The integrity of the public record is fundamental to public trust.
At a press briefing on 27 January 2026, the Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell responded to a question concerning the Rayneau project at Woodford and indicated approval for the development while dispensing with the requirement for a mandatory Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
It should be noted that this briefing does not appear to be currently available across public platforms where originally posted.
A check with GIS on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram and The Office of the PM on Facebook can bring up this message:
The Grenada Broadcasting Network (on YouTube) is still carrying the video recording of the January 27 briefing, but curiously in this version, the video ends at timestamp: 1:08:13, stopping just short of the young journalist from GBN whose timestamp begins at 1.08:25 and who asks:
“Okay…there have been some publications regarding the lack of an environmental impact assessment …basically approval was given without that assessment being done….can you speak to that?”
Notably, a complete coverage of the exchange, including journalist’s question and Prime Minister’s response seems no longer readily available on channels that ordinarily – preserve and disseminate – Government briefings.
This gives rise to a straightforward question: is there a complete version of the briefing available, and if so, can it be restored or made accessible through official channels for the completeness of the public record?
If the briefing was mistakenly removed, is there any way it can be restored for public access – to sit side by side with other far-reaching decisions made by the Prime Minister – that still commands online space?
Christelene Henry