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Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell

WICB under pressure as Mitchell slams “amazing level of disrespect”

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell today slammed what he called an “amazing level of disrespect” on the part of West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron, as pressure continued to mount on the beleaguered Board to meet urgently with CARICOM leaders over the Governance Review Panel report.

No decision made yet on Baishanlin – gov’t

No decision has been made as yet by the government over a request by the Chinese logging company Baishanlin for a further two years for value-added production, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency.

Christopher Wharton

Festival City man gunned down

A man died less than an hour after he was shot execution-style while sitting on the stairs of his home yesterday afternoon and his five-year-old son was injured.

Gajraj suing Teixeira over WikiLeaks cable

Former Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj is suing his successor Gail Teixeira for defamation over statements she allegedly made about him which were contained in a US diplomatic cable released by the WikiLeaks website.

The Lot 8 Cherry Field, LBI house where the discovery was made.

Newborn corpse found buried in LBI yard, two held

The corpse of what was suspected to be a newborn baby, believed to have died after delivery was yesterday afternoon discovered buried in a small grave under a La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Dem-erara (ECD) premises and police have arrested two persons.

Charles Ramson Jnr

Jagdeo, Ramotar also received tax-free salaries – gov’t

Continuing its efforts to justify significant salary increases for its ministers, the APNU+AFC government yesterday said that both Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar received monthly tax-free salaries of $1.7 million and now earn pensions of $4.5 million each per month in addition to perks.

Mining camp invasion stemmed from land dispute

The recent invasion of a Region Seven gold mining camp was not a case of robbery, according to Divisional Commander Senior Superintendent Ravindradat Budhram, who said investigators will be pursuing reports that it stemmed from a land dispute.

Mash 2016 on…but float parade moved to May

The annual Mashramani celebrations will proceed as usual except for the Annual Republic Lecture series and the annual float and costume parade both of which have been rescheduled for May to coincide with the 50th independence anniversary festivities.

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