The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, federal law in the United States and the law of individual U. S. states ( except Louisiana ), federal law throughout Canada and the law of the individual provinces and territories ( except Quebec ), Australia ( both federal and individual states ), Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Granadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries ( except Scotland, which is bijuridicial, and Malta ).

" The origin of the name " Grenada " is obscure, but it is likely that Spanish sailors renamed the island for the city of Granada.

Grenada continued to practise a modified Westminster parliamentary system based on the British model with a governor general appointed by and representing the British monarch ( head of state ) and a prime minister who is both leader of the majority party and the head of government.

Grenada is a Caribbean island ( one of the Grenadines ) between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago.

Grenada, known as the Spice Isle because of its production of nutmeg and mace, is the largest at 310 square kilometers, or about the size of Detroit.

Grenada is more rugged and densely foliated than its outlying possessions, but other geographical conditions are more similar.

The only known active volcano in the area is Kick_ ' em_Jenny, just north between Grenada and Carriacou.

: The administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ( northern Grenadines ) and Grenada ( southern Grenadines )

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Grenada, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Politics of Grenada takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.

Grenada is an independent country and Commonwealth Realm.

Grenada is a member of the eastern Caribbean court system.

Grenada is governed under a parliamentary system based on the British model ; it has a governor general, a prime minister and a cabinet, and a bicameral Parliament with an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate.

Security in Grenada is maintained by the 650 members of the Royal Grenada Police Force ( RGPF ), which included an 80-member paramilitary special services unit ( SSU ) and a 30-member coast guard.

As head of state, Queen Elizabeth II is represented in Grenada by a governor general who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.

The country's principal export crops are the spices nutmeg and mace ( Grenada is the world ’ s second largest producer of nutmeg after Indonesia ).

Although signs of recovery have been seen in Grenada after the damage inflicted by Hurricanes Ivan and Emily, economic conditions remain difficult ; GDP is projected at a growth rate of only one percent for 2005.

Grenada ’ s economy is vulnerable to external shocks considering its high dependence on tourism, exports, and imports of most of the goods that are consumed or invested domestically.

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Ivan and Emily, the priority now for Grenada is to continue the recovery process necessary to restore the infrastructure that was devastated by the hurricanes.

Grenada is a member of the Caribbean Development Bank, CARICOM, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Grenada also is a member of the Eastern Caribbean's Regional Security System ( RSS ).

The U. S. Ambassador to Grenada is resident in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Nicholas Brathwaite added 2 TNP members and 1 member of the Grenada United Labor Party ( GULP ) to create a 10-seat majority coalition.

As a member of CARICOM Grenada strongly backed efforts by the United States to implement UN Security Council Resolution 940, designed to facilitate the departure of Haiti's de facto authorities from power.

* Eddie Willis, member of Funk Brothers, born in Grenada.

* the CARICOM Visa was introduced in late 2006 and allowed visitors to travel between 10 CARICOM member states ( Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago ).

Maurice Rupert Bishop ( 29 May 1944 – 19 October 1983 ) was a Grenadian politician and revolutionary who seized power in a coup in 1979 from Eric Gairy and served as Prime Minister of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada until 1983, when he was overthrown in another coup by Bernard Coard, a member of his own government, and executed.

The member states are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan ( 27 July 2006 ), Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Korea ( 5 June 2007 ), Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Joseph is a member of the Grenada national team, for whom he has played in the Caribbean Cup, the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and in World Cup qualifiers.

During the American Revolutionary War, Picquet de la Motte distinguished himself as a member of Admiral d ' Estaing's squadron in Martinique and during the Battle of Grenada and the Siege of Savannah.

In the context of regional economic development, further integration into the Eastern Caribbean regional economy will help enhance Grenada ’ s competitiveness and increase its scale of economy in production, marketing and distribution.

In November, at a joint hearing of Congressional Subcommittee, it was told that Grenada could be used as a staging area for subversion of the nearby countries, for intersection of shipping lanes, and for the transit of troops and supplies from Cuba to Africa, and from Eastern Europe and Libya to Central America.

Eric Matthew Gairy was the son of Douglas and Theresa Gairy, and born 18 February 1922 in Dunfermline, St. Andrew's Parish on the Eastern side of the island near Grenville, Grenada.

This alliance found its greatest expression when Tom Adams was the leading proponent in the grouping of Eastern Caribbean states that asked Reagan to intervene in overthrowing the Cuban-backed communist regime of Bernard Coard, who had toppled Maurice Bishop, who was later murdered, in Grenada.

* The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) was created by the signing of the Treaty of Basseterre, with Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Besides local freight haulage, the ferry also carries local passengers from Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, via Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, and other islands in the Eastern Caribbean, to Port Elizabeth.

The auspices of the High Commission to Barbados also include issues involving the neighbouring Eastern Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as three British overseas territories: Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat.

* Caribbean SuperStation, a Trinidad & Tobago based radio station broadcasting to Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Antigua, St. Kitts, Montserrat and British Virgin Islands

Within a year of her inauguration she survived two unsuccessful coups and in October 1983, as chairperson of the Organization of East Caribbean States, endorsed the US Invasion of Grenada.

The recorded history of the Caribbean island of Grenada begins in the early 17th century.

A U. S .- Caribbean force invaded Grenada on October 25, 1983 in an action called Operation Urgent Fury, and swiftly defeated the Grenadan forces and their Cuban allies.

On October 1983, during the U. S. invasion of Grenada, U. S. President Ronald Reagan maintained that US Marines arrived on the island of Grenada, which was considered a Soviet-Cuban ally that would export communist revolution throughout the Caribbean.

In the English-speaking Caribbean such as Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada and in Trinidad and Tobago, the term " cutlass " is used for these agricultural tools.

* 1983 – Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d ' état.

In the Caribbean, the island of Grenada is well known for growing and exporting a number of spices, including the nutmeg, which was introduced to Grenada by the settlers.

The common or fragrant nutmeg, Myristica fragrans, native to the Banda Islands of Indonesia, is also grown in Penang Island in Malaysia and the Caribbean, especially in Grenada.

The appearance of French fleets in the Caribbean was followed by the capture of a number of the sugar islands, including Tobago and Grenada.

* 1983-U. S. invades Grenada in response to a coup d ’ état by Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard on the Caribbean island.

* Audio from a talk by Richard Hart ( Ex-Attorney General of Grenada ) on slave revolts in the Caribbean

In a qualification game for the 1994 Caribbean Cup, Barbados deliberately scored a late own goal in a successful attempt to advance to the finals stage by forcing golden-goal extra time against Grenada, as an unusual tournament rule stated that golden goals counted as double.

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The Whistling Dove is endemic to the tiny Kadavu Island in Fiji, the Caroline Ground-dove is restricted to two islands, Truk and Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands and the Grenada Dove is restricted to Grenada in the Caribbean.