Join Spiceislander Radio Live for the funeral Service of SOCA GIANT Alphonsus "Mighty Arrow" Cassell on Friday October 1, 2010 from 12.00 noon with tributes. Official service begins at 2.00pm.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
T&T’s Reginald Pollard takes Caribbean film-making international
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POS, Trinidad – As the Caribbean film industry continues to grow it has become more evident that the region has a new platform to expose its culture and to create more opportunities and income for its inhabitants. This creative sector is sustained through the diligence of several creative and technical talents. One such hard-working individual is cinematographer Reginald Pollard.
When it comes to film-making, the multi-skilled Pollard has ambitiously worn the hats of Director of Photography, Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Writer and Editor.
He has carried out these crucial roles in a long list of productions which include the feature
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Grenada’s Opposition leader shares his rescue plan for Grenada
Toronto, Ontario, September 19, 2010 – Grenada's former Prime Minister and current Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith C. Mitchell was welcomed throughout Ontario.
Dr. Keith C. Mitchell, who led Grenada through thirteen years of peace, stability and progress, attended Grenada Day and held a town hall meeting to update nationals and friends on the political, economic and social climate of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique.
Louise Noel-Ambrose, president of Eventobe, an Event Management & Public Relations Firm stated "I was overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and reaching out that both Canadians and Grenadains provided for Dr. Mitchell." The list of those who welcomed
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
GRENADA AND AUSTRALIA TO DEEPEN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
NEW YORK, September 20, 2010 – Australia has agreed to set up a Consular Mission in Grenada. This was among issues discussed between Grenada's Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd during a meeting held on Monday in New York.
The two officials held talks on the margins of the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly which opened last week.
"They will assign someone to deal with diplomatic matters – someone in the capacity of an honorary consul – and this I think again is quite significant," said Prime Minister Thomas.
He said that they discussed continued support
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Tributes pour in for a Soca giant
“I am trying here to contain myself because he was the humblest of kings that you could bump into,” one man told BBC Caribbean. Soca musician Arrow, whose real name is Alphonsus Cassell, died at his Montserrat home on Wednesday from complications of brain cancer.
The man who won global fame with his 1983 hit “hot Hot Hot” was among the best-known artists of soca, described as a fusion music with roots in calypso.
Outside the Caribbean, many know soca music, a fast-paced cousin of calypso, through Arrow’s biggest “How you feeling” hit.
Calypsonian Arrow had been fighting brain cancer for over a year and had been back and forth for treatment in the US.
However, upon returning home to his native Montserrat, he fell ill recently with pneumonia
Friday, September 17, 2010
Carter Lashes Out at Kennedy for Killing his Health Care Plan
The late Sen. Ted Kennedy, champion of the recent health plan legislation, actually delayed comprehensive coverage for Americans for decades, says former President Jimmy Carter. It was Kennedy’s actions to kill Carter’s own health care bill that made Americans wait more than 30 years for meaningful coverage, says Carter in an interview with Lesley Stahl. The interview will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES, Sunday, Sept. 19 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
”The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy’s deliberately blocking the legislation
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