Articles Tagged “St Vincent and the Grenadines”
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INTERVIEW: Kirk Cambridge-Delpesche dishes on his Fela! gig, styling stars, being gay + some EXTRA tea!
Do you have a friend that “doh put water in dey mout’ for nuttin?” Well you’re about to be entertained by one of the fashion industry’s brightest Caribbean stars. Born in the suburban village of Sion Hill in the beautiful archipelago called St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Kirk Cambridge-Delpesche has cemented himself as one of [...]
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Supporters rally behind SVG gay facing deportation from Canada & death if he’s returned!
Supporters are speaking out against the scheduled deportation next week of a Toronto man they fear will be killed if he’s returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Augustas Dennie came to Canada two years ago to flee what he says was anti-gay violence that left him in a coma for a week in 2009 [...]
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Canada Waives Visa Exemptions for St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines
St Lucia’s government said it was “disappointed” following the decision by Canada’s government to impose visas for visitors from the country. Now, citizens of St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland require visas to travel to Canada, according to Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenny. “We continue to welcome genuine [...]
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Jamaica hosts Inaugural Regional Women’s Twenty20 featuring eight Caribbean teams
The eagerly anticipated inaugural Regional Women’s Twenty20 Tournament got underway in Jamaica on August 8th with teams from eight Caribbean countries vying for the honors in what are expected to be keenly contested matches. To be staged at three venues in and around Kingston – Kensington Park, Chedwin Park and Sabina Park – the historic [...]
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Town Hall meeting scheduled after arrest of St. Vincent Ambassador by NYPD
NEW YORK – St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ New York Consulate General and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diaspora Committee of New York say they are organizing a town hall meeting in Brooklyn this week so nationals can hear directly from United Nations’ Ambassador, Camillo Gonsalves, about his recent arrest by the New York [...]
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DRAMA!!! St.Vincent and the Grenadines U.N Ambassador arrested in briefly in New York
The U.N. ambassador from the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was briefly arrested and handcuffed by a New York police officer Wednesday for alleged disorderly conduct after he walked through a barricade to get into his office building. Ambassador Camillo Gonsalves told The Associated Press that he was returning to his office [...]
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Australia and West Indies Cricket Team in Thrilling Tie
Australia and West Indies played out a thrilling tie in the third one-day international at a packed Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown today. The stadium was full after the prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines declared a public holiday following the West Indies’ win over Australia two days ago and the teams produced [...]
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St. Vincent & Grenadines named Travel+Leisure’s “Hottest Travel Destinations of 2012″
Travel+Leisure Magazine just named the beautiful Caribbean islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines as one of the “Hottest Travel Destinations of 2012!” Here’s what David Swanson had to say about our islands: A string of 32 islands just south of St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has long been an under-the-radar getaway for [...]
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Filipino workers banned from eleven Caribbean countries.
MANILA, Philippines — The government of the Philippines has announced a ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to 41 countries, including 11 in the Caribbean. The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) last week adopted the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to stop the deployment of OFWs to countries that [...]
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FIFA Bans Four Caribbean Football Officials
Four Caribbean football officials have been banned by Fifa for their part in a cash-for-votes scandal in the run-up to the governing body’s presidential election this year. The longest ban was the 18 months handed to Franka Pickering, president of the British Virgin Islands FA. Jamaica’s Horace Burrell was banned for six months, three of [...]
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