With a "very active" hurricane season predicted for this year, the Keith Mitchell-led government in St. George's has admitted that the newly built Cricket stadium is not insured.

This was confirmed to GRENADA TODAY by Press Secretary in the Office of the  Prime Minister, Barbadian, Barry Collymore. According to Collymore, it is not the policy of the ruling New National Party (NNP) government to insure public buildings of that nature.

He said that to insure a building of that size will cost government approximately twice the actual cost of the stadium itself and the administration sees it as a waste of tax-payers money.

Collymore did not give details as on how government intends to deal with persons who suffer injuries at the stadium. Mainland China is expected to be upset over the development since officials at the embassy had given assurances that the new facility would not only be built back better than the previous one but that it would be fully insured.

The stadium is currently paying host to some of the matches in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. Grenada has already hosted five matches and the last remaining game to be played is on Friday between australia and New Zealand.

When questioned about the insurance status of other government facilities such as the Ministerial Complex at the Botanical Gardens which houses most civil servants, Collymore said that he was not sure about it.

When Hurricane Ivan struck the island in 2004, the initial sporting stadium at Queen's Park was badly damaged and the Mitchell government was unable to receive financial compensation since it was not insured.

Although the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan agreed to rebuilt the stadium, the NNP administration decided to break ties with Taipei in favour of a more lucrative offer from Beijing which included a package for the stadium.

With the hurricane season due to start in June, two noted U.S scientists, Philip Klotzbach and William Gray have predicted a very active  hurricane season in the Atlantic this year and a 74 percent chance that a major storm will strike land.