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08GRENADA81
2008-05-21 19:16:00
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Embassy Grenada
Cable title:
GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MAY 11 - 17, 2008
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SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MAY 11 - 17, 2008
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SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MAY 11 - 17, 2008
1. (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly 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) PM Mitchell Takes Over Chairmanship of RSS
Regional Security Coordinator Grantley Watson met Grenada's
Prime Minister, Keith Mitchell last week after the PM took up
the chairmanship of the Regional Security System (RSS).
Discussions included drug interdiction, greater cooperation
between RSS states on intelligence, and the RSS role in
assisting member states during crises and natural disasters.
The RSS was created out of a perceived need for a coordinated
collective response to security threats impacting the stability
of the region in the late 70's and early 80's. Grenada joined
in January 1985.
b) US$370,000 Bail Set for CapBank CEO
Lawyers for embattled banker, Finton De Bourg, chief executive
officer of Capital Bank International (CBI),said they intend to
appeal the US$ 370,000 bail set for their client after he
appeared in a court on four counts of fraudulent breach of trust
totaling more than EC$18 million (US$6.8 million). He was
arrested last weekend following an investigation by the
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). De Bourg is due to return to
court on July 7.
c) Political parties Asked to Sign Code of Conduct.
Political parties in Grenada were urged to sign a code of
conduct designed to ensure that candidates are held accountable
for their actions during the up-coming general elections. The
Inter-Agency Group of Development Organizations (IAGDO)
appointed a watchdog committee to monitor the implementation of
the code and to engage in public education on issues regarding
the code. The ruling New National Party refused to sign the
code in the run up to the 2003 general elections seeing it as an
opposition ploy. No indication yet how many of the political
parties will sign this time around.
MCISAAC
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ENRG EFIN KWMN GJ
SUBJECT: GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT MAY 11 - 17, 2008
1. (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly 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) PM Mitchell Takes Over Chairmanship of RSS
Regional Security Coordinator Grantley Watson met Grenada's
Prime Minister, Keith Mitchell last week after the PM took up
the chairmanship of the Regional Security System (RSS).
Discussions included drug interdiction, greater cooperation
between RSS states on intelligence, and the RSS role in
assisting member states during crises and natural disasters.
The RSS was created out of a perceived need for a coordinated
collective response to security threats impacting the stability
of the region in the late 70's and early 80's. Grenada joined
in January 1985.
b) US$370,000 Bail Set for CapBank CEO
Lawyers for embattled banker, Finton De Bourg, chief executive
officer of Capital Bank International (CBI),said they intend to
appeal the US$ 370,000 bail set for their client after he
appeared in a court on four counts of fraudulent breach of trust
totaling more than EC$18 million (US$6.8 million). He was
arrested last weekend following an investigation by the
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). De Bourg is due to return to
court on July 7.
c) Political parties Asked to Sign Code of Conduct.
Political parties in Grenada were urged to sign a code of
conduct designed to ensure that candidates are held accountable
for their actions during the up-coming general elections. The
Inter-Agency Group of Development Organizations (IAGDO)
appointed a watchdog committee to monitor the implementation of
the code and to engage in public education on issues regarding
the code. The ruling New National Party refused to sign the
code in the run up to the 2003 general elections seeing it as an
opposition ploy. No indication yet how many of the political
parties will sign this time around.
MCISAAC