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St George’s – The Grenada government said on Tuesday it had taken a decision to discontinue the 25 per cent non-fuel charge associated with electricity supply by the island’s lone power company. Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dickon Mitchell said the company had been losing “significant revenue” because of the measure. Speaking at the weekly post-Cabinet news conference, Mitchell told reporters that the state-owned Grenada Electricity Company (GRENLEC) had …

St George’s – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell announced on Tuesday that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is to undergo significant legislative changes as part of measures aimed at preventing it becoming bankrupt in the next decade. Mitchell told reporters that some of the major stakeholders, such as trade unions and the Public Service Commission (PSC), are willing to do what is necessary to facilitate the changes to save the scheme, …

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Intra-regional travel, especially in the Eastern Caribbean, will be high on the agenda when travel and tourism stakeholders meet next week in the Cayman Islands to observe the International Air Transp...

St George’s – Members of Parliament in both the Grenada lower and upper houses of parliament will later this month participate in a post-election seminar with parliamentarians from the United Kingdom. An information activity notice from the Office of the British High Commission in Grenada stated the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) will be visiting the Spice Isle to conduct the seminar. “This will be an information-sharing …