CWC Super 8 in Grenada!
Today is the first Super 8 match in Grenada - Windies vs South Africa. The moment we have been waiting for!
Well it's 8:30am and so far there appears to be only light traffic on the road. Here's a pretty poor picture of Tanteen Playing Field which has been desgnated as one of the official parking lots; from here you must hop a shuttle for the onward trip to the stadium. As you can see there are not many cars in the lot. Yet.
Now here's something you don't see everyday. All of the Windjammer yachts in harbour at the same time! I suspect they may be part of the "floating hotel" thing.
And to add a little bit of perspective, behind this hill (Cemetery Hill, Old Fort Road) lies the stadium.
I might take a ride around today for some picture-taking. I'll be sure to post anythng interesting, such as the "friendly match" between the Gov't and Opposition MPs! Hah!
UPDATE: We lost. sigh. Need I type anymore? Why? Why??
Labels: cricket world cup, grenada
Posted byYY at 8:10 am
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33rd Anniversary of Grenadian Independence
On February 7th, 1974, the state of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique became the first of the Windward Islands to achieve independence from Britain.
Happy 33rd Birthday! Oh Beloved Land of Mine.
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Posted byYY at 11:41 am
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Taiwan to Grenada - "Pay us we money!"
Seemingly lost in the kerfuffle over the Anthem Fiasco is this startling bit of information that came to light late last week. Taiwan, our previous BFFs, are
suing Grenada for repayment of defaulted loans.
The Export-Import Bank of Taiwan brought the court action against the Grenada government in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York for four loans that the NNP regime took and defaulted on payments. The bank is seeking to recover US$ 21.6 million from the Mitchell government plus interest payments for the loans that were taken to facilitate construction of the first sporting stadium at Queen's Park, the Ministerial Complex at the Botanical Gardens, the agricultural sector, and for road construction projects on Mainland Grenada and the sister isle of Carriacou.
This lawsuit comes as a complete suprise to the ordinary Grenadian, as no one seems to have had any clue about these loan arrangments. What is difficult to comprehend is that the legal action has been going on for a while, with the government retaining counsel in the U.S. (the wife of the Foreign Affairs minister - but OF COURSE!) and the government has never seen it fit to advise the country of this situation before. Ah well, why should they? We are only, after all, just the uneducated masses that keep electing these people into office, over and over and over.
Have you ever heard a more ironic statement than this?
"This matter has severe legal, political, and embarrassing consequences for all of us in Grenada," the article quoted an official from the Ministry of Finance as saying.
Of course let us not forget that this lawsuit comes on the heels of
another suit against our Minister for Energy Gregory Bowen, brought by oil investor Jack Grynberg:
[Co-defendant]Korchagin, described as a Russian lawyer, has been sued along with Minister Bowen and two other Russians Mikhail Fridman and Len Blavatnik by U.S oil investor Jack Grynberg for US500,000.00 in damages for breach of contract. Grynberg is alleging that Bowen and the Russians have conspired to prevent him from cashing in on a controversial oil and gas agreement that he signed in 1996 with the ruling New National Party (NNP) administration.
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sighYou know - I, for one, just cannot WAIT for the Windfall of Humiliation and Embarassment (aka CWC 2007) destined to be heading our way in March. Wait 'til I show y'all some pictures of the main roads in the hotel district and around the "stadium". Soon I promise.
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