Let's not forget Grenada

Appears that we (that is, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) have pledged "an undisclosed amount of financial assistance" to the relief effort in southeast Asia. According to the Trinidad Express:

[Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning] said the Asian disaster will not force international attention to divert from Grenada which was 'decimated' by Hurricane Ivan last September.

Huh? Manning must be receiving some special Prime Ministerial television news feed offering updates on the Grenada situation.

Our neighbour Grenada, which, just like the nations so horribly affected by the Boxing Day tsunami, will take years to recover from the devastation wrought by Ivan, but let's face it--Grenada is no longer international news. Let's hope, however, that it continues to be Caribbean news for a long time to come--for reasons other than Prime Minister Keith Mitchell's wranglings with Taiwan.