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STATE-OF-THE-ARTINDUSTRIAL PARK

IS COMINGInterview with James Ince,

Managing Director - IBHPAGES 15-18

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According to informa-tion published in the 2018 Annual Report of the Grenada Investment Development Corpora-tion (GIDC), formally Grenada Industrial De-velopment Corporation, Grenada has recorded phenomenal growth in Foreign Direct Invest-ment (FDI) for the year 2018 as compared to 2017.

Ronald Theodore, newly appointed CEO of the Corporation told the Bar-nacle in an exclusive Interview, that Grenada attracted more than four hundred million Eastern Caribbean Dollars (XCD $400,000,000) in FDI during the calendar year 2018 – an increase of one hundred and twenty percent (120%) when compared with the year 2017.

Theodore attributed this staggering growth to the increase in construction of tourism projects such as Joyas des Carabies Ltd. (Silver Sands Resort), Chanson D’ Ar-gent Ltd. (Point at Petit Calivgny), True Blue Development Limited (Kimpton Kawana Bay Resort) and the Carria-cou Development Corpo-ration marina project.

In recent times, the Government of Grenada sought to further encour-age investment within the growth/priority sectors by offering at-tractive fiscal incentives. These priority secotrs are health and wellness, agri-business, tourism,

ICT and energy. Initiav-ties within these sectors are highly promoted and supported by the govern-met and the GIDC.

Since 2012, Grenada has attracted more than eighty-five million United States Dollars (XCD $85,000,000) an-nually in FDI and the outlook for future invest-ments is positive says Theodore, who believes that the island has great attributes that are sure to woo would be investors to our shores.

He outlined those fac-tors driving our invest-ment thrust “there are several factors, first of all, I think Grenadians have a very good qual-ity of life; this continues to be a key factor that investors are always happy to speak of. A highly skilled trainable work-force and our low crime rate are some ad-ditional attributes that further drive investment and contributes to the good quality of life. I am hopeful that this quality of life will remain in our coutnry. The stabil-ity of our economy, our exchange rate; and our picturesque environment has helped attract invest-ments in the tourism sector.”

Historically, Grenada waited on investors to come to our island to seek out opportunities however according to Mr. Theodore, over the years, the GIDC has tak-en a proactive approach and goes in search of

investors. This method is linked to part of the Corporation’s mission “adopting a targeting approach in promoting investment opporutnie-is” He explained that the GIDC aims to package projects that are within the prioirty sectors and present them to inves-tors. The packages gives further details about the initiative, its potential benfits to the investor and the country and the type of investment required.

Mr. Theodore further elaobrated on the tour-ism sector and the saturation of develop-ment in the southern region of the island. This he said further soldifies the move to diversify invetsment to the rest

of the island. “When I speak about packag-ing projects, it is in the context of what is happening in the south of the island where tourism development is concerned; there is a need for decentraliza-tion of the development. To date, we have started giving attention and increased incentives to investment development in areas outside of St. George. St. David has been identified as the next ideal location for tourism accommodation development. We are not saying that other parts of Grenada should not be considered however, St. David has immediate po-tential sites that are ideal for the tourism sector to grow and develop.”

Among the five (5) prior-ity sectors identified by government, tourism is already the most suc-cessful and shows the propensity to do even greater. Theodore says that the sector is a good one that continues to attract investors interest. Additionally, he indicat-ed that construction in tourism facilities domi-nate the current active investment climate on the island which makes it a good sector for eco-nomic growth.

Presently, Grenada’s hotel room stock is approximately sixteen hundred; Mr. Theodore is in agreement with the need to increase room stock on the island “there’s a need that ex-ists for additional room stock on the island; the only way we could do that is to encourage further investmets in hotel development. To further reiterate this, he shared his knowledge on government plans “the government’s intention is to increase room stock to about three thousand within the next three years.”

The Gvoernment of Gre-nada continues with its plans to increase and ad-vance the tourism sector. Theodore, says one of the aims of the GIDC is to encourage investment in boutique and family type hotels in Grenada. Furthermore, he indicat-ed that product enhance-ment also needs serious attention. He believes that there must be a corresponding increase in the quality of the tour-ism product to match the increase in room stock

that we are seeking as a nation.“While we focus on additional rooms, we believe that there is a gap as it relates to the tourism product this gap must be closed so that Grenada can reap the full benefits that the sec-tor affords. We believe that there are opportu-nities to augment the tourism product and we have seen some interest-ing concepts over the years. – some of which have been implemented. For example, every time I see the Discovery Train carrying visitors and nationals along the road-ways, with its unique concept, I see just how much it augments nicely our tourism product.”

Mr. Theodore remains convinced that as a nation, Grenada needs more creative invest-ments of a similar nature. He ended by re-iterating the need to add more innovative attrac-tions/offerings to further enchance the tourism product.

During the past four (4) years, Grenada has re-corded economic growth of about four percent (4%) annually and has been described as hav-ing the fastest growing economy in CARICOM; from where Mr. Theo-dore is sitting, the future of investment develop-ment on the island looks good.

Mr. Theodore and his team at the Grenada Investment Develop-ment Coporation (GIDC) remains committed to fostering and facilitating economic development through investment.

FDI INJECTS MILLIONS INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMYTourism Leads all Sectors

RONALD THEODORE, CEO - GIDC

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Businessman James Ince has embarked on a $30 million project that in-volves the construction of an industrial park in Woodlands, St George’s.Mr. Ince told the Bar-nacle that the main

objectives of the IBH Industrial Park project are attracting light manu-facturing businesses to the facility and creating employment for Grena-dian youth.“We know that we are

not a manufacturing nation because of the high utility costs that we face,’’ Mr Ince said. “But, there are certain sectors that we think we could attract to Grenada such as repackaging and

very light manufacturing, where maybe labour is the key and not so much energy.’’Such light manufactur-ing, Mr Ince believes, “has to be the greatest chance of employing

the largest number of people’’. “I enjoy the challenge of a new project and focusing on producing as many jobs as possible,’’ he added. Mr. Ince is well-known as the proprietor of SIFH GROUP formerly known as Spice Isle Fish House, which he has operated for many years. It was through a need of SIFH GROUP that he con-ceived the idea of the Woodlands Industral park.SIFH found itself want-ing storage space for the supplies it imported for resale. “We needed space for ourselves; but because we saw the same need for many custom-ers, we just kept expand-ing on it,’’ said Mr Ince.As a result, a major com-ponent of the Industrial park is the availability of storage space for rental by the general public.

Mr Ince described the planned warehouse stor-age as “backup services’’, which will be especially useful to people in-volved in construction projects who need ware-house storage, as well as for hoteliers to secure items while expanding or refreshing their prop-erties.“We want to see ware-houses developed, for short-term and long-term storage of materials they may need to help rebuild the hotels, to expand them, to make them bet-ter,’’ Mr Ince said.The Woodlands in-dustrial Park will be completed in about two years, with buildings constructed to be climate smart and weather-resis-tant and resilient, said Mr. Ince.He said he has so far not sought any assis-tance from the Grenada government. However, he intends to communi-cate with the government to receive their backing and on the possibility of being granted some concessions based on the possibilities that this Industrial park may provide for increased labour and growing other sectors. “We would love them to support the initia-tive and look forward to working closely with the Government’’ Mr Ince said.See interview on pages 15-18.

Industrial Park for Woodlands

The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development and Religious Affairs hereby informs the public that the Government of Grenada, in collaboration with the St. George’s University, is offering scholarships, to interested Grenadians nationals, who wish pursue bachelor’s and master’s degrees for the academic year 2019-2020.

1. Undergraduate Arts & Science Degree ProgrammesDeadline: June 15, 2019

2. Graduate (MBA) Degree Programme• Business Administration – (a) Multi-Sector Health Management (b) International BusinessDeadline: July 15, 2019

All applicants are advised to take note of the following:• Applicants must first apply to St. George’s University for acceptance.• Applicants must be citizens of Grenada.• Personal statements need to explain the applicants’ financial need.• Application forms, for the scholarship, can be accessed on our Facebook Page (Human Resource Development Division/Scholarship Desk) or from the Scholarship Desk via email.

Scholarship package requirements:• Scholarship application form• Two (2) references• Copy of birth paper and/or passport bio-data page• Certified copies of academic

certificates• Official transcript• Acceptance letter• One passport size photograph• Personal statement

Kindly submit one (1) copy of ALL required documents to the Human Resource Development Division/Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development and Religious Affairs on, or before, the respective deadlines mentioned above.

For further information, please contact the Human Resource Development Division/Scholarship Desk, at telephone numbers 473-440-2737/417-9762, or via email at [email protected].

SGU SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT


From 12th to 13th March this year, Gre-nada in the Caribbean was the host of the first regional IKI workshop on “Smart Integration of Climate Change Adapta-tion in the Caribbean”. The Caribbean region is extremely vulnerable to climate change and has experienced several extreme events in the recent past, including more frequently occur-ring severe hurricanes, droughts and flooding, and growing coastal erosion. These events have posed heavy financial burdens on Caribbean countries. For this reason, The IKI has been active in the Caribbean region since 2008.The current port-folio comprises all four funding areas of the IKI programme, namely 1) mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, 2) adapt-ing to the impacts of climate change, 3) con-serving natural carbon sinks with a focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) and 4) conserving bio-logical diversity.IKI has recognized the need for a more struc-tured dialogue between the different stakehold-ers of CARICOM mem-ber states, the concerned implementing agencies and external partners. The workshop gave an opportunity for partici-pants to share lessons learned and gain invalu-able insight through peer-to-peer exchanges of the strategies that works and the challeng-es encountered by other projects in the region. The event attracted over 80 participants, repre-senting 30 organisation and 10 governments.The workshop was mod-

erated by Dr. Spencer Thomas, one of Grena-da’s top negotiator at the UNFCCC COP. Thanks to his years of experience and deep knowledge of

the framework within which adaptation and mitigation projects are developed, financed and implemented, Dr. Thomas enhanced the

participants’ workshop experience by the way he was able to guide dis-cussions, address ques-tions and summarise sessions.

Opening keynote ad-dresses were delivered by Grenada’s Hon. Alvin Dabreo, Minister wrf. Forestry, and Fisheries and Nikola Zug from IKI/ZUG head office.The workshop offered a variety of discussion format, from interactive panel discussions on broad topics such as “In-tegration of Climate into Governmental Process-es” or “Climate Finance and Risk Reduction in the Region” to smaller group parallel working sessions on targeted topics around the NAP Process (Setting up the NAP Process, Financing NAP Implementation, NDC and NAP linkages and Integrating EbA into

NAP and NDC pro-cesses), specific adapta-tion measures (coastal zone management and risk mitigation through budget/project screening and insurance) and a fo-cus on the energy sector (linkages between Ad-aptation and Mitigation in the Energy Sector and Climate resilient Energy & Transport coupling).A number of expert presentations were also included in the pro-gramme. On the first day, Mrs. Aria S. Louis, Head of Environment Division in Grenada presented on “Grenada’s Integrated Adaptation Process” and Dr. Sherry Constantine from The Nature Conservancy, presented on “The contribution of MMAs to building climate resilience in the East-ern Caribbean”. On the final day, Tara James and Viktoria Seifert of Munich Climate Insur-ance Initiative presented on “Capacity, support and cooperation needs for enhancing resilience through climate insur-ance solutions in the Caribbean”.With a programme which offered such diverse topics, it is no surprise that the event was deem as a success and met the expectation of the vast majority of the participants. The event was organised on behalf of the Internation-al Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for Environ-ment, Nature Conserva-tion and Nuclear Safety (BMU) in collaboration with Government of Grenada, the German Development Coopera-tion (GIZ), The Nature Conservancy, and the Munich Climate Insur-ance Initiative.

GRENADA HOSTS FIRST REGIONAL IKI WORKSHOP FOR THE CARIBBEAN

DELEGATES AT THE IKI REGIONAL WORKSHOP IN GRENADA

PANEL DISCUSSION ON “NAP AND EBA: CREATING INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENT IN ADAPTATION” INVOLVING ARIA ST. LOUIS (GRENADA), SHANNA EMMANUEL (ST. LUCIA); NYASHA HAMILTON (ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES); DR. PAULETTE BYNOE (GUYANA)

AN EXHIBITION HELD OUTSIDE THE CONFERENCE CENTRE PROVIDED MANY DISCUSSION POINTS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO NETWORK AND SHARE EXPERIENCE

MINISTER HON. ALVIN DABREO OF GRENADA AND NIKOLA ZUG FROM IKI GAVE KEYNOTE ADDRESSES


April 2, 2019 – Quick action from Prime Minister and Minis-ter of Finance, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell resulted in ex-ecutive members of the Seamen and Waterfront Workers Union having discussions Monday on the ongoing fallout from the collapse of Colonial Life Insurance Com-pany (CLICO). Chairman of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union’s (ECCU) Techni-cal Core Committee on Insurance, Mr. Whitfield Harris met with the ex-ecutive members at the union’s headquarters. It was the first such meeting between Mr. Harris and CLICO policy holders and he provided updates on the current status of the CLICO situation, which

essentially remains a legal issue with adjudi-cated matters handled by a Judicial Manager. Although Mr. Harris did not have news of an imminent resolution of the matter, he spoke of ongoing attempts which have so far failed to bring about reimburse-ment for victims in Gre-nada and elsewhere in the Eastern Caribbean. The ECCU commit-tee chair said a plan approved by the court in Barbados four years ago is being challenged by the ECCU as it gives apparent preference to policy holders in Bar-bados, with payout to those persons expected in phase one and to those in other countries, in phase two. Mr. Harris explained that the challenge is

based on what appears to be an erroneous presumption in the court ruling that treated CLICO offices in Eastern Caribbean countries as subsidiaries, when in fact, they were branches which places their policyholders on equal footing as those in Bar-bados. A hearing on this appeal is still pending. Making a brief appear-ance at the meeting, Dr. Mitchell said it is pain-ful to hear of the grief the CLICO debacle has caused many persons. Though the Prime Min-ister himself is a victim of the CLICO fallout, he said it is nothing com-pared to the loss experi-enced by others. The Seamen and Wa-terfront Workers Union started its pension plan with CLICO as far back

as 1962 with members and their employers sharing contributions to the plan. Over the years, some members would have accumulated sev-eral hundred thousand dollars in benefits but today, many of them are left unable to take care of their basic needs The Prime Minister said, “Government views with serious concern the significant impact of the irrespon-sible behavior of a few persons on the lives and livelihood of so many people. When you see people whose entire life savings are linked to the irresponsible, fraudu-

lent behaviour of people who continue to live nice while others are dying without their ben-efits, it hurts. We feel the pain of the workers and the damage that has been done to all and by implication, the country as a whole.” Questioned on the way forward, the ECCU of-ficial said a resolution may require political intervention, although this in itself presents challenges with the matter still before the court. Dr. Mitchell has prom-ised to initiate a con-versation with his Barbadian counterpart

on the CLICO issue and he remains hopeful for a change in attitude on the matter. It is estimated that about 30,000 persons across Grenada and other Eastern Caribbean countries are victims of the CLICO debacle. Figures that at this point are several years old, indicate that CLICO assets are not sufficient to honour its liabilities. The disparity between assets and liabilities continues to be exacer-bated with each pass-ing day as the Judicial Manager assigned to the case, is remunerated from these same assets.

PRIME MINISTER INITIATES UPDATEON CLICO MATTER FOR STEVEDORES

PRIME MINISTER, DR. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH MITCHELL


Grenada Co-Operative Bank Ltd. was pleased to announce that, along with its benefactors, they have reached a monetary fund of over 155K to-wards the Carlton House project. The purpose of the Carlton House facil-ity is to provide an en-vironment which allows for all of the processes substance misusers must confront and overcome in wishing to reach a healthier place, both physically and mentally in their lives. The final goal for the benefac-tors is $500,000, to be utilized in the purchase of necessary items for the home.

The challenge and incidences of substance abuse in the country continues to rise with an alarming high of 80% of death rates being associ-ated with such non-com-municable diseases. This information was shared by Dr. Sonia Nixon, Senior Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health. She also noted, “sub-stance abuse is an illness and we cannot blame persons who are its vic-tims, we are looking to provide an environment in which healing can take place, as an individ-ual navigates through the stages of rehabilitation.”

Benefactors present at the launch meeting ex-pressed their full support of the bank’s initiative and hailed it as a matter of corporate responsibil-ity and an action which must be taken for Gre-nada’s sake. They joined with the bank in looking forward to welcom-ing more companies to their numbers. Current benefactors are; Jonas Browne & Hubbard, Flow Grenada, Antillean Life Insurance, Guardian Gen-

eral Insurance (OECS) Ltd. All were hearty in their welcome of new 2019 sponsor, Coyaba Beach Resort.

Mr. Ronald Hughes, Man-aging Director of Guard-ian General Insurance (OECS) Ltd., who have been benefactors from the outset of the project, was also very happy to advise the bank that his Company has pledged to increase their annual donation from 10K to 15K for 2020.

As the banks popular health walk, Pump It Up, continues to increase its number of partici-

pants, an opportunity is provided for walkers to contribute to the Carlton House fund and the bank was pleased to share that these contributions amounted to $22K raised by the record 5430 walk-ers in 2018.

Also of note is that funds can be contributed to the Carlton House project by members of the public at any branch Grenada Co-operative Bank Ltd.

Co–op Bank ‘Pump It Up’ health walk is scheduled to take place in Carriacou on Sunday April 7th and in Grenada on Sunday April 28th.

Co–op Bank & Benefactors Raise Over $155K for Carlton House

CO-OP BANK ‘PUMP IT UP’ BENEFACTORS: COYABA BEACH RESORT (NEW), ANTILLEAN LIFE INSURANCE, DR. SONIA NIXON, JONAS BROWNE & HUBBARD, GUARDIAN GENERAL INSURANCE (OECS) LTD. & FLOW GRENADA

MR. RONALD HUGHES, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GUARDIAN GENERAL INSURANCE (OECS) LTD., PRESENTING CHEQUE TO RICHARD DUNCAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GRENADA CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD.

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Communication has come a long way and with the smartphone our ways of commu-nicating are changing from talking to tex-ting. “We have seen an increase in questions through our facebook page. Texting lowers the communication barri-ers, people just want to send a message and get a quick response” says Trisha Celestine of Bud-get Marine Grenada.“This social media tool is fast, simple and user friendly, all the custom-er has to do is download the free app on their respective device and save our number”, Ce-lestine continues. “We have recently launched

whatsapp for business and the response is al-ready very positive. The majority of customers contacting us through whatsapp send us pho-tos of the actual item they’re looking for to see whether it is avail-able in the store, others send the item codes that they are looking for and also seek out our prices. When customers send actual photos of items they’re interested in, it is easier to pinpoint the product and provide feedback quickly. If we do not carry the item we can also easily share these images with our suppliers, to inquire for special orders.”The Whatsapp number

is yet another initia-tive of Budget Marine to continue building on their customer service, something they have even been recognized for with the nomina-tion of the Excellence

in Tourism Award in 2016, an industry’s first. Nicholas George, man-ager of Budget Marine Grenada places much emphasis on customer service: “We have sever-al initiatives to increase

our customer service such as a free shuttle bus going to our store on Saturdays, free wifi in our store and cus-tomers can contact us easily through facebook. Adding Whatsapp for

business as an easy way to contact us just made sense.” Budget Marine Grenada will be happy to answer any inquiries sent to their whatsapp number +1-473-418-3933.

Inquiries now possible through Whatsapp at Budget Marine

NICHOLAS GEORGE


April 1, 2019 – Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell has welcomed news that hundreds of Grenadians will be employed by Royal-ton Grenada when the rebranded hotel opens

its doors in December 2019. Located on the site of what was the Grenadian by Rex, the rebranded hotel, Royalton Grena-da, will provide direct employment for at least 400 persons while hun-

dreds of others will also benefit from indirect employment. New majority share-holders of the property, Sunwing Travel Group has confirmed that in addition to this sig-nificant level of direct

and indirect employ-ment when the hotel becomes operational, the construction phase which gets underway this month, will see the hiring of at least 450 persons. The Prime Minister was

apprised of these facts during a meeting last Friday with Sunwing’s Hotels & Resorts Execu-tive Vice-President, Mr. Daniel Diaz. In response, Dr. Mitch-ell said, “It is hearten-ing to hear about the number of jobs that will be generated. Projects like this create sig-nificant employment opportunities for locals, both in the construction phase and as perma-nent staff when the facility is operational. Government welcomes any initiative that will provide gainful employ-ment for our people. We have witnessed a steady decline in the country’s unemployment rate and we are keen to see this continue through the impact of projects like this.” Providing a status update on the project, Mr. Diaz said plans are progressing “smoothly and quickly” and he was high in praise for

the professionalism and accuracy of local planners engaged in the project. The rebranded hotel, Royalton Grenada will include 59 new rooms, which will bring the property total to 271, making it the largest ho-tel in Grenada. Despite the limited window in which to deliver addi-tional rooms, Mr. Diaz gave assurances that Sunwing is commit-ted to doing so and to welcome the first guests in December. Training opportunities offered by the Royalton have been highlighted as another key area that will benefit Grenadians and the Prime Minister has also welcomed this potential for capacity building in tourism and hospitality arts. It is envisaged that Sunwing will develop a second property on the site of the Royalton Grenada, which spans an area of 30-acres.

PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES NEWS THAT HUNDREDS OF GRENADIANS WILL BE EMPLOYED BY ROYALTON GRENADA

PRIME MINISTER, DR. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH MITCHELL GETS AN UPDATE ON ROYALTON GRENADA FROM TOP OFFICIALS FROM SUNWING’S HOTELS & RESORTS.

The Ministry of Education, Human Resource De-velopment and Religious Affairs expresses sincere appreciation to teachers across the nation who have continued to mark students’ SBAs and CPEA projects and to submit the relevant scores. The Ministry, on behalf of the Government of Grenada, commends you for putting the interest of the na-tion’s children first. The actions taken today by teachers, as stakeholders in the education process, will undoubtedly help to shape the quality of indi-viduals who will become the leaders of our country tomorrow. We are aware of recent correspondence from the Grenada Union of Teachers, advising its member-ship not to mark the SBAs and CPEA projects but instead to submit those to the Ministry of Edu-

cation. This call is troubling given its potential far-reaching implications for our children. Govern-ment therefore applauds those teachers who have remained resolute in their mission to safeguard the education of the next generation and have willingly fulfilled the assessment requirements. At this time, the Ministry seeks to assure parents that their children’s assessment and ultimately their examination grades, will not be negatively affected. We are delighted to inform that as of Monday, April 1, 2019, the requisite SBA samples and scores for most students have already been entered. The Ministry acknowledges that there are some out-standing assessments but officers within the Minis-try are currently providing the necessary guidance and support to principals and teachers who did not

meet the established timelines. We have also been having strategic dialogue with the regional examina-tions body to address any issues that may arise. We therefore remain confident that no student would be adversely affected by any delays in the submission of pertinent documents to the Caribbean Examina-tions Council. The Ministry of Education asks all teachers and principals to focus on the needs of our students and to refrain from action that could compromise the education of our children which could then ruin the potential for future opportunities. Like you, the Government of Grenada is a key stakeholder in the education of our children, and we endeavor to create an environment that is conducive to learning and working in partnership with others. Together, we must ensure that our actions today do not im-pede the progress of our beloved country tomorrow. Our children are our future.

Statement by the Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development and Religious Affairs - April 1, 2019

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Mr James Ince, thank you for allowing the Barnacle the opportunity to be a part of this amazing proj-ect. What is IBH? Who is IBH?IBH is just a holding compa-ny which seeks to provide backup services to the ho-tel industry – the hotel and tourism sector – as well as the construction sector.

What do you mean by “backup services’’?We don’t want to see hotels take valuable land space, which could be used for hotel rooms and increasing visitors’ arrivals, and use that space for storing old beach chairs, for example.

So, you offer the offsite storage facility for the existing hotel that would choose to use your ser-vices. If they chose to use your services.We would make it available to them, so that they can then use their storeroom and build hotel rooms, if it’s possible.

This is the first time Gre-nada has had the privi-lege of being provided

with a storage facility of this nature. What prompt-ed this?It was out of my own need; the need of Spice Isle Fish House to get a storage space for our fishing tackle and supplies that we import for the fishing sector.

What is your storage ca-pacity? Right now, we have about fifty 40-foot shipping con-tainers. However, the real aim is to have purpose-built warehousing for which people could rent anywhere from 2 or 3 thousand square feet to 10 and 20 thousand square feet. And we will aim for weather-resistant, smart climate buildings at our site

in Woodlands, St George’s.

And these warehous-ing facilities that you are talking about, would they give rise to the next in-dustrial park?We’re hoping so. We would like to be able to see some light manufacturing being done in Grenada. We’re never going to attract se-rious manufacturing with our high utility costs. But, if we can achieve a situation where goods are shipped from Asia to Grenada, handled here and then re-distributed from here to Central and South America, it might be something that would allow employers to hire a few hundred Grena-

dians to fulfill their needs .

So, in the first instance, this initiative came about to meet your need? And now, you recognise there is a wider need in the community for this kind of support?Yes.

How are you getting this message across to the Grenadian community that you have this facil-ity?Well, to this day, we haven’t done any sort of public-ity; we just get on with the job because things are relatively fluid, constantly changing. We see it as very important to come up

with a good base plan first, test the water, so to speak, to ensure that there is a need. We see the need for warehousing, temporary and long-term storage; but, most importantly, we want to develop jobs. We want to see more young people coming out of schools with better technical abilities; to see them having a place to work. We don’t want them to leave the country and then not come back because of a lack of opportunities. We need to develop at home, as much as we can; and, if we can provide an incuba-tor building for some sort of business along those lines to get people working, we’d be very happy that we’ve

helped in that purpose.

And can you say how long you’ve been provid-ing the storage?The storage has been go-ing on for about one year; we have been very lucky. We have had construction taking place and a need for storage by people who have either relocated or returned to Grenada and are working on their homes. Some peo-ple who were leaving the country on contract work needed a few things stored for a few months until they returned, and we were able to provide temporary

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storage. Storage is also provided for people who are coming in to Grenada to work on construction projects.

Initially, you mentioned the ho-tel and tourism sector. What has been the response to that sector to the facility?So far, in the conversations that we’ve had, everyone says, “I was going to do that; that was my idea; we were going to do it’’. But I think everyone’s happy to know that the service is available. They might not need it right now; but if we can imagine the next time, one of our prominent hotels wants to do refurbishment. They’ll take out 50/60 rooms worth of furniture and they don’t want that furniture to spoil. We’ll be there to offer them a solution; we could keep their material safe until they either sell or donate it to worthy causes, as most hotels do.

You started the storage facility initially to support your busi-ness, SIFH Group, and then branched off to the wider com-munity. What’s the future?For the future, we would like to see light manufacturing taking place and getting hundreds of people to work not just in basic jobs but in good technical posi-tions.

When we initially had this con-versation, you said you were envisioning about $30 million for the overall development of this project.I think the figure is not far off. The infrastructure work really has been the biggest challenge and we’re doing most of that, getting ready to build. We’ve had a local engineering company that did a great job for us. We continue to work with them and we’ve hired people directly to do the infra-structural work. We still estimate spending about $30 million once this 7-acre facility is developed.

By what period are you looking to have this fully developed?We want to say within the next three to five years. The first year has been infrastructural, drain-age, excavation and foundation. In the next two years we envision the first set of warehousing go-ing in, with the aim of completing the process within the next 3 to 5 years.

Who would determine what is

built on this facility? The need of the public, your vision? And who would determine what goes where?Ultimately, the demands of cus-tomers coupled with our abilities will determine what is built. We are not going to build something that is not needed; anything that we get ourselves involved in, it must have a need. We see in Grenada that there is a need for warehousing; there is a need to get people to work and, further, to get them good jobs.

Is the idea that the tourism in-dustry will have more rooms because there would be no need to put down warehousing on their plots? Yes. As you know, space is limited on our main beaches and in our main tourism belt area. It appears to be a bit of a waste of good valuable land, where we could be expanding and accommodating more tourists who are contribut-ing a significant amount of money to our economy. The hotels may not have previously had an easily accessible option for off site stor-age before, but our warehousing will provide this possibility.

People thumb their noses at this wetland location, histori-cally. What is it you seeing that we are not seeing?Twenty years ago when I moved

here, it was one of the first places I stopped for a cold drink, and I said to myself this is the next logi-cal industrial area for Grenada. I was not thinking I would be the one doing a bit of it. But it just made sense as it’s close to the airport. Any piece of land can be worked on; it’s a matter of how much you are willing to spend to make it feasible. And yes, there are some concerns with flooding and drainage. We’ve addressed most of them. We’ve cleaned the surrounding drains ourselves at our expense, from our boundar-ies all the way back to the ocean, which made a very big difference in allowing the water to flow freely and fight flooding. Any develop-

ment in this area – from Springs, Golf Course, part of Morne Jal-oux, and Woodlands – everything is draining in this section. So, a lot of thought and energy and proper physical planning have to be involved, based on the poten-tial projects and how they will af-fect the drainage in this area. We invested in thorough engineering and sought Physical Planning’s permission through the neces-sary lawful procedures and it was granted.

Why here, why now?We’re seeing lots of ongoing proj-ects that provide opportunities. We also hear from the Prime Min-ister and other Ministers about

projects that are coming. One of the first things project manag-ers look at is the country’s basic infrastructure, so that they’ll be able to build efficiently. It means they’ll need storage for things like containers, trucks, and cranes for offloading items, and the facility can’t be in the middle of the coun-try; you need to locate it relatively close to their project for logistical efficiency.

Would you say you’re a fore-runner?No. I think I can recognize a need in the marketplace and like the challenge of envisioning how I can fill it. I have a very keen in-terest in construction, even if I’m

not a contractor, and I will not be one. I like building and would like to see development. And, I am very happy and proud to see the great effort the government has put forth to create an enabling en-vironment for everyone to invest, prosper and keep reinvesting.

What is happening in this economy that gives you the confidence to want to put down upwards of $30 million into the facility?There are multiple projects on-going in Grenada, and potential projects, that will provide oppor-tunities for supporting businesses like ourselves to build and grow. Moreover, we want to see the

country go forward, to see every-body rise together and, if we can, provide opportunities in jobs, po-tential investments and contribute positively.

What’s driving the passion that I hear in your voice? I like to see development, and I’ve been very fortunate to work in a country where, if I had an idea and I thought I could do it, I was able to do it; no one stopped me, no one said, you can’t do it , don’t do it. I was very fortunate to be able to run with my ideas.

And you’re referring to this country?Yes, I am a proud Grenadian. Nothing is ever perfect, but our crime rate is almost nonexistent compared to our neighbours. There’s also the ease of doing business. You can have your goods off the port in a day, if you have your paperwork in line. How many countries can you get things done with the ease that you can do it in Grenada? Yes, we can do better in certain areas; but, considering what we do and how we do it, there’s a lot to be said for how well the Country is performing right now.

You supported the construc-tion industry by introducing sand. What prompted that? We saw the opportunity with the

importation of sand after the ban-ning of the mining of local beach sand. We understood very clearly the importance of sand in the building industry. We kept hear-ing too many reports of sand running out, we don’t have any more sand, and that construc-tion was being held up for weeks. And when I hear things like that, it causes me to act because we want to see projects and devel-opment progress. So, if I see an opportunity where the company can develop a part of its business by providing a needed service or product, I will do so. We have to be profitable when doing it but that’s not a driving force; the driv-ing force is collectively solving problems we face. Sand is a raw material for making concrete and is therefore important for the on-going developments in Grenada . We are not only offering sand for large projects , but also aiming for small builders and individual con-tractors to have easy access and ready supply of sand. We’re open seven days per week; we’re trying to offer great customer service.

You said you saw an opportu-nity to solve the problem. Are you an opportunist, problem-solver or plain old business-man?I am not a traditional business person. I believe to be success-ful in business , one must seek opportunities, recognise that de-mands are met by solving a cus-tomer’s problem, and best busi-ness practices must be followed for longevity. So the combination of these 3 things guide my deci-sions, and if we have all 3 cov-ered, I’ve hit the trifecta.

You’ve seen the Grenada busi-ness set up and set up in the Caribbean and internationally. Is Grenada poised for takeoff right now?Yes, from my perspective it defi-nitely is! Everywhere you look, there’s a lot of buzz in and about Grenada. We are presently seeing physical investments as the best evidence of this – Silversands, Renegade Rum and Kawana Bay are great examples of that. Every few years, our top hotels such as Spice Island Beach Resort and Calabash are revamping their product, constantly reinvesting. Without people like that, I won’t exist. I pretty much owe every-thing we do to many other folks in Grenada who have seen the need

to expand and to invest their mon-ey back at home. I’ve always said to all the people we work with that our mantra is that we need them to be successful before we can be successful. We want everyone to do well; and if we can play our part, it gives me great satisfaction to know that we have.

What is your mission?For this project, I would like to establish the business park and attract foreign companies to do some light manufacturing in Gre-nada at this location.

And are you going to team up with the GIDC, which seems to be in charge of the industrial parks on the island, to advance your cause or are you going to stand alone?We will not be teaming up with the GIDC, which has very straight forward guidelines and mandate by the Government of Grenada to develop business in the coun-try. We are a stand alone, private business offering physical space and a convenient location for new and existing businesses in Gre-nada.

When this becomes the suc-cess you envision, would you look elsewhere on the island?I think I’m looking already. A lot of concern for development of the country questions why every-thing is always in the South, and I agree. There’s a lot of services and facilities we don’t get in other parts of Grenada. Right now, with the Construction of a rum factory North of Grenville, that provides a new Industrial site that could po-tentially provide many new jobs and support businesses. This could be the beginning of the growth of industries and new proj-ects outside of the South. Where there is growth and a need for our services, we are ready and willing to provide them.

In your vision, when this IBH facility is up and running, how would it dramatically transform the surrounding locality?We definitely think there’s going to be a lot more buzz around the place. There will be a lot more people coming to work in this area, hoping to work at these fa-cilities. We don’t want traffic to be crazy, but we know it’s going to be a bit busier. We have sorted out the drainage on the old bridge and hopefully it’s going to be cleaned

on a regular basis, and flooding issues that we’ve had would be sorted out. Landowners are go-ing to see potential opportunities for other business places that would want to come and set up in the area. So, we see it as having great potential for a lot of others to benefit, not just ourselves.

So you wrote to the govern-ment and said, ‘I’m James Ince and I have this project?’Well, I’m in the process of provid-ing the Government with a report of the project – what we have achieved so far and our plans. Everything we’ve done so far has been done without concessions.

Can you state what you’ve done so far?We’ve probably spent about 4 million EC dollars thus far. That’s money spent for the purchase of the lands as well as for infra-structural work, removal of soil, and putting in compacted mate-rial in preparation for building. This has been done without any assistance from the government. We are in the process of writing a plan to get some assistance for constructing the buildings. These buildings are going to be follow-ing some strict guidelines in terms of energy efficiency and hurricane preparedness; we want to make sure we don’t have to build back if, and when, a storm passes. We also have an obligation to protect our clients’ belongings that we store. We have to plan for the fu-ture.

So you are going to put down hurricane-resistant buildings?Yes, we have advised the Engi-neering team that all buildings should be able to withstand hur-ricane force winds and dangerous weather. We believe it is impor-tant given our experiences with destruction from Hurricane Ivan and Grenada’s focus on Climate Resilience to prevent damage to property as far as our plans will allow.

Who is the local engineer you’re working with? Barry’s Engineering, Mr. Leslie Barry. He has been working with us tirelessly. We are very happy to work with him and his team. They are very professional. We look forward to working with him

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for the balance of the proj-ect.

And do you believe you would be able to find tal-ent locally to complete what you’ve started? Yes. There are more than enough skilled and quali-fied persons on the island to conclude the work; that’s not an issue at all. We may have a situation where there’s a certain specialty job and we require outside resources to do some as-pect of it. But, there’ll be local people working along-side, hopefully learning what they’re doing.

You’ve been here for 20 years; SIFH Group is a successful story. What do you expect the govern-ment to say when they receive your letter? What are your expectations?I believe they will be inter-ested in the project, the location and business po-tentials. We will be request-ing concessions to assist in realising the project, as any investor that comes in would do. There are existing Investment incentives, and we will not be requesting any extraordinary relief that is not in line with previous approvals. The difference is that because this project differs from traditional busi-nesses or projects that en-joy the incentives, it does not fit the mould. Special approval is therefore need-ed to extend the assistance to this project.

Do you expect favourable responses?Yes,I am hopeful for a fa-vourable response. I would like the Government, in some degree to come on board with the project.

You want to work with the government as a sup-porter?Yes, we definitely want the Government’s support and believe it is important for the project’s success. We are very happy to see the progress the Government is making. We want to see the country go forward and it will go forward if you have the right ideas.

In terms of safety, what

measures have you put in place to ensure that a company’s storage is safe?At the present time the property is fenced and gat-ed. Security cameras and an automated entry sys-tem are being installed so that when people enter the property, they can be moni-tored, log in and out auto-matically. We are moving with the technology that’s provided by local compa-nies; we are trying to do everything we can to make sure that we spend the money within Grenada first. If they can’t provide the ser-vice at the right price, then we look regionally; the last

look is internationally, if you have to go that far.

Regarding employment creation, what do you an-ticipate?Right now, it’s about 7 or 8 folks on a day-to-day basis during this first infra-structural phase. When we physically start doing the roads and drains and foun-dations, we can easily see an increase to about 30 or 40 construction jobs for that period. Once we get the buildings operational and begin renting them out, our clients are then going to be hiring people to carry out their operations.

The fact that you’re able to turn this wetland into dryland, do you think ev-erybody accepts that?I don’t think they’ve taken the time to come and un-derstand what we’re do-ing. There has been a lot of speculation on what we are doing and how we are do-ing it. We’re very approach-able. We try to figure out the best way of solving prob-lems without causing incon-venience to others. Some people have made negative comments about the area, but I see it slightly different. We want to do everything we can to make sure our development doesn’t nega-tively affect someone else.

What will be the ideal re-lationship between you and the neighbourhood?I think it has to be a situa-tion where the neighbour-hood feels as if they’ve got development coming to the area that raises their prop-erty value, and also poten-tial jobs for people who are not working, and it’s not in-trusive on their day-to-day lives.

Can you give assurances on that?We applied to Physical Planning for permission for industrial development and they approved it. We’re not going to run a night club blaring music all night; it’s

not that sort of area. We don’t want to do anything purposely to cause head-aches or confusion for any-body. The site will have ad-equate parking and space for Operations so that no unnecessary congestion will be added.

In your view, what would this project look like in the end?I am looking forward to see-ing the buildings up and run-ning; to seeing clients pros-per, lots of people working, a productive, high-energy environment that provides success for all. That will be an achievement.

Over what period all of this should be up and running?The first phase should be complete two years from now. By the end of this year we are hoping for the first warehouse to be complet-ed; but we are in the draw-ing stage still. We anticipate that by the end of this year the first building will be up and the roads in. Then, we’ll be planning for the next buildings into the next year.

What about the green en-vironment-friendly busi-ness?That what we’re looking for with the buildings. We are going to insulate the build-ings to increase their effi-ciency, so the cost of cool-ing is not exorbitant. Using the latest technology, we would like to be able to cre-ate something that is truly green and environment-friendly.

In one sentence, how will you summarise all of this?Exciting for me! I like the thought of doing something that maybe hasn’t been done this way before. As far as I’m concerned, it is the responsibility of business persons/owners to try and create as much employ-ment as we possibly can and meet the demands of our gowing economy.

Anything else?We thank the Barnacle very much for sharing this proj-ect with your audience.

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Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean has again been recognized as a great place to vacation and this was highlighted

in the USA Today’s Top 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards for several Tour-ism categories.

To be rated number #2 in the Best Caribbean Island for Romance category is a great honour as we know the Caribbean region is

one of the most roman-tic places to visit in the world. Couples can visit our 15 waterfalls, get a massage at one of our

Sulphur springs, take a leisurely hike around Grand Etang lake or just relax and enjoy the stunning sunsets on one of our 40 white sandy beaches. Special men-tion must be made of the world famous Grand Anse Beach, ranked #4 in the Caribbean.

Local Beach Bar Umbrel-las on Grand Anse Beach was rated #6 for a cool place to hang out and enjoy the vibe while local restaurant BB’s Crabback was rated #9 for its tasty, authentic, spice infused cuisine.

Our rum factories of Clarke’s Court and River Antoine Rum Distillery were rated #6 and #8 respectively and anyone who has visited River Antoine Estate is in awe at the oldest working water wheel in the Carib-bean and can taste the purity of the ancient pro-cessing technique while Clarke’s Court offers an award winning selection of island flavoured rums,

the newest being their chocolate rum liqueur Amaz-In.

Not only on land does Grenada have plenty to offer visitors but beneath the sea as well. The world’s first Underwa-ter Sculpture Park was rated #8 and for dive enthusiasts, the Bianca C dive wreck site was rated #4. Our sister island of Carriacou known as the ‘Isle of Reefs’ got a dive feature with Sisters Rock and was rated #9.

To crown it all, our hotel product was also featured with the only AAA Five Diamond resort on is-land, Spice Island Beach Resort ranked #7 in the Caribbean. The Gre-nada Tourism Authority (GTA) thanks the judges from USA Today for the nominations and extends congratulations to all our Tourism partners on these awards, which are highly appreciated as they are determined by popular vote.

GRENADA, CARRIACOU AND PETITE MARTINIQUE RANKED #2 FOR BEST CARIBBEAN ISLAND FOR ROMANCEUSA Today’s Top 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2019 Announced

The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) extends con-gratulations to the Spice Island Beach Resort, Cala-bash Luxury Boutique Hotel, Mount Cinnamon Resort and Beach Club and Sandals Grenada, recently awarded for customer excellence by British Airways Holidays (BAH). The recognition is presented every year to British Airways Holidays’ top-rated hotels, based entirely on the feedback from customers. The properties customer excellence ratings are:Spice Island Beach Resort- overall 9.6 out of 10 scoreCalabash Luxury Boutique Hotel- overall 9.3 out of 10 scoreMount Cinnamon Resort and Beach Club- overall 9.3 out of 10 scoreSandals Grenada-overall 9 out of 10 scoreAs part of BAH’s commitment to providing high-quality guest experiences, the UK tour operator works with Reevoo, an independent and impartial third-party company, to collect customer reviews. Feedback is only collected from genuine British Airways Holidays custom-ers, who are asked to score hotels based on location, service, cleanliness, and sleep quality. BAH has gathered over 80,000 independent hotel reviews this year with the Customer Excellence distinction only awarded to hotels which ranked within the top 3% of the company’s global portfolio.Chairman of the GTA, Brenda Hood congratulated the hotels saying, “This recognition is testament to the invest-ment that these properties place in customer service excellence. This unbiased feedback from British Airways Holidays’ customers also boosts the international profile of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique as a pre-ferred Caribbean destination.” The GTA encourages all properties in the destination to continue to invest in training for staff to deliver high qual-ity customer service and memorable experiences. Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean is a holiday paradise with an accommodation sector that caters to everyone.

ITB Berlin is the world’s leading travel trade show held in Germany every March. This year Team Gre-nada had its own Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean themed stand thanks to the generous sup-port of Silversands Grenada. Minister of Tourism & Civil Avia-tion Dr. Clarice Modeste-Curwen led the delegation from the Gre-nada Tourism Authority (GTA) in-cluding CEO Patricia Maher, Mar-keting Manager Francine Stewart and Marketing Executive Shanai St. Bernard. The GTA Representa-tives, Discover the World in Ger-many headed by Margit Schwarz consulted with the tour operators and Condor Airline and arranged the full appointment schedule. Representatives from Silversands Grenada, Spice Island Beach Resort & Blue Horizons Garden Resort, Laluna, Mount Edgecombe and St. James Travel & Tours joined the GTA on the stand and were delighted with the ease of doing business during the show. Tour

Operator DerTour reported 100% growth in room nights for the cur-rent winter season and Condor Air-line reported improved seat load factors for the period November to April 2019.Minister Modeste-Curwen reiter-ated the importance of direct air connectivity from Frankfurt to Gre-nada not only for the German and Continental European market but from as far away as China as well. CEO Patricia Maher stated “The German market has tremendous potential considering Germany is the largest national economy in Europe and the Germans are world

travel champions. Grenada offers the perfect mix of white sandy beaches and natural rain forest to rich cultural heritage and tasty cuisine to meet the needs of the modern German traveler.” GTA Marketing Manager Francine Stewart highlighted the new inter-airline agreement between Condor and LIAT, which allows for a seam-less connection via Barbados in the summer months. This connec-tion will allow the GTA to mar-ket Grenada’s authentic festivals during the summer months such as Spicemas (August 12-13).

GTA Congratulates Hotels Awarded For Excellent Customer Service By British Airways Holidays

PURE GRENADA STANDS OUT WITH DESIGNER STAND AT ITB 2019

First Time With Own Stand at World’s Leading Travel Trade Show in Germany

GRENADA DELEGATION AT ITB 2019 LED BY TOURISM MINISTER DR. CLARICE MODESTE CURWEN (MIDDLE-BLACK PANT SUIT, WHITE BLOUSE)


The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) accom-plished two major events in the UK recently aimed at enhancing the profile of Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean. The first was the 18th Unite Caribbean (March 11). Main sponsorship of the event saw GTA Marketing Manager Francine Stewart under-take 27 meetings with key airline and tour operator partners. Ms Stewart also presented to over 160 Unite Carib-bean delegates, hoteliers and buyers, highlighting what’s new on the three islands, and our hotel partners’ recent achieve-ments, whilst showing the very well received Free to Wonder video.This year, a strong delegation represented the destination includ-ing Radisson Grenada, Silversands Grenada, Sandals Grenada Resort & Spa, Coyaba Beach Resort, Mount Cinnamon

Resort and Beach Club, Blue Horizons Garden Resort, Spice Island Beach Resort, St. James Travel and Tours, True Blue Bay Resort, Laluna Boutique Beach Hotel and Royalton Grenada. Stewart praised the event saying, “Ensur-ing Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique remains the destination of choice for the travel industry is at the heart of our strategy and there’s no better way to achieve this than speaking with decision makers face to face. In such a competi-tive market it is essential we continue to market Grenada proactively and persistently with the support of our valued industry partners.”Mr Leo Garbutt of Calabash Luxury Bou-tique Hotel said: “Unite Caribbean provides an unrivalled opportunity to meet industry partners and promote our excel-lent product to the UK

travel industry. Working together means we create maximum impact.”The following day (March 12), Pure Gre-nada hosted its first ‘Grenada Ambassador

Rewards’ Awards, at-tended by nearly fifty award-winning travel agents and tour operator reservation staff guests. Specially invited guests included Lorraine Grant,

representing the Caribbe-an Tourism Organisation (CTO), and Darren Pear-son of GTA partner, My Booking Rewards, which oversees the Grenada Ambassador Rewards

programme.Partners from the island were invited to co-host the evening, namely: Sir Royston Hopkin KCMG representing, Spice Island Beach Resort and Blue Horizons Garden Resort; Mr Leo Garbutt of Calabash Luxury Bou-tique Hotel; Mr Daniel Nicholas and Mrs Arleen Redhead of Radisson Grenada; Mrs Magdalena Fielden of True Blue Bay Boutique Resort; and Mrs Marielle Alexander of St James Travel and Tours. They were joined by the teams from UK sales offices of Laluna Boutique Beach Hotel & Villas; Mount Cinnamon Resort & Beach Club; Sandals Grenada Resort & Spa and Silversands Grenada.The event was enhanced with Grenadian cuisine and culture, culminating with an award ceremony to recognise excellence in sales to the islands, with each of the hotel partners rewarding their top sellers. Stewart said: “Pure Grenada is proud to be a member of the My Booking Rewards programme driving our Grenada Ambassador Programme membership - that now totals over 1,400 UK travel agents - in growing their knowl-edge of the islands of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Most importantly, it encourag-es the agents to sell Gre-nada and rewards them when they make book-ings. Tonight, we have celebrated the success of our registered agents and look forward to many more years of growth in members and the visitors they send to our beauti-ful islands.” Both events were supported by the GTA’s Representatives for the UK, Eyes2Market.

PURE GRENADA KEY SPONSOR OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL UNITE CARIBBEAN 2019 AND HOST OF THE FIRST “GRENADA AMBASSADOR REWARDS” AWARDSAirline and Travel Industry Meetings, Followed by a Reward Event for Excellence in Promoting Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique in the UK

FRANCINE STEWART, MARKETING MANAGER GTA (MIDDLE) WITH TOP FIVE UK TRAVEL AGENTS TO COMPLETE THE GRENADA AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME WITH 100 PER CENT PASS RATE; LEFT TO RIGHT: DENISE BENT, FABULICIOUS TRAVELS; TOBY BOWERS – TRAVEL REPUBLIC; NADEENE DWARKA – CLUB CARIBBEE; MS STEWART; NATASHA TYNDALE - VIRGIN HOLIDAYS; RASHIN PATEL – THE HOLIDAY PLACE.

SIR ROYSTON HOPKIN KCMG PRESENTING MS LAI YAP OF KENWOOD TRAVEL WITH HER ‘TOP HOTEL SELLER 2015-2018’ AWARD FOR SALES TO SPICE ISLAND BEACH RESORT.

Grenada Ambassador Reward Awards: Top UK Travel Agents Selling Vacations to Pure Grenada, the Spice of the Caribbean

Awards Awardees

Top Seller from 2015-2018 Massimo Corbo- Hotels of the Caribbean

Top Hotel Sellers from 2015- 2018:

Blue Horizons Garden Resort Tropical Sky

Calabash Luxury Boutique Hotel Jo Plummer - Tropic Breeze Vacations

Coyaba Beach Resort Melisa Oliver - Kenwood Travel

Laluna Tropical Sky

Mount Cinnamon Resort & Beach Club Joel Hill - Kenwood Travel

Radisson Grenada Beach Resort Yvonne Joseph - SN Travel

Sandals Grenada Jake Goodenough - The Destination Lounge

Spice Island Beach Resort Lai Yap - Kenwood Travel

True Blue Bay Boutique Resort Lucy Armstrong - British Airways


The Government of Grenada is taking steps to make its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme more at-tractive to investors by offering a greater range of benefits.Minister for Trade, Industry, Cooperatives and CARICOM Affairs, Honourable Oliver Jo-seph recently presented a bill in the House of Representatives for the Grenada Citizenship by Investment (Amend-ment) Act 2019.The amendments ex-pand the definition of dependents as it relates to CBI applications, to include parents and grand-parents who are below the age of 55, unmarried siblings of the main applicant and spouse as well as chil-dren born within twelve months of the grant-ing of citizenship. The amendments also re-move the requirements for dependent children between the ages of 18 and 30 to be enrolled at an institution of higher learning and for parents or grandparents over 55 years to be fully sup-ported.Another amendment provides for the remov-al of permanent resi-dence as a pre-requisite for citizenship. The amended Grenada Citi-zenship by Investment Act also provides for secondary purchasers of CBI units in approved projects to acquire citi-zenship.In tabling the amend-ments, Minister Joseph said the intention is to make Grenada’s CBI Programme more attrac-tive and to offer greater value for money to investors.Minister Joseph said, “You would note that

there is no amendment that reduces prices. We must have a programme that offers attractive benefits, without having to reduce the price.”Standing in support of the bill to amend the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Act, Prime Minister and Minis-ter of Finance, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell underscored the importance of the CBI Programme but also affirmed that Grenada will not compromise on security.Dr. Mitchell said, “Grenada is not depen-dent on CBI, there-fore we do not have to compromise on security to maintain our programme. It is important that we stay competitive but at the same time, we must maintain the integrity of the programme. Any action by one country that compromises se-curity can have serious consequences for the entire region, therefore we must all be mindful of that.”Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Peter David who also stood in support of the amendments, said the CBI programme must be continuously re-viewed to ensure that it remains competitive.He said, “Grenada has one of the most rig-orous due diligence programmes; there are checks conducted electronically and there are also persons on the ground who would knock on the doors of applicants to verify the accuracy of what is stated on applications. We know the impor-tance of the CBI Pro-gramme to the country and we must maintain

its integrity.”Grenada offers two op-tions under its Citizen-ship by Investment Programme. One option requires a contribution to the National Trans-formation Fund while the other provides for a real estate investment and a smaller contribu-tion to the fund.

GOV’T MAKES ITS CBI PROGRAMME MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS

DR. THE RIGHT HON. KEITH MITCHELL, PM AND MINISTER OF FINANCE

HON. PETER DAVID, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

HON. OLIVER JOSEPH, MIN FOR TRADE, INDUS-TRY, COOPERATIVES & CARICOM AFFAIRS

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Mr. Samuel Brathwaite please tell me your rela-tionship with the Grenada Cocoa Association.I am the accountant at Gre-nada Cocoa Association, and Diamond Chocolate Factory, Diamond Street, Victoria, St. Mark home of Jouvay Chocolate. At our organisations we do more than our job area suggests because of our small staff; everyone has learned to multitask.

As you celebrate your fifth year in existence has The Diamond Chocolate Fac-tory accomplished the mission that it has set out to do?I think as an organisation we did much better than is expected. In the first year we produced a fair enough product to ship a contain-er load to the USA. We expected in the first five years to give more than ad-ministrative support to the factory but from the outset it attained financial inde-pendence.One of our primary goals was to produce a choco-late that would find full acceptance here in Grena-da, little did we know that Jouvay Chocolate would conjure up euphoria and national pride only seen by the Grenada Revolution and having Kirani James winning the Olympics. Surely this is a different ac-tivity, but Jouvay is the pri-mary gift taken for friends and family overseas and we stand back with pride seeing our friend or guest sample the unforgettable taste of the Isle of Spice. We have not reached there yet, but we have made tre-mendous strides in terms of production, quality and marketing. The market is the most important factor

in our growth. The ability to produce a premium product and how to sell our chocolate mak-ing it acceptable especially in Grenada, the region and internationally is a task we take seriously and have made acceptable strides for which we must give thanks to God.

You said you’ve made tremendous strides in the area of production when you started what were you producing and how have your production portfolio increased over these last five years?In the first two years, we started with three 85 grams of chocolate bars (60%, 70% 100%). We did a 2 lb block couverture in the same percentage %. Our main focus then was to produce chocolate for our partner business in the USA. So, therefore, we

had to produce in the first and second year a contain-er load to go to the USA, plus selling our chocolate in Grenada. To meet that demand we were only us-ing just over 40,000 lbs thousand pounds of Cocoa beans. In the years 2017 and 2018, we were produc-ing mainly for sale in the Grenadian market which comprised local consump-tion and soft export (per-sons taking the chocolate overseas). This means we are not producing so much couverture but are pro-ducing mainly bars. Since we have added four new chocolate, cocoa butter, cocoa powder and cocoa balls to our list of prod-ucts. Even with producing fewer couverture blocks use of cocoa increased to over one hundred thou-sand pounds (100,000 lbs). Our objective is to be

able to bring benefit to the farmers, first by to stabilis-ing price then to be able to pay a higher price for cocoa. We still cannot do it; we still are dependent on the world market price for Cocoa. We must be able to use up enough cocoa to start making a difference.

So your value-added components to the cocoa which is chocolate as a means of giving greater benefit to the farmers?Yes, and giving greater benefit means that we can stabilise price for them. In the past, when the world market price went down, our price for the farmers goes down, and that has its repercussion in how much cocoa the farmers could reap from the field, because if the price is not good some of them will leave it on the trees to burn.

Since the advent of Jouvay five years ago what has been the attitude of farm-ers towards harvesting the cocoa?I will start that from the benefit that we bring to Grenada and the knowl-edge of knowing from Gre-nada; we have a product that can take its place in the world in terms of choc-olate. A lot of farmers have been coming on board say-ing they will be planting cocoa. And our records will show a lot of people have started back into the field. The number of farm-ers has grown steadily.

How has Jouvay affected the attitude of the average Cocoa farmer the choco-late aspect?Besides the intrinsic satis-faction and pride of know-ing that their cocoa is mak-

ing quality chocolate right here in Grenada has not yet transcended in bum-per sales that would bring the tangible benefits that our cocoa farmers seek. Maybe I am getting excited as them in expecting fruit from a baby tree, in reality we know that it will take hard work to grow the Dia-mond Chocolate Factory. There are benefits, but they are not so much feel-ing it; the benefits are like small ripples of in a gentle stream because we are still not big enough in terms of how much produce we are taking from them so that the price can be stabilized. For instance, at the begin-ning of this cocoa year, we had to lower the price to the farmers because the world market price went down. Because of Jouvay chocolate, we held onto the higher price paid to the farmer a bit longer; but in terms of saying that the world market price goes down and we will keep on giving you a stabilised price and we could not make that happen. But one our objective is to make that happen.

What is the single most important contribution Jouvay chocolate has made to farming in Grena-da and the cocoa industry in general? In Grenada, before Jouvay Chocolate or any choco-late company we use half of one percent of the an-nual production of our co-coa locally; in 2014 it was 12,610 lbs. In 2018 the amount of cocoa used by locally amounted to over one hundred Thousand pounds. This represents a significant increase in us-age of our beans in Grena-da for chocolate making.

When you started what product were you produc-ing then and what are you producing now?We started with three products; we started with sixty, seventy and a hun-dred percent. Since we used sixty the percent and added flavours like (gin-ger, nutmeg and cocoa nibs to make crunchy choco-late) we added seventy-five percent later on. We moved from three prod-ucts to seven and then we are now adding two more products. But additionally we have plans, and we are taking steps to build a milk chocolate factory. Already the equipment is purchased and the build-ing is fabricated to accom-modate the equipment.

How acceptable is Jouvay chocolate locally and in-ternationally and where do you sell that chocolate to abroad?Grenada cocoa got a name on the market because over three hundred years we’ve been selling cocoa to the world. In fact, at one point in time, Grenada used to do around seventeen percent of the total world produc-tion. Grenada is known, especially, throughout Europe, they know our cocoa. We are piggyback-ing on the knowledge of bringing Grenada cocoa to the world to now sell our chocolate to the world.

What is so renown about Grenada’s cocoa that caused the raw cocoa to give the Jouvay chocolate the push across the world? Grenada cocoa is known for its favour, we sell trini-tario which is fine flavour. Grenada cocoa is one hun-dred percent fine flavour, we sell trinitario and a lot of people, friends in Trini-dad which is the home of trinitario basically boast the best cocoa in the world but we know, and our us-ers know that our flavours are very rich and can com-pete with any trinitario, anywhere in the world.

Can we boast the best co-coa in the world?I will like to think so.

You talked about the fla-vour, what else is unique? The atmosphere is natu-rally unpolluted, talk about the strength of the

EC$35 Million Generated in 5 Years

Jouvay Chocolate Adding Value to Agriculture/ Farmers

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cocoa that gives it its fine flavour?The cocoa is planted and in intercrop with nutmeg and spices, so that adds fla-vours to the cocoa. Some tasters will say they’re tasting nutmeg or cinna-mon. So because of the intercropping. Addition-ally how cocoa is grown, it must have a canopé over it so to protect it from too much direct sunlight and in some cases, it’s plant-ed alongside forest tree and side trees, so you’ll see trees that do not have any fruit benefits growing alongside the cocoa but a lot of these trees have me-dicinal benefit.

The benefit of the cocoa is that inter-planted it with spices, it blends; they share each other’s flavour and flavour each other. Additionally, the history of Grenada, whatever is planted in Grenada, it’s always rich in flavour, for instance, our clove gets the best price on the world market, and our cinnamon is superior to everybody, and it’s grown in Grenada. During the days of when the Europeans first come here, the French fought the Carib for the tobacco leaves as the biggest any-way they can find in the world. Grenada is blessed with rich soil, and because of the tegwar soil, they are blessed with it. The prime minister of St. Vincent said anything you send to Gre-nada; it will grow, even on the concrete, it will grow.

So we’re blessed. You said your cocoa is well renown across Europe, where is the chocolate sold and how much great is the de-mand for it? Most of our chocolate is sold locally, but it’s taken worldwide because during our cruise season is when we will sell about 60-70 percent of our chocolate

And in terms of bars, how much will that represent?There was no calculation given

What percentage of that plant is utilised?We used all of the plants as it stands but not all the time. We still running one shift and we are capable of doing two or three shifts.

So 1/3 of your time?It’s 1/3 of your production

capacity is used up.

How many pounds of chocolate did you pro-duce last year?We used over one hun-dred thousand pounds, that will be around sev-enty thousand pounds of chocolate

And that has been in-creased over the year be-fore.Yes, it increased.

Over the last five years, how much you produce? About four hundred thou-sand pounds?No, maybe about two hun-dred fifty to three hundred pounds.

What is the local accep-tance to the chocolate you sell? But I see locations where Jouvay should be, why aren’t you there?In Grenada when we first started we did our market survey and Grenadian was paying about two million dollars for chocolate an-nually. And we set out to at least get about fifty per-cent. I think we are forty-five percent

Jouvay chocolate has about fifty percent of the local chocolate market. Of all the chocolate sold in Grenada about fifty per-cent is local? Yes, I’m talking about milk chocolate and dark choco-late. I think is about fifty percent of the market.

Is diamond chocolate fac-tory a public company or a private company?It is a private company.

You can’t tell me how much money you gener-ated last year in chocolate sales? No

What does the future look like for Jouvay chocolate? In terms of the Caribbean Jouvay chocolate is slowly building a market in St. Lucia. Trinidad market is very difficult at this time; therefore, the Diamond factory is not concentrat-ing on the Trinidad mar-ket at this time. Jouvay chocolate is slowly build-ing sales in the and USA. Europe is a challenge to go into however, there some interest in some of the Eu-ropean countries.

What is the goal?

The goal is to sell world-wide. One of the biggest challenges Diamond will face is that in getting a re-ally big seller of chocolate, whether diamond factory production will be able to match it.

Would your production be able to match it?There was company who bought chocolate from Di-amond chocolate factory and I have been behind to them to take chocolate for their other stores they have Worldwide and they laughed at me, they said in Argentina alone one of their big chocolate suppli-ers could not meet their demands.

Based on our economy scale we cannot meet many large demands but what if we can produce a quality chocolate. What is your quality chocolate? Tell us about your quality chocolate.The situation is that there are possible 2 million lbs of cocoa in Grenada. 2 mil-lion lbs of cocoa can give you 10 million chocolate bars annually.

That is if all the chocolate stays in Grenada and goes into chocolate produc-tion?Yes, if we can do so, we will extend our manufac-turing facilities because at the moment we are doing about 3 thousand lbs per fortnight however that can be increased.

For local and foreign con-sumptions?Yes, for local and foreign consumptions

As a manufacturer you must be constrained by electricity?Yes!

How about the use of raw materials… do you have more farmers returning to the field to give you that extended amount of cocoa should you have a greater demand from out-side to supply. Have you been able to move farmers back to the field with your incentives and all that you do?Based on our production that is not a constraint now, it can be constrained down the line.

Do you need farmers to go back into cocoa to make

sure that you always have the supplies that is neces-sary; what method are you using to them marketable?We need farmers to see that it is the way to go for the future, anyone plant-ing new fields it will take them about 5 to 7 years to start reaping economically any benefits from planting and because of the choco-late productions some farmers are saying that they are going into cocoa. The chocolate is encourag-ing them to go into cocoa.

Is Cocoa Association proactively encourag-ing farmers to go into co-coa production because eventually there will be value added products that would need your services? Have you seen responses to that? Yes, definitely in terms of persons coming and say-ing that they are now going into cocoa production.

In your own words put in prospective the present state of the cocoa industry with the Diamond Choco-late and what you see for the future?Any farmer who want to economically go into pro-duction, price is a big fac-tor. At the moment we see Diamond Chocolate fac-tory as the means of or the savior to farmers in terms of getting and ensuring that they are getting the price of the product.

Can I quote you as saying that? Yes! But as it stands now, we are still dependent on the world market price we hope that in the next few years the Diamond Choco-late factory will be able to change that.

To date you are capable of making 10 million bars if you use up all the cocoa; where do you want to take this business in terms of production?The vision is to produce 10 million bars because with 10 million bars the farmers would be well off but it is not only bars there are many other things that are more economically beneficial to the farmers than just making bars.

Where would you like to see production level reach?In terms of strategy we

would still need to main-tain our raw beans market. That is what gave us the edge.

To maintain your raw beans market and to pro-duce these 10 million bars of chocolate, what pro-duction increase would you like to see?We would like to see a 50-75% increase in produc-tion.

In terms of numbers what would you like to see?Anyway between 2.5-2.8 million

Over what period you would like to see that hap-pen?Over 5 to 7 years.

So you are saying within the next 5 to 7 years you want to see production increase in terms of co-coa to about 2.75 million that would allow you to continue serving the ex-ternal market with your raw beans and to develop 10 million bars of Jouvay chocolate?We can say 5 to 10 years or 7 to 10 years. In terms of technology, do you have the technology and do you have the staff-ing to accomplish what you are proposing? The question is whether Is the technology available? Yes, it is available. When we went into chocolate making we did not know anything about producing chocolate. But today we have learnt from chocolate making, and the ability of Grenadians to be able to come and work in the area to do a very good job is that we are not afraid for our young people as most of our staff came from NEWLO and these young people have been doing an extra normal job.They came from knowing nothing about cocoa, far-less chocolate to be able to work in Diamond and do-ing very well good job. How much money has the Cocoa Association gener-ated in the last 5 years? The Cocoa Association made about 6 million dol-lars to pay the farmers ev-ery year.

Are you above that aver-age? In a couple of the years we went above our require-

ments.

The Cocoa Association have made close to 40 mil-lion dollars in the last five years?Maybe not quite

Almost more Than $35 Million?Yes, just about $35 million there about.

Anything else?Out of the monies made farmers would have re-ceived over 85 %. What-ever we receive farmers get the bulk of it.

Is this a market that has good potential in sustain-ing local farmers?Yes!

Jouvay with it’s added value has an additional benefit to farmers? Yes, there is an additional benefit. We have talked about one type of benefit that filters down to the farmers in terms of paying and maintaining the price. Additionally, the farmers are first given free shares in the holding company and soon they will be able to buy shares.

How Many Farmers Are Associated With Cocoa Association And Dia-mond?At the moment we have 3000 farmers.

What is the value of the shares?The shares are valued at $10 per share

In your own words that is how much?There was an entitlement period and those who are entitled are 1200 farmers at 3 thousand shares per farmer at $10.00 each a to-tal of $30,000.00.These shares can only grow in value, that is just the start, soon farmers again will be able to buy shares as the first set of shares were given free the others will have to pur-chase.One of the additional ben-efits is that we will be using local products like ginger an added benefit to ginger farmers we will be using nutmeg as well.We are looking at using other local fruits like other tropical fruits and spices Bois Bande, guavas and mangoes, bringing in addi-tional benefits to farmers.


March 20, 2019 - Massy United Insur-ance Ltd., officially entered the general insurance market in Jamaica with the formal launch of its branch there recently. The operations in Jamaica will be led by Ms. Winsome Gibbs, a chartered insurer with more than 30 years’ experience in the in-surance industry.

With operations in Jamaica, the company is now represented in 19 countries via its branch and agency network. This latest venture provides more accessibility for Massy United Insurance and its current partners

who conduct business in Jamaica. The com-pany holds a rating of A- (Excellent) which was reaffirmed for 13 consecutive years by A.M. Best, the lead-ing rating agency for insurance companies worldwide.

Massy United Insur-ance prides itself on having diverse knowl-edge and experience in claims handling and management which they have gar-nered over the years from their regional footprint. The com-pany has successfully responded to several disasters in the region for more than 40 years. The most recent dem-

onstration of this was the aftermath of Hur-ricane Irma and Maria, where more than 1200 customers in nine of its markets were paid US$275M.

Randy Graham, CEO of Massy United Insur-ance, is upbeat about the prospects for the new insurance branch. “Our decision to in-troduce insurance to Jamaica, has come at a time when natural disasters are becoming more unpredictable and insurance is so necessary and criti-cal,” Graham said.

“We are happy to begin this journey and invite you all to share in it with us. Growth for us means growth for Jamaica and the region. Insur-ance provides peace of mind, Massy United Insurance is develop-ing a synonymity with that peace of mind,” Graham ended. The Honorable Dr. Ni-gel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service for Jamaica, welcomed the com-pany and the increased competition it would bring to the market. Dr. Clarke, along with Ms. Gibbs, Mr. Gra-ham and other Massy executives participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony to formally open the new office.

Massy United Insur-ance is represented in Grenada by United Insurance (Grenada Agents) Ltd.

Massy United Insurance Expands Operations to Jamaica

(L TO R) RANDY GRAHAM - CEO MASSY UNITED INSURANCE; WINSOME GIBBS – BRANCH MANAGER, MASSY UNITED INSURANCE JAMAICA; DAVID O’BRIEN – CHAIRMAN, MASSY UNITED INSURANCE (SECOND FROM THE RIGHT) AND PETER GRAHAM – COUNTRY MANAGER, MASSY JAMAICA (PARTLY HIDDEN) LOOK ON AS THE HONORABLE DR. NIGEL CLARKE – JAMAICA MINISTER OF FINANCE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE PREPARES TO CUT THE RIBBON TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW MUI JAMAICA BRANCH.

(L TO R) RANDY GRAHAM - CEO MASSY UNITED INSURANCE; WINSOME GIBBS – BRANCH MANAGER, MASSY UNITED INSURANCE JAMAICA; DAVID O’BRIEN – CHAIRMAN, MASSY UNITED INSURANCE (SECOND FROM THE RIGHT) AND PETER GRAHAM – COUNTRY MANAGER, MASSY JAMAICA (PARTLY HIDDEN) LOOK ON AS THE HONORABLE DR. NIGEL CLARKE – JAMAICA MINISTER OF FINANCE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE PREPARES TO CUT THE RIBBON TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE NEW MUI JAMAICA BRANCH.

CPEA Practice 26 BARNACLE APRIL 2019

MATHEMATICS

1. A way of writing 3 divided by y is ___________. (a)3/y (b) 3xy (c) 3+y (d)3y (a) (b) (c) (d)

2. The missing number in the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, _______is (a) 36 (b) 41 (c) 50 (d) 55 (a) (b) (c) (d)

3. The number that lies midway between 2.7 and 3.0 is _______. (a) 2.85 (b) 2.8 (c) 2.9 (d) 2.5 (a) (b) (c) (d)

4. Choose the one that is arranged in ascending order from least to greatest.

(a) 2.05, 0.52, 2.50, 0.25 (b) 0.25, 2.50, 0.52, 2.05

(c) 0.25, 2.05, 2.50, 0.52 (d) 0.25, 0.52, 2.05, 2.50 (a) (b) (c) (d)

5. Litres can be used to measure all of these except (a) oil (b) cloth (c) gasoline (d) fruit juice (a) (b) (c) (d)

6. 1500 hours is the same as (a)3:00pm (b) 3:15pm (c) 3:15am (d) 3:00am (a) (b) (c) (d)

7. The square root of 36 is (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 18 (a) (b) (c) (d)

8. The L.C.M. of 12 and 20 is (a) 120 (b) 60 (c) 48 (d) 400 (a) (b) (c) (d)

9. Two identical triangles can form all of these except (a) pentagon (b) square (c) rectangle (d) rhombus (a) (b) (c) (d)

10. The Venn diagram below shows the number of students in grade 6 who are good at Maths and Art. How many students are good at Maths?

(a) 16 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) 5 (a) (b) (c) (d)

SCIENCE

1. Birds and fish both lay eggs and have _________ . (a) wings (b) feet (c) scales (d) fins (a) (b) (c) (d)

2. An animal that captures other animals for food is a ___________ . (a) predator (b) prey (c) omnivore (d) cannibal (a) (b) (c) (d)

3. Which one of these animals can be destructive? (a) Honey bee (b) termite (c) earth worm (d) butterfly (a) (b) (c) (d)

4. Which is not a main part of the plant? (a) stem (b) root (c) root hairs (d) leaves (a) (b) (c) (d)

5. Green plants take in ______________ in the presence of sunlight. (a)carbon dioxide (b) oxygen (c) nitrogen (d) air (a) (b) (c) (d)

6. Cabbage and lettuce are green, leafy ___________ . (a) vegetables (b) roots (c) shoots (d) trees (a) (b) (c) (d)

7. The green pigment in the plant is called _________ . (a) chlorophyll (b) perennial (c) odour (d) colour (a) (b) (c) (d)

8. The process of __________ changes a liquid into a gas. (a) condensation (b) evaporation (c) melting (d) precipitation (a) (b) (c) (d)

9. These two will form a solution when mixed. (a) water & salt (b) water & chalk (c) sand & water (d) oil & water (a) (b) (c) (d)

10. The instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure is the _____ . (a) thermometer (b) barometer (c) anemometer (d) meter (a) (b) (c) (d)

Read the questions carefully. Choose the correct answer and blacken the circle with the corresponding letter. Please follow this example:-

1. The Olympic Games are held every ----years. (a) two (b) four (c) ten (d) five (a) (b) (c) (d)

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LANGUAGE ARTS

READING

GOATS I match as the goats come running down the gully, Quick,agile,fighting,tailswagging, Eyes like marbles which twinkle in the sun. One stops, eats for a while, Bucking and bleating to rejoin the herd. They all stop, hop on their hind legs, and start eating.

A goat bleats and a dog rushes out. They all scatter, running down the gully in a cloud of dust, Leaving the dog standing like a fool, Not able to follow them.

1. The collective noun found in verse one is ____________. . (a) goats (b) hind (c) herd (d) marbles (a) (b) (c) (d)

2. What part of speech is the word ‘agile’ ______________. (a) noun (b) verb (c) adjective (d) adverb (a) (b) (c) (d)

3. The figure of speech ‘eyes like marble’ is a ______________. (a) simile (b) metaphor (c) personification (d) paradox (a) (b) (c) (d)

4. ‘I’ in line one refers to the _____________. (a) author (b) reader (c) poet (d) dog (a) (b) (c) (d)

5. The word ‘scatter’ means ______________. (a) move (b) disappear (c) spread out (d) run off very quickly (a) (b) (c) (d)

SPELLING

From the choices given after each sentence, choose the correct spelling of the word to fill each blank space.

1. His ____________ are reading, singing and dancing. (a) hobbys (b) hobbies (c) hobies (d) hobyes (a) (b) (c) (d)

2. Tom’s frequent __________at the games led to his removal from the team. (a) absence (b) absense (c) abscence (d) abcense (a) (b) (c) (d)

3. The _________area looked inviting after it was painted. (a) dinning (b) dineing (c) dining (d) dyening (a) (b) (c) (d)

4. The athletes were __________ to hear the results (a) anxious (b) anscious (c) anxtious (d) ansctious (a) (b) (c) (d)

5. One should study hard in order to __________. (a) suceed (b) succed (c) sucseed (d) succeed (a) (b) (c) (d)

GRAMMAR 1. On Saturdays I _________ some housework to help my mother. (a) do (b) did (c) does (d) am doing (a) (b) (c) (d)

2. Where did he __________? (a) went (b) go (c) gone (d) going (a) (b) (c) (d)

3. When I turned the corner I ___________ a dog in the road. (a) was notice (b) notice (c) noticed (d) notices (a) (b) (c) (d)

4. She was sure that he did not ___________ the money. (a) stole (b) steal (c) stolen (d) stealing (a) (b) (c) (d)

5. John and Mary _________ listening to the radio. (a) likes (b) like (c) do likes (d) does like (a) (b) (c) (d)

VOCABULARY

Choose the correct meaning for the word/words that are underlined.

1. The teacher allowed the boys to leave early. (a) called (b) permitted (c) told (d) wanted (a) (b) (c) (d)

2. The sentences were put in sequence. (a) in a jumbled manner (b) in columns (c) in order (d) in rows (a) (b) (c) (d)

3. I am famished so I am going to eat. (a) energetic (b) hungry (c) tired (d) weak (a) (b) (c) (d)

4. Francis pleaded with his mother to purchase a new computer. (a) buy (b) get (c) receive (d) make (a) (b) (c) (d)

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A person with coeliac disease should avoid all foods that con-tain gluten. It is important to read the labels of all packaged or prepared foods.

Some foods that may contain gluten include:Cereal and baking products – wheat, wheaten cornflour, semolina, couscous, wheat bran, barley, oats, porridge, breakfast cereals containing wheat, rye, oats or barley, corn or rice cere-als containing malt extract from barley, some icing sugar mix-tures and some baking powders

Pasta and noodles – spaghetti, pasta, lasagne, gnocchi, hokkien noodles, soba noodles and two-minute noodlesBread, cakes and biscuits – all

bread, cakes and biscuits pre-pared with flours from a gluten source

Meat products – any products prepared with breadcrumbs or batter, sausages and other processed meats or smallgoods (unless labelled gluten free), thickened soups, meat pies and frozen meals

Dairy products – malted milk, ice cream in a cone and some soymilks

Fruits and vegetables –textured vegetable protein (found in some vegetarian products) and fruit-pie filling

Condiments – malt vinegar, some mustards, relishes, pick-les, salad dressings, sauces, gravy and yeast extract from barley

Snacks – liquorice, some lollies and chocolates, packet savoury snacks and some flavoured potato and corn chipsDrinks – cereal coffee sub-stitutes and some milk drink powders

Alcoholic drinks – beer, stout, ale, Guinness and lager (most

beers contain gluten, however a range of gluten-free boutique beers is now available in Aus-tralia).

NATURALLY GLUTEN-FREE FOODS

Despite the restrictions, a person with coeliac disease can still enjoy a wide and varied diet. Corn (maize), rice, soy, po-tato, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, lentils and amaranth are all glu-ten free. It is important to read the labels of all packaged or pre-pared foods. Some gluten-free foods that people with coeliac disease can enjoy include:Meat products – unprocessed meat, fish, chicken, bacon, ham off the bone and meats that are frozen or canned but with no sauce

Dairy products – eggs, full-cream milk, low-fat milk, evapo-rated milk, condensed milk, fresh cream, processed or block cheese, and some custards and soymilks

Fruits and vegetables – fresh, canned or frozen (but not sauced), fruit juices, nuts and peanut butter

Cereal and baking products – corn (maize) flour, soya flour, lentil flour, rice (all types), rice flour, rice bran, potato flour,

buckwheat, millet, amaranth, breakfast cereals made from corn and rice without malt extract from barley, polenta and psyllium

Bread, cakes and biscuits – most rice crackers, corn cakes, rice crispbreads, corn tortillas and corn taco shells

Pasta and noodles – gluten-free pasta, rice noodles, rice or bean vermicelli and 100 per cent buckwheat noodles

Condiments – tomato paste, tahini, jam, honey, maple syrup, cocoa, all kinds of vinegars (except malt), some sauces and some salad dressings

Snacks – plain chips and corn chips, popcorn and plain choco-late

Drinks – tea, coffee, mineral wa-ter, wine, spirits and liqueurs.

FOOD LABELLING CAUTIONAll packaged foods have ingre-dient labels printed on the box, package or bottle. There are four methods of finding suitable gluten-free foods including:• Foods that are naturally gluten free, such as fresh fruit and veg-etables, and fresh unprocessed meats• Foods carrying the Crossed Grain endorsement logo• Foods labelled ‘gluten free’• Foods made for the general market that are gluten free by ingredient.

The product ingredient label may not list ‘gluten’ as a com-

ponent. However, under man-datory labelling standards, all ingredients and food additives derived from wheat, rye, barley or oats must be declared on food labels. Processing aids must also be declared if they are present in the final product.

GLUTEN-FREE PRODUCTS

There is an Australian Food Standard for processed foods la-belled ‘gluten free’. When foods are tested using the prescribed test, there must be ‘no detect-able gluten’. Currently, this test is sensitive to 0.003 per cent (three parts per million).

Where to get help• Your doctor• Gastroenterologist• Dietitians

THINGS TO REMEMBER

• The small intestine of a person with coeliac disease is sensitive to gluten, which is a protein component of the grains wheat, rye, barley, triticale and oats.• There is no cure, but the disease can be managed by a lifelong gluten-free diet.• Initially the gluten-free diet may seem overwhelming, although with information and support from Coeliac Australia, it will become much easier.• Despite the restrictions, a person with coeliac disease can still enjoy a wide and varied diet.• Be guided by a dietitian who is experienced in coeliac disease.

Gluten-Free DietFoods to avoid on a gluten-free diet

Testicles are the part of the male reproductive system that is responsible for the production of sperm. Men worldwide really cherish their testicles as to most of them it defines what it is to be a man. But do men really know how to take good care of their testicles? Or do men know what diseases directly affect testicles? Possible answers you may be think-ing of for taking good care would include bathing regularly, shaving pubic hair and avoiding contact with excessive force in the groin area, while for illnesses, “Macoucou” (Her-nia) and some sexually transmitted diseases would come to mind, but, did testicular cancer come to mind?There is a saying that cancer has no limit and respects no one; and that may be true as cancer can affect any part of the human body including testicles. As the Grenada Cancer Society continues to raise awareness of cancer and cancer related illnesses we are today highlighting TESTICULAR CANCER (cancer of the “balls”), its causes, symptoms, treatment, preventative measures and some advices in relation to this disease:• What is testicular cancer: To put it simply, it is when cells in the testicles begin to grow out of control.• What causes testicular cancer: The exact causes are unknown but there are some associated risk factors to developing testicular cancer which includes age, family history, race and HIV/AIDS to name a few.• Signs & Symptoms of testicular cancer: These include a painless lump or swelling in either or both testicles, lower back pain, a sudden buildup of fluid in the scrotum and a dull ache in the groin area.

• Treatment: Options include surgery to remove the cancer cells, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and ongoing monitoring.• Preventative measures: Good personal hygiene, regularly screening (doctor visit, annual checkup) and monitoring any changes in the appearance or feeling in the testicles.Men are often reluctant to being examined by doctors and overcoming this “taboo” is difficult and this often lead to testicular cancer developing to later stages before it is dis-covered and treated. To counter this taboo men can perform a Testicular self-exam:The best time for you to examine your testicles is during or after a bath or shower, when the skin of the scrotum is relaxed.• Hold your penis out of the way and examine each testicle separately.• Hold your testicle between your thumbs and fingers with both hands and roll it gently between your fingers.• Look and feel for any hard lumps or nodules (smooth rounded masses) or any change in the size, shape, or consistency of your testicles.It is important to note that testicular cancer is almost always curable if found early, and it is usually curable even when at a later stage. For more information, we encourage you to visit the Grena-da Cancer Society at Knox House on Grand Etang Road St. George’s or call us on 473-435-9869 or visit our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/GrenadaCancerSociety/

“Keeping it real – Cancer affecting men”

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