COURTS IN TWO MORE COUNTRIES HAVE APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE JUDICIAL MANAGERS OF BRITISH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW COMPANY

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MARCH 04, 2010: Courts in Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica have now approved recommendations of the Judicial Managers of the branches of British American Insurance Company for the establishment of a new company.

DISRUPTION OF SERVICE AT CUSTOMS & EXCISE DEPARTMENT

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, MARCH 04, 2010: The Customs and Excise Department wishes to advise the general public that the department will be holding a general staff meeting today, Thursday, March 4th 2010, at its main office from 2:30 p.m.

MIDWEEK WITH GEORGE GRANT
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

UNESCO LAUNCHES WOMEN MAKE THE NEWS 2010

St. George, March 3, 2010 -- On the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March), UNESCO joins forces with international and regional media organisations to launch the annual Women Make the News (WMN) initiative. Under the theme, “Towards Gender Sensitive Indicators for Media: Best practices for gender perspective in media and in media content”, WMN 2010 is intended to initiate a global exchange on the importance and the need for gender sensitive indicators for media organisations.

PRINCESS ALICE HOSPITAL TURNS SIXTY

ST. GEORGE’S, MARCH 3, 2010 -- A thanksgiving ceremony reflecting on the existence and service of the Princess Alice Hospital will be held tomorrow Thursday 4 March, 2010, to mark the sixtieth anniversary of that healthcare institution.

EX-OFFICIAL OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS IS FINED IN BID TO AID SCHOOL
New York Times

HONOR KILLING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
By Navi Pillay
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

A girl befriends boys.   What could be more normal and ordinary?  Yet for doing just that a Turkish teenager was reportedly buried alive by her father and grandfather.  

This recent piece of news has been met with shock and outrage worldwide. Crimes such as this, however, are in no way exceptional. Indeed, a Court in Arizona is currently hearing the case of a man accused of running down and killing his daughter whom he allegedly considered too “Westernized.”  The United Nations estimates that 5,000 women are murdered by family members each year in so-called honor killings around the world.