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08GRENADA29
2008-02-19 21:43:00
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Embassy Grenada
Cable title:
GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 2008
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SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 2008
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SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 2008
1. (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides
a little detail about events of interest that do not merit
longer reporting at this time.
2. (U) Begin GWAR text:
A. Grenada's Supreme Court Appoints Receiver for Local Bank
Grenada's high court issued an order on February 15 appointing a
receiver for Capital Bank International (CapBank),an unlicensed
bank that has been in a long running dispute with the Eastern
Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the GOG. Most recently, the
bank has refused to give depositors their money, leading the
government to seek to put the bank into receivership. Rumors
abound about which high-level officials may be involved in the
bank, but few facts. Ministry of Finance officials told Charge
d'Affaires that CapBank deposits amount to about 2% of all bank
deposits in Grenada.
B. Dual Citizens May Serve on Commission
In what is hopefully the last hurdle for the implementation of
the anti-corruption legislation passed by Grenada's Parliament
in March 2007, parliamentarians passed an emergency measure to
allow dual citizens to serve on the Integrity in Public Life
Commission. The Commission will oversee the requirements for
public disclosure in the legislation.
Grenada's constitution allows citizens of Commonwealth countries
to be public servants and run for office as long as they have
lived in Grenada at least 12 months (the time one must be in
country to apply for Grenadian citizenship). Non-Commonwealth
citizens, e.g., U.S. citizens, are barred. It sounds like the
GOG may have in mind a person or person(s) who is a
non-Commonwealth dual citizen.
C. Grenadian Students Support Anti-Whaling Position
Around 60 Grenadian students participated in an essay contest
titled "Protesting the Killing" sponsored by the Environmental
Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Caribbean Marine Mammal
Coalition (CMMC). The two winners received $370 apiece with an
additional $370 going to each of their schools. Several other
students also received cash prizes.
The Government has sided with Japan in the international arena
on whaling. Japan provides assistance for the fishing industry.
The students participation in researching and writing the
essays about why whaling is wrong may help to move public
opinion on the subject from the current indifference to active
opposition.
End text.
MCISAAC
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EFIN KCRM SENV GJ
SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 2008
1. (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides
a little detail about events of interest that do not merit
longer reporting at this time.
2. (U) Begin GWAR text:
A. Grenada's Supreme Court Appoints Receiver for Local Bank
Grenada's high court issued an order on February 15 appointing a
receiver for Capital Bank International (CapBank),an unlicensed
bank that has been in a long running dispute with the Eastern
Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the GOG. Most recently, the
bank has refused to give depositors their money, leading the
government to seek to put the bank into receivership. Rumors
abound about which high-level officials may be involved in the
bank, but few facts. Ministry of Finance officials told Charge
d'Affaires that CapBank deposits amount to about 2% of all bank
deposits in Grenada.
B. Dual Citizens May Serve on Commission
In what is hopefully the last hurdle for the implementation of
the anti-corruption legislation passed by Grenada's Parliament
in March 2007, parliamentarians passed an emergency measure to
allow dual citizens to serve on the Integrity in Public Life
Commission. The Commission will oversee the requirements for
public disclosure in the legislation.
Grenada's constitution allows citizens of Commonwealth countries
to be public servants and run for office as long as they have
lived in Grenada at least 12 months (the time one must be in
country to apply for Grenadian citizenship). Non-Commonwealth
citizens, e.g., U.S. citizens, are barred. It sounds like the
GOG may have in mind a person or person(s) who is a
non-Commonwealth dual citizen.
C. Grenadian Students Support Anti-Whaling Position
Around 60 Grenadian students participated in an essay contest
titled "Protesting the Killing" sponsored by the Environmental
Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Caribbean Marine Mammal
Coalition (CMMC). The two winners received $370 apiece with an
additional $370 going to each of their schools. Several other
students also received cash prizes.
The Government has sided with Japan in the international arena
on whaling. Japan provides assistance for the fishing industry.
The students participation in researching and writing the
essays about why whaling is wrong may help to move public
opinion on the subject from the current indifference to active
opposition.
End text.
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