St Vincent News – Caribbean Life

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ambassador to the United Nations Vynette Frederick addresses ceremony. SPOONY General Secretary Kenneth Williams is in background.

SPOONY, local officials honor mothers

By Nelson A. King

Looking north from Fort Charlotte in St. Vincent.

St. Vincent joins other small islands in selling golden passports

By Bert Wilkinson

Dr. Jacqueline Dr. Jacqueline Gaymes-Jones, left, receives award from Maxine Mayers.

SVG GHS Alumni New York honors prominent dentist, humanitarian Dr. Jacqueline Gaymes-Jones

By Nelson A. King

New SVG Consul General to the Untied States Roland "Patel" Matthews addresses "Meet and Greet" at St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush.

New Consul: Partnership crucial to elevate SVG culture

By Nelson A. King

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne delivers a national statement during the high level segment on day three of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on Nov. 13, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Antigua

Antigua labor party wins again – decimates opposition

By Bert Wilkinson

From left, Detective Fadi Mansour, SVG Consul General Roland "Patel" Matthews, SVG Consul (Foreign Investment) Bernadette Ambrose, and Detective Maria Raheel.

SVG Consulate General strengthens engagement with NYPD

By Nelson A. King

Serani Roban, RB, second from left, comes around the band, anchoring the 4x400m for the Grammar School.

Grit and pride

By Nelson A. King

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Opposition Leader Dr. Goodwin Friday addresses town hall meeting at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn in October 2028.

Political storm over dual citizenship in St. Vincent

By Bert Wilkinson

New Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States Roland U.C. “Patel” Matthews.

SVG Consulate advances Diaspora engagement

By Nelson A. King

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Antigua

Trinidad pushes leaders’ meeting in Barnett row

By Bert Wilkinson

Walkathon participants, with Consul General Roland "Patel" Matthews, holding SVG national flag, second from left, in front of the pavilion at Marine Park in Brooklyn.

11th Annual Walkathon for Vincentian athletes at Penn Relays

By Nelson A. King

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Opposition Leader Dr. Goodwin Friday addresses town hall meeting at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn in October 2028.

St. Vincent refuses deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

Prof. Martin Felix delivers the featured address at the 136th Anniversary Celebration at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church.

Grenada

Advocates: Militarism, exploitation threaten Caribbean justice

By Nelson A. King

New Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States Roland U.C. “Patel” Matthews.

New SVG CG assumes role with ‘open mind, strong sense of purpose’

By Nelson A. King

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Mexican-flagged ship ARM Huasteco (MP-01), loaded with humanitarian aid, enters Havana's bay after the island's communist-run government announced increasingly strict rationing measures to confront U.S. efforts to cut off the island’s fuel supply, in Havana, Cuba Feb. 28, 2026.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

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