Grenada launches five-year labour reform plan from Carriacou
Grenada marked Labour Day on May 1 with the launch of the Decent Work Country Programme 2026-2031 — a major five-year national labour reform plan announced by Attorney General and Minister for Labour Claudette Joseph. Headline reforms: maternity leave extended from 12 to 14 weeks, paternity leave of two weeks for fathers introduced for the first time. Cabinet has approved policy changes to the NIS Act and Employment Act. The May Day celebrations were staged for the first time in Carriacou rather than mainland Grenada — a symbolic gesture toward the sister island.
Sources: NOW Grenada, April 30, 2026; The New Today (Grenada), May 2026.
PM Mitchell’s marijuana photo “embarrassed the force,” former top cop says
Grenada’s former top cop has publicly stated that PM Dickon Mitchell’s viral photo posing with a marijuana plant — holding one of its leaves — “embarrassed the force.” The photo, which circulated widely in early May, set off a national conversation about leadership posture, policing relationships, and the country’s cannabis regulatory direction. The episode adds friction to an otherwise smooth-running Mitchell government.
Source: Grenada News / Associates Times, recent reporting.
14-year-old Ella-Rose Charles named Grenada’s Junior Tourism Minister
Ella-Rose Charles, a 14-year-old student of St Joseph’s Convent, St George’s, is Grenada’s new Junior Minister for Tourism — a symbolic appointment that gives young Grenadians a formal channel into the country’s tourism strategy conversation. The appointment continues an OECS tradition of youth-cabinet symbolism while opening fresh ways for the next generation to contribute to tourism marketing.
Source: NOW Grenada, recent reporting.
Tourism Minister Adrian Thomas addresses Third High-Level Forum in China
Grenada’s Minister for Tourism, the Creative Economy and Culture, Hon. Adrian Thomas, travelled to China to address the Third High-Level Forum on tourism cooperation. The trip continues Grenada’s deliberate diplomatic engagement with China — adding context to the broader Caribbean conversation about diversifying tourism source markets and managing the geopolitical optics of doing so.
Source: NOW Grenada, recent reporting.
Cost-of-living concerns build as Rahaman urges Caribbean oil-price coordination
Concerns are growing in Grenada over the rising cost of living as global tensions impact economies worldwide. Senator Salim Rahaman has urged Caribbean countries to work together to manage the effects of rising and falling oil prices and to accelerate the move toward renewable energy. The same Gulf-oil concern Barbados, Bahamas, and Saint Lucia have flagged is being voiced in Grenada — and Rahaman’s coordination call positions Grenada as a constructive participant in any regional energy-policy response.
Source: Grenada Broadcasting Network, March 16, 2026.