Monday July 18th 2005, St. George's: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture Hon. Gregory Bowen has been touring some of the farms that have been heavily damaged as a result of the passage of Hurricane Emily. Minister Bowen and other officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, toured several farms in St. Andrews including River Antoine Estate, where preliminary reports indicate that 90% of the bananas planted after Hurricane Ivan have been destroyed. Many of these bananas were already being harvested for the local market and have been lost as a result of Hurricane Emily. Minister Bowen on seeing the level of devastation was deeply sadden by the loss and reiterated Government's commitment to the continued resuscitation of the industry. Minister Bowen said, "In September 2004 after we had Hurricane Ivan, we implemented our emergency programme to resuscitate the agricultural sector. Just when we are realizing the results of all the hard work put in by the farmers, farm workers and the Ministry, 10 months later, we face another major set back, this time from Hurricane Emily. We can see here that 90% of the banana crop at River Antoine estate is lost. Most of these banana plants were carrying bunches." Minister Bowen noted that Grenada was just at the point where there was no need to import bananas anymore. However, he noted that Hurricane Emily came along and wiped out any hope of being self sufficient.

Saturday 16th, July 2005, Gouyave:
The village on Central, in Gouyave Estate St. Johns was plunged into sadness and mourning on Saturday morning when the severely chopped body of 13 yr. old Nielroy Tattie Mendes, of the same address was found in a Banana stool, approximately three miles into the Bope-land Estate overlooking the town of Gouyave. Family and an official Police reports indicated that the deceased who is no stranger to the terrain on Friday morning went in search of vine and wild grasses to feed his Rabbits but never returned.

Friday 15th, 2005 St. George’s: Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell will travel to the US today for meetings with U.S. President George Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Prime Minister Mitchell will meet with the leaders to discuss more aid possibilities for Grenada in light of the damage done to the country after Hurricane Emily. Prime Minister Mitchell says there is a lot of suffering all around the country after Emily and Government needs the help of its international and regional friends in order to alleviate the pain being felt. Prime Minister Mitchell will also meet with Grenadians at the Medgar Evers College in New York on Sunday July 17th, 2005 at 4:00pm. The purpose of this meeting is to update Grenadians on what is taking place throughout Grenada, Carriacou & Petit Martinique after Hurricane Emily. Deputy Prime Minister Gregory Bowen will act as Prime Minister in Prime Minister Mitchell’s absence.