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08GRENADA60
2008-04-23 19:33:00
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Embassy Grenada
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GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 13- 19, 2008

Tags:  PREL SOCI PGOV ECON GJ 
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TAGS: PREL SOCI PGOV ECON GJ
SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 13- 19, 2008


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TAGS: PREL SOCI PGOV ECON GJ
SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL 13- 19, 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)CHORES back to serve Grenada
Ambassador Mary Ourisman visited Grenada briefly on April 14 to
meet with the Children's Health Organization Relief and
Educational Services (CHORES) volunteers in Grenada for one
week. The Ambassador visited the children's ward. The visit
received excellent press coverage both before and afterwards.
The Chargi d'Affaires hosted an April 18 reception for the
volunteers, GOG health officials, and hospital/clinic workers.

The team is made up of United States health care personnel who
have been providing free medical services to the children of
Grenada for the past nineteen years.

b) Grenada Today newspaper in serious trouble
One of Grenada's leading newspapers is once again in danger of
going out of business. Dr Mitchell won a libel suit against the
Grenada Today newspaper following the 1999 General elections and
was awarded over US$55,600 in damages. However, the money was
not paid and an application was brought against the paper for
bankruptcy. The Grenada Today last week failed in its challenge
to prevent the application from taking effect. Grenada Today's
lawyer says he now plans to take the matter to the court of
appeal, though it is unclear whether the paper will be able to
remain in publication in the meantime.

c) NNP Tipped to Win a Fourth Term
The ruling New National Party (NNP) is tipped to win a fourth
consecutive term in office according to a poll conducted by the
North American Caribbean Teachers' Association (NACTA). The
Grenadian Voice newspaper said that NACTA, which correctly
predicted the result of the last general Trinidadian elections,
carried out a poll in Grenada in late March. The pollsters
found that Keith Mitchell's government has a very high approval
rating and predicted that if general elections were held now,
the NNP would win. Grenada's general elections must be called
by February 2009.

d) Minimum Wages to be Reviewed
Minister responsible for Labor, Claris Charles, announced that
due to the sharp increase of Grenada's cost of living, a
committee has been established to review minimum wages.
Presently, the minimum wages, which range between US$2 per hour
and US$30 per day, only covers workers in the agricultural,
domestic, housekeeping as well as in some other sectors. The
minimum wage was last increased in 2002.

End text.

MCISAAC