,es, Mr L_ : ;?" r pe:-.-.i.l public
r ie t.] �ns onr A - t

TZZ .?o ar-y &.-- s umber of
prer-e- ,-f Aeieci, -:,--

Ad&1. V& e 4e aw- V y __&
4tr i e :nc sk-riato A&r


Folk.ii us he appUr.- .: of i .r h7r7 e
in Mr Noel's :.i-. -:. tol: an
,.e"i .and i e , ere - ii L_ - Tngh
A,:,: i" irg to p :.-.-:: - :ts, the MWit
.r sai_.,d thpe - r . :. ..': - .-,-- to be
-..ed ai ....p.:a st: of: p .: i; n of
.-'.i.::.r., pro9 ,:,- c :-
Had BeEn -:-
As t: the fa , ..-:- i:-.. :: : p . ,-,.,n in
the esftin.te-. for pr-- : f i-r the
truc or e - : ". .;' --. . :. Lalsingh
saiM the money ....- . e- saved from
other vot..s of expenditure
Please -- .S Page 9









PRODUCER


ASSOCIATIONS


GET TOGETHER
We must all pool our resources, reshape and strengthen our
SinstaUtions and associations, redirect our priorities and
functions-....


INSTEAD OF CONTINUING
to pr:.i'? enploe-rient opp ...f..L-
it- A :a . cre tig irL u.tr.:' 1e._'w p-
,n'i for the alre:,:y e-e,:.ped
coz..utri-_, Ceribbean Cotrnntty (CARi-
COM) c.untries ;^ .dart lo,:-ki.g in-
' - r' ly i:...-rd.s briniing full 14eop,: rn t.
to, the region.

This s-.tate'n-t was ."-Lide on .,..y ,-th- by
Grenj.s I.-iri.ier for Arici.lt.tir, Mr
.-rt ..j Str . L I as he d.li..re. the
"--.ure adres at le opr.ni,- cere-monyr of
� I* first-ever F'eg:..ni Cid'rince of

Pool Our Resources
S" in Gre-',.a cannot do it .:-iie," he said,
"5e i-n,, all pool our reso.u'rces, r'est.p
S-- stren:gthenr our inr:itui.oris and
r.)i'atfi,:ns, redirect our prior cities .wn,-


fuintili.:r -as a :n' .i'jen business Operation
., -f'-1'v c.:-,ov . Is,:-nti zon and in common
Vith ich otherr"


The Minister said the functional co-
Speraion vhich exis- thri.:u. h CARICOM
Pleanse See ST LOUIS Pa-e 10


LALSINGH From Page 8
n Fet'ru:'y, ci"onrl1er over this n.i r,
. -ime Minister BratLv.-te set up a C.air,
'u:b-,ommittee to, inrvtigate. It. -:,
-:;:mprip d of Dr Fr..i.:i: Al I?, A-or!;y"
itieral :-nd M.finis:ter for Lei. Aff1rs, Mr
-ichael A rdrey, .Mi-Li.'er for H%..Ih and
fMr Pli:;is St Louis, .rster for AoriA.d-
ar-e.

That Cominttee reported to the
r'rime Minister that investigations
.ad revealed a "discrepancy" vhich
the members of the Committee "find
Shard to address".

SIe' d:.-i-cpf.i-cy r'efr: to a d.iffereng:e
--I the actual :.eri.z1 rr..er on one
- - of 1eqir,-i.pet1 a-the .eri intvier of
at qi,.ntr :: ..e, : the covering
-'.: i : ad the Cc' iiA.: tihe':en etiiiii
lat te 1."t-i- be turniied over to the Police
*r "full :riminal "it ... . - -: 1"...


At this stage, the matter vas turned
over to the Police and to the Director
of Audit, and the Prime Minister
issued a release that the latter had
reported that his investigation
"points to the conclusion that a false
invoice vas used to obtain funds to
pay for equipment vhich vas not
budgeted for."

Mr Br.ih 'itS, ac' app::intd Mr Leroy
E..p.tisi, an el.c..r,.mc. ::ped., to e::zanime
;h,- electr'.-ni, equ ;ipm" t h-v_ h ihad -';riv,-ed
--bih the truck.

Th~e- expert v: .-:ke:d to ::ert~-n whether
or i:n rr e of i- tem-.-. ifi;.,td might riot
be more a �ppi _-,raAtly ..: for purposes
,:',rhr i.ui those for .""ich "hy werp said to
have ^ -i i :-r.'tepo .


Please See LALSINGH Page 10


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iTheee beF e b a C& number of donors who FaPE madns aC
comtnmtment to ms nd aire fijnLising -rrang-sn wts for the
transfer of funds


SR RAY SM ITH CHAIR-
S Iman of L Grenad.-i Nation-
Id Appe-_ o-u.it.tep of the
'Sl7 ' , -


... . - .. ,. . ._, -' " - -i... < : t C.-li:i * -
int .hI m. said at a pe, conference on
JIyH' 't .;: .-tio-,v S b, -his Co-iniriftte
have ;ar--.- ,:.:' i a frd of the target
figtwe of E(iC$250,00.M

"But t s o ry, he said.
e:a- th-re --e --- a number of

ST LOUT I: P.ae 19
Iand the i " " C"" 0�" b be-+
ed J
I b . . .,.,n of the
OVer.- 4 'l
. Goemen be: tended he
... '.,i.,i, to industry ;ar to the Prod-
I.* :..* . . .
j The co:,uariet of CARI ! jv-,. L
South of their 1--Ti--, ,i-r t Louis tl
it-eir agriculture pursuits should
implementnt each .-.he li:.ls i
! h"' ild . be f.:.r. d *o t l , ,- ,.-. -..-.,...


donors who have made .x.mu itmnent to us
and are ri i ::.. -f- :.f.:--.:, ?:2.j for the
transfer of finmd

TAP �^6ai3s&d .Caw; s ts sAW
it voufld be : - - to ss- y that ta
C- i-b,. .-L -,,y g,' a j lw
zhose m o : .'f exc eJ �$Of, 000.S

The Develop.-:.r.- ,.:-' rdc..nt Fund
vas launched il Octco.- 1988 by Grnada-
Pleae Z g UW Page1


LALSINGH Fs
T;i exarmnatii - 0 - C ,.":oe from
the kf ew n ,... tn,at , -J.- ..arie
Mr L^ .i ., s .. ...* i ,.-^ relations
. .':.i ith tw - still be,

At tbe press tvtfravce -te Ppraw


porst thor Iad &cff b e
.a.... oas,- 33 ; .ec /e6 FO
av " h,& wi


a --.--.-o' r acce- -
Sthey can oal- ma .
i -.,tt , J to za- h:.:e-.- p 2-, ,.f the
t -ates. _
W- Tr. dMay_ _ 13 ' �Makq
T r one-. .-< - r 1 .. .The PoliceP Rep-r he-^5 t .-heprwvith
" : ,r, -:,e umtil May the Re::-rt ofe . o t
I .T? T '-,-&, Asr-',',' g to the

.e.at . ...St .. . -' ..of. ' I-- C net s "u - - . or uch rcorm-

Y of -o, rn.,i i Iftl rl,..tvosas th - jse Idy .ish to
, it for The PriiL .i - h heud be

L - cere ony-f ,ere r : :-- , of t e matter e:...r .. -.
I IIICI~f-�-! tA~n (T !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i ___ PlvalmSfmiSpel i .^^,_.^ ^ ^__









CDB CHANGE IN


OP ERATI ON
T1i international movement of capital muast he uuderstoodi
i s the bcwkAroundt to this change in CDB operation.


-" R GEORGE BRIZAN,
_,Grn.:da's Minister of
, Firce, reporting ,* :.Mty"
16th to a press confwr�-nce on
his ;�T fi-d.:i.e in Mexico on M..: '9th at.
S. A-.....ti ,ei';i of the C.ri'.bbe.an
Devel.: p--iint Bank (C.DB, said an- import-
.. - _ ,,: l.-' been rn:iTe in hle operation
of the F- &-

BFrrgriim embers of tke B& are
v. ' reqi ea.-f A0 pro vi' e .?3W of te
.repleznh2men of theSpecadLDee'lop-
mentla fl~~fDF), shesid.

:T!..r- j, this IPelopment, the Minister
-Kd the SDF is one of the so.u',ce" in the
.. for fir_-iuc:ing .ovrlimintial projects
". : c,.i..-,ry basis. In the past, he
.. ti F e .: c,.r-tributed to by tii de-
C op countries who are non-b, r.,:,.ing
.b. r:of thye- . .
M-~e A Contribution
.*. .has ha d now, he id is he
i,:,r,.- :, :i._ibers of CDE, tte borrowii;'
..-'.ber: of CARICCM, have been c-Ihsed
ci:.on to r::.:e a C:.::;ributi::. t to the FI.LidL
sid, in rdi': c.nneition, Grnn.d has
pled?-e d the u,-un of US$67, -1 . -'-r. tlhe
nest shk: years.

ST LOUIS From! Page 10
I ,I ,. _ Citrus Gr. .ers As.,ci..ti n and
a*" . Trii':.. Islad.ide Cane F,.er:s
- ,, .'C 1:1 . .' .'rL D -I t '..... e - " i- i. "
i..ii u Guyana Rice Proc.it- Ass-
L'o:'n, the Dominica Elarm- Gr.:.'vei
As ",-:';i';on "" i"- St Lucia C.',nut &
r--.c Grovers A. ciati on.

* cm - -i
. T:.oi,1.; do', n for discusi.n included,
Issues Confrontirn Prod Iceir
' .the ipa. t of Iner.. t n-
S i: t A en t- on F .rdc:er
Sni *.ctd 1 f'odleh for Regior::In.
" -": . . .." i ..nl C ,rni,.'dit.. y Ass-
"- - ~I i 1 Th,-2r,


,ir Brizan said the iter'or~rti:-.ial movement
of capital must be underi-Ist-o as the back-
1r<:T Wid to this change in CDB operation.
Nov Have To Pledge
European and chpr ou.. trie now have to
pledge increasing support to the European
Bank for Fe,::,r stu'u.tior: and Development,
a recently estabhi s ed i.ritit.ution for the
Please See CDB Page 13
UWI From Page 10
born Mr Ali.er Mc Intvyr UWI Vice-
Cac-irpellor. At that time, he annlunmced a
ta r t of 150 -lli.n aaican dollars
(US$27 million) and said the most iir-gnt
pri,,ri v. rebuilding the l...I-na, Janaica,
campus which had been devastated by
hurricane "Gilbert".


Mr McIntyre .Uid-- the second priority wa to
.:ddres-: "upri,.riIy deve!npment needs" at. the
Cave Hill, Barbados c-npiu.:, ti-e St Ai.gu.t-
i-, Trid.id c,.tp,.us and min L- non-campus
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
c.' uItries which support UWIL


Pleae Se U WI Page 12


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Brizan is confident that the request for retention for the
next five years of a protected market in Britain for
Windwards bananas will be granted


SlRENADA IS ONE OF TWO
:- p .-:'1-'i .ei co".u. "ie-s efe-d to
" . 7 - .7-1 nthB 13-. ; . - omro-d-*
.ities Con--ttee of 'the AFri.n-
|C bb u-F,.:: ' (APC) . .:up of J'.:,,it-
F , .' - tL .
. n fhich _h.. an .:s _ .:*.:'Ion 01i the
're- " Ecc".:::;ic C m' r "iU.:ty (EEC).

..--: .,- e ;iz::, Grenada's .,-fi ,i'ter ,f
. -, i. -.:ad this ata ._ c ,: ,nfe, rnce
.' .'*Iy lth aLnd said the - ..r C, ibb .
:,: '_;is Guyaa.

" 'e role of this Cori,-i e is to. n-.:Ttor,
S- operation of Lome IV as it relates to the
"r.v <,..:-l,.iion tova-ds certain com--


modiih--," he said.

Mr Brizan's press : :.--.:e was called to
report on his !td. .:c at. t- ACP+EEC
,-eteng in E lrtL-ns from Ist to 7th .ay
where he chaired the '.-,,-in; of :i:i-tbrs
for he C-tribbea ,gr'. of-cu' :rir-u..
Asked To Pay
The Mir"" said he AC' P " :-"u-r.e. have
reques'.d that a quotasystem be inip.;,sed on
rni:-.-ACP bananas anrd .i banana umporlt-
ing c.:.F::iie be tked to pay a levy on
b.-,.nA imports. Tahi levy it is prop.:.se
he said, sh:.ul,.1 be ni'ributed ca, :n. ACP
countries to i.-ir,:,-e their compef.iiiness.
Please See MARKET Page 13


Si From Pag3 11
.:.. h told t.e pi"s- c.c.. f nc" that,


-Y
on, 0id., ,en _.- .-, ,r-v is 1re iy.
Ar:'e, on "', ..dit.. : ra rl,, rovd at,
; --h.v House, the We C"re in
S. a PSome of the f--..ui.- col!-.1-J by
Com-nitee, he j'd .ll be used to
*1i 1 ' - O.ni., �. amon_ r r-'--'
- -. '- so till be ul- ;~'. t u the--


M . , ' iat ths e , press fco i ":1 , - .,1
., ^/i.].di- up a .vo ,... orf i d visit to-

.- . a :- 1 4




-- - V.; --iS$175 .- � ' I ."" -
............, --- - '., b he is f .,.?. th a- a l







A*"35 , i 0 i US$ 17 5. r';i


Ther'. are ..Dl:.., Mr McL.it1e a.d, Appeal
Corminilt.ee in the United -d:.
E nr'rls: (vith responsibility for G"a
Pr cAe, Spain and The eTherl.,,),
Ca.naa u- the U-it d Sr A .

"Weh vea ..--..-,irable .i. k. .of .i.ey
to ; tie V: ---.: or said. "If ve
are to mu�j n 1 our nAJ1 3aU pl.u

started ov-en re 1h.d n: , .4or .-,.,,i
nllion by the e-nd of thi 1'-i-."
To Raise Money
Vice-C7i-nen-"r I _I_.yre. e.pr ....ed his
v. t*re^ ut 4 of the innovative amd -:9:' etie
t '"--- .- - - M r r,-ith. "J his
*. K !11e on the ApF-= Corpmr.i have
1.-r w.d the task of Tg U.I to i

Ce.t"9in Gtr .:i

. reset of th ...U T r:i.. 7 C.:r,. ,ty he1
.--:!n Ja"'+se is .ntim_ nt.- in this


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MARKET From Page 12
"It is most likely that, by June of this
year, the EEC villa make an announce-
ment indicating the continuation of
the status quav for bananas under
Lome Ill continuing into Lome IV,"
Mr Brizan said.

W'bat t&~ means asfar as WIYtfdvrd
lI'ad-s Aaszss *rr c ocarred '&e
i sd is tht W request has beeV madee
Sforre7fet of protected market n
f Briaifor t&ne bsananasra r he net


1'U: be-:;:. an ACP p.:,ition, the M1.iisI.er
. ", it m eans t.__:- rq... t .l...:.-.:..

fr-- Marin- que'-.i-oupe b i:-, in
3I ,i' for bananas fr,.v the Canary .iXnd,,-
" Italy for b; .-._. from -'-:- i. i. , in m
Ior .3,1 for 1 :7.-. from t0 i C",p Verd

Will Be Granted
" Briz'an ii:. he ; c,-:rii:je'nt this requei-
1`1 be granted but he does not- think t4e1
... p.... , of a 1:., on bal.m inp, rti" -i
Scolunrie.- vir! be ac3i ptEd

..Th.. "t!'- said .,no r.avi 2.j . awA..;.- for
- : :j -' J, ri.-r the L:..i_ IV :r?;.y until it
s been r ified byT two-thirds ih-, EEC and


all of ACP c.;rimtries. So far, he said, 54 of
the 69 ACP and 4 of the 12 EEC countries
have ratified the treaty.

It is e:..Tected, he said, that by June of this
year the rem-iin', eight EEC or.nmtries vill
have ratified the treaty.
Up To This Point
"One of the m.:'t, important institutions in
the L,:-.r treaty is -aled the Centre for the
Devel::.prment of Industry (CDI)," Mr
Friz.m said, "and I am .Cn.ted that., up to
this point, :re:.-da has not nade use of
CDI."

CDI hi_ . an annual buid.-e? of appr:-:imately
EC . (US$ 13) million, he ~idJ, and exists
to assist the Pr:ntb Sectr. The
-.r 1i. % Tion is run by an E:.ecif-tive B-aird,
h. c,.ji1ue,, the Chairnman of which is
Grenada-born :r RIch;, d-.- n Andr-vs
who e'prp.sent the G'verrnmet of Trinidad
& To -,-,

ie i._Ii~-:!er l`ai. he disc.x -zed plans with
Mr An- A re '.-s for m Iakinc full use of the
servicess of the CDI. The Grenada
Industrial Dev' :.pni:.nt Cor,:..rati.:n (IDC),
t i.-,', will be 2- link bete aV the CDI and
: n. and Prite , S?.:Pag 4
Please See MARKET Page 14


'DE QFrom.Page ii
idev ':;.'.:-0 :. o. 'i. .c . ';..ji 'v of E.:etc._[:
S."".p", he said.

Slso the Mir r sai, as a re:ul of
:- .-. in the er'.i.:t Gulf, wiere will
a shift of o '..ur."c a_ caIpitai me ; in"to
. u G lf to reh7ih, tate, v ,ilJ.'. and u.n-:
c.-ure ... mei of th ?S' . _ in 11.: r -ioDn.
Begin To Contribute
�sa ..t of all this, it is re-::i;' ed by
k E.: .t : ail.i ity of fi ,_ .. for
r n' 11: . nh is b-..-: n ny i,. re ,.Md more.
f icult," H: Brizan 1ij, "and both the1
San;d f'li 1ributir I.n er,.-ir: of the
SF- ave. een lionther -.n ?' -
'. of CD to begin to cotri ,t-i t-o c:,
'7nr-:-.- t'_ ces.".

; '..'i .,; r . . . 1_ de".el ;pi_- '-fe',i is I both
'. arind good. On the ba. -:, the
Sro_-in --Memi_,: of CDBare Xe .-.in-
- e- upon to find dditional ris.: ,u'ro--
ovb"en w' reyc- are d -r'i "-!e scarce


. .- .,1, and, on the 4-., ' .
b.'mrr.:,vi. members are bei-, c
to be more -elf-reliant.
Are Made Available


side, the
allied upon


1Mr Brizansai.d ihar at '.h CDB rmeetin-g,
the Ur.'o.n States of Arrie-r:ca pledged
,:-i.tional c.'.-'ibiutiqns for the CDB's
E.':a N'eds Trust Fund (BNTF). Under
the ENTF, fur- are made available, under
l. fr.t terms, for .ich projects as refurbish-
mg.of :,h:.,.I- "-, s nd medical c-ntres, -and the
...fiirt'- ,e::r..~:ie the F,.uc as one of the
bp:' CDB progra-."m.

Other rh..tter i:.uss...d- at the CDB's
....fo.'in: i_.A:. CDB's lorg-t.rn n iire,',ion-
a pl.i-, p-:-verty allevi".ti'.nr, vomen in
je'el.opieni, the e.",vi'onrn:nt, lending to
the Private Sect :r r-d i'rii:-btiu'al diversif-
ication.


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WS SHORTS
".'. "4 4 ; .: I - . ..- : " 7 : - ' -'*


1 NE
ROC Pasture & Livestock


Specialists Visit


Two p.xt-'e and liEst::';: specialists from
| the 'tpu ,i: of li.: c's (ROC) T.i i an Pro-
.ii -. Liv. - P....ear- ch Institute visited
.. -k J,,fr .i .t.ay nd to 1. 'y ith.

Tiese specdid,:t ."h, ' i: ent to Gre-
nada's siey r island of I_';.cu, "'isite
m rany f'i-rns arid *-ci ed f-ir",rr" in both
Islands.

jTh ,y :...- ,l-, C.'4 ,. i.-- -.e i th . ... i. : r f

other .hin.-, on meth..:d, of nir.:--
vwater -.ples, weed --ntAol aI- .-iiS
'Yr i-'irn-nt


Artisanal Mechanics For
Training In The U.S.A.

Two m; chn|.; of t,: Artvn- Fioserifes
P'roject- are to attend .he O'C b:ar-d ?.f.iin p
Corporation :i l"r, Fv :.'n i for further



.er -ce (GIS), TO tM.:-A..... - .i
. .CO and a gaint of this i-.unt h,--
- ,obtrd from h,- F-i:he.-i Unt. of the
OrI. ! -- nof E-ast. CariTD.. ,-


Land Owne rs To Be
Compensated

| ri..ns wv hose! .*-. e in te con-
Struction of Point Sie- Inter.' onal Air-
-p tarere to be c '-" r..- 4

A r'elea. from - over~e- IrO-r y-
-A;IAKET From Page 13
raedi s Mr BC-i.
-._;... can tcr r;i frv: CDI ".7^ i
! " ' : -.-. . .t. - :'. r "-e... : h "id :j ' .. 'il
� '-- ..-,_ -'ir . -, .ith hands-. ' i a-. ,
ng . vi'. h ;:i -.-i.-.- in j ii f -rp'i"
id joint venture paIrtn ers.
... ... .. ,- _ _tr r


third pl-.s- of the Fibre Opti- Laying
Project of GrN-,da e7&.n ":-
LTd. (".RENTEL) beL on 5-.4- 27th and
Please See NEWS HOfIRTS Page i5


ir-i. Serv:i::e (GIS) q-.v,.-tesp Minister of
A .ri-.itur, Mr Phirnsle, St Louis as saying
Lhis Msiatry is 'crniductinr':g a si.u'-y of
G. :-'rr,_nt.sI in the area vith aview to
distri -'.itiri poirti-n r.) to persons vho suffer-
ed loss of property vihn th- airp..rt wa
0;l.@i ! :..


British Aid For Music School

.A gift of mu;iii. iir2iLirnts a muiic
st-ih 7vas pr. Ti-'d 'EceniTl" to Musi-
,:i'.ire, a mr'.Lic: school in the ic-.' of
Sv. el .u7.

The bi' ecriSt" of ritcTronic keyb.:'ards
S--. enspiels and tut1dar chin and is
worth EC$5. 000.

A r,-,-, fr-rni the Off ; of the British
High C ,.ra:ssi.- in Grenada says Musi-
culture began operation in I' 8 and, in that
year, had a better th-m 80% pass in the
**'e "y �:=d-t,-i.,rn of -h- Royal School of


in 1989, 17 of the 28 students -ho took the
: n;-ir:Oii.n were :'su_,e?- i.ti 5 .1- ,ini u. dis-
in:: ins.


IEF Donates Pharmaceuticals

Th United S-it., b.se- Internatuirk-d Eve
Fou-i.....:,n (IEF) Ihas dotd ppr
matevl EC$125,000 worth of pFhriu-
utical to the Eye Clie at Gre- a's


A &r-?r-r from the Government Ir-form-
ation g r.ice says the dt .l:. niajl;
available AfollovFg nr t.: by tl" J ..try
of Health to ,-e Anti. azed C-ibbean
c-.: i:-- for the Blird.


GreateI's Fibre Optic Project







lhe Gr�enada Nevsletter Saturday 25th May 1991 Page 15


NEWS SHORTS From Page 14
S.*..'. rd. eT, o a relea-e fr..m -EN.EL, "
expected to last 12 veeks a.:d xcver
approximately 7.5 ,ile-

This Pr-:J'at, vtich st.I;rt al ost tUhrep
i_,.;tf g.:-., is d.eig:ed to upgrade inter-
...nn . : n t. the .nin :li.ie in St
:-e..gpe's ; -i _ fi!e other e::,'hI ie:- is:. 'i" -
vTide.

uti-.ily, the sytem vill have a c-i-p.cityof a
c 'pr . :... ..i- :. L e. ,-s telepl.:., ".,-
v.:-'Faq.*f.2, t.-. - figure b:ing able to be
:-:,reYred to !8,1: ,-, '-, t r.-" ..ding a,.,,it.iorn.ed ter-
n-inal eq ; ',ipmie rnt. at the e:~ch-mes.


Fish Sales Grow

Filleted fish, a - ; :.es i-. by the
Artisan! Fiherie'- Fr:--i-,:t, is .-h'-no- bei-ng
i-r-.ed. on 'he regional mar-ket = -_ s.:,in>
"-O p..... of filleaid dolphin, valued at.
.bout oUU, - :... sold to 1. v.- I m
I-Antigua . ... the f. " i" e -"--." of


A cording to h', Go - _..-. Information
:r-'.'- buyers on the - are
Us'irused to tle -. -.v ofrciaboned anid
"l'-d ef:- and .-: are . g


Britain Aids National College

res fr-.n::._- C:rffi,-: of h' British



e,_ and a further �25,000 ; int. has
ii .vi.--:- for e '.ipyof :-oks aand.
Sving f::; the College libr: --r.

r e r -l *.l :. ^h1., on May 21st, the
:::e^ r- no a gift :*-e and
l::: i rom the Office of the Pr, 1h
., hCoiiion.
i i radi7. -. ". S.


7 o11 o ?.': rA.:.-T L^ .pe.for
e U i-vu unit of the Col-.

-.. i i lud.'?d. a le-: i : ,a of ref'renc,
: ...,:oksf'. r e L.fterr. ' Resource Library.


Examination Time


At a sitting on M 0y 10th, 2,958 candidates
wrote the iCoinon Entrance Examination,
of -.irh number, successful candidatess will
enter the St.te's 19 secondary school- at the
be ainriiig of the ner-4 school year in Septem-
ber.

A total of 824 candidates are expected to
write the 1991 Primary Scho-ol Le-aving
Examination v .Ach runs from May 21st to


Of this number, 619 are frcm primary
schools and 20D are c.i.did.ate from Adult
an.d C .ontit'...u: Education Programmes.

C -.--._ v-it s under 16 ye.as wvho have gained
a -':-_"'?e of at lea 6.0. are eligible for
scholar'ip. -.Lile "hcse over 16 year with
al .:"er:e of at. least 60` are eligible for


The 2H irdLr; of Education reports that
1,591 .i diia&s, are regi:te-.ed to write the
C_ _rid.Ca. GneI-I Certific.ite of Educat.-
ion (,CE) *.r--t.io:, in2, 587 subjects.

These e::mri.-iti,-ns, 7whih run from May
21st to ba'.e- 21st cover 2,156 entries at the
Ordinary ("O") Level, 44 at Alternate
Ordin-' .'AO") Level and 387 at the
A-4J':.ced ("A")c tl

For the Caribbean Ex,Cninat.ion Council
(CXC) 1991 ex'..31..,3,, 1,819 candidates
l.wei re.i:^'jEred for 6,0.4 0 ui -t1.

These ze:1:.-"'Lnatii: l - btegain wit0h a series of
practical tests on April 29th and most of the
p-p-:3s ill be written between May 21st
and .wa-,. 21st.


Grenada Attends CAREC
Meeting

Dr Doreen Murray, Alting Chief Medical
Officer, re 'res:ted Grentd.-, at the reetin.
of thi Ca'ibbtai Epidemiology Centre
(CAREC) which ti. -k pace in Trinidad on
May 16th .oid 17th.

Please See NEWS SHORTS Page 16





.U.W1. CF"""r 1fR- T
SCHOOL OF CONTINUNG STJD- -
Page 16 Saturday 25th May 1991 The Grenada Nevsletter
NEWS SHORTS Fmm Page 15


On the .a�gend f.-,r that meeting was the
e^' iat of the p.'..ible spread to the Carib-
Lbenm of the dise.e cholera which ha. .zsum-
ad epidemic status in countries of South
Anierica

A release from the Glovenirient infr.-.rrm-
ation Seri'ic:e say th!, to te end of April,
' Peru rp 'red-:. ' :255 c,.-e- of cholera vith
1,244 relatedde.ithI Atthesvanetime, Ecua-
dor has reported 4,000 cases, Colombia 176
S,'.i:es, Chile 26 ;:.ases and EFr il 4 cases.

SThe Uunted tat: of Arnmri':c has :'p,,:rted
4 cases-


School Gets Woodworking


IMr Alan Dn.u British RE:side.nt Repre-
.ernitabt in (Gi'd, recently hlideid ver
to the St Rose ,.?. c;nd Sc.h.:,",' (Gouya:.e,
St t:,l's), on teliif of t-h British High
Corrnission, a gift of a vide racing select-
,r1. of ',,,,d '..".;-i- tools a1d in .:u- acl"T .


UNICEF Upgrades Day Care
Centres.

The United N-kiomr Internatiorial C'l-
ire-Is Emergevcy Fund ,(UNICEF) has
d.:.n.V. -ver EC'$5,000 for the repair and.
pur.',hae of eq.iiprr-ent for four D'::i C.-re
CMntr.s in St Ge .:ie's F.aris


SMinister Discusses Farm


Workers Pro ranme


3s'," Labour Miniiser, Mr Edzel Tho as,
had discussions on May 14th with United
StItes Charg- d'Affairs, Mrs Edmbe
Pf.w:-ra, rith reference to re-
,:.:,nu)enicpir&-nt of the United States Farm
Wori'l:er Programme.


Prime Minister Concerned
Over TV Programmes

Addressing the Annual generall Meeting on
May 'th, of the Arglici:.~a School Teachers,
Prime iaijister Ni:holas-: Brathvaite said he
is d.i:..ppinrted v..itl sloe programin-,s
br:..:d:t by Greniada T-levision.

T�elvisi: n, he -:iJ, represents a key aid in
the pr. :-',es of education but it can also be
one of the '.:,rst examples as efforts are
made to help children develop the right
attitudes and ,l ue?.


Grenada Represented at CPA
Conference

Mr Tilman Thomas, Minister for Communi-
cations &. Works, at. nded the 27th Corn-
m,,nr..'_W 9ealtfh P;.-l i ::nentary Association Con-
fereI-I:e which took place in Trinidad from
12th to 13th May.

Also attending were Mrs Margaret Neckles,
Pre-ideiit of the Senate, Senator Joseph
McGuire and Mr Curtis Strachan, Clerk of
Par:r'im',.nt.

Mr Kemny L..iingh, Member of the House
of Repriesentati., was expected to attend
in his ,.ap. City as a regional representative.


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