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Pink Ribbon Charity Heartened by News of Mammogram for Montserrat

To Launch Membership Drive in New Year

BRADES, Montserrat – Pink Ribbon Charity Montserrat Inc. said they are pleased to hear that the island will have its first mammogram machine in 2023.

Governor Sarah Tucker and Sonia Charles at the Breast Cancer Awareness Evening

“This is great news,” said Charity president Sonia Charles. “Affordable access to Antigua for mammograms remains a challenge for everyone. Once installed it will certainly help to reduce the burden on those needing this essential se...

St. Martin’s One SXM Rejects Dutch “Apology” without Reparations

GREAT BAY, St. Martin — The One SXM Association said on Tuesday that it has taken note of the statement made on Monday, December 19, 2022, by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in The Hague, which was subsequently rendered in English in St. Martin by Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare, and Sport, Ernst Kuipers, regarding the “apology” for Slavery “past” on behalf of the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Ernst Kuipers, Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare, and Sport. (Photo Governmnet.nl)

“W...

Montserrat Carnival 2022 to Celebrate 60 Years of Festival at Saturday’s Opening

LITTLE BAY, Montserrat – Montserrat will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its first national festival from Saturday, December 17, 2022, to January 2, 2023.

Rebranded Montserrat Carnival in 2019, the popular festival is expected to draw many people home for two-weeks of revelry, pageantry, and music.

Celebrations begin with a short parade from Carr’s Bay to the Festival Village. Former calypso monarchs and Miss Montserrat queens are expected to be a part of the parade, alongside the current dele...

Aruba Time Share Association Celebrates 2022 Island-Wide Hospitality Training with CHTA Education Foundation

ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Luigi Heredia, President of the Aruba Time Share Association (ATSA) has lauded the successful completion of the island-wide training initiative, delivered by the CHTA Education Foundation.

In his closing remarks at Wednesday’s celebration for the participants, Heredia told the gathering that “We want our members, guests, colleagues, owners, partners, investors, and communities to see that we’re on a journey to be successful in every sense of the word. I believe how we grow ou...

Montserrat Arts Council Partners with ComeSeeTV to Live Stream Montserrat Carnival 2022

The Montserrat Arts Council (MAC) has partnered with ComeSeeTV of Dominica to live stream the 2022 Montserrat Carnival events.

ComeSeeTV’s relationship with Montserrat began in 2012, with the live streaming of the 50th celebrations. The relationship was renewed during the pandemic as the arts council endeavoured to deliver virtual versions of the national festival in 2021.

“The experience with ComeSeeTV has been welcoming and yields positive results. Their reach is tremendous and allows for the ...

Local Female Calypso Show Postponed

LITTLE BAY, Montserrat – The Montserrat Arts Council (MAC) announced today that they are postponing the local female calypso competition.

Due to low registration numbers, the show, which was slated for Saturday, December 10, 2022, has been postponed until further notice, the council said Monday.

“It was intended that the winner of the local female show would represent Montserrat in the Queen of Queens Regional Female Calypso show on Friday, December 30, 2022. Instead, the top female performer fr...

33 competing in Montserrat’s 2022 Calypso Eliminations

FESTIVAL VILLAGE, Little Bay, Montserrat – Montserrat’s Carnival 2022 season kicks off with the much-anticipated Calypso Eliminations on Saturday, December 3 at Festival Village.

Head of the calypso committee Theodore Phillip said a total of 33 people are currently rehearsing with the Black Rhythms Band, which is led by former calypso monarch and songwriter Cecil “Cepeke” Lake (1987, 1990, 1999), for the first competition of the season.

“After the eliminations only 15 people will move on to the ...

St. Martin Linguist Dr. Rhoda Arrindell Says Montserratian is on the Same Level as English or Dutch

“Languages are not like artifacts in a museum that we put in a glass cage for people to watch them. We have to use them if they are to live. We must use them in spaces that matter,” St. Martin linguist Dr. Rhoda Arrindell stated during the 2022 Alphonsus “Arrow” Memorial Lecture on Friday, November 18.

The lecture was part of the 14th Alliouagana Festival of the Word which ran from November 17 to 19 in Montserrat. Moderated by former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Shirley Osborne, the St. ...

Calypso, Love Nia to Premiere During Montserrat Carnival 2022

Attendees at the Alliouagana Festival of the Word’s (AFW LitFest) Movie Night were treated to the first showing of the trailer for Calypso, Love Nia, a documentary to premiere during Montserrat Carnival 2022 in December.

Filmmaker and Vocalist Nia Golden

The one-minute trailer explains why Nia Golden, a content creator, singer/songwriter, and background vocalist for many calypso shows, wanted to produce a film to celebrate the art form.

The 22-year-old said she had not realised how much calypso...

British Actor Tom Pritchard Coming to Montserrat’s AFW LitFest Screening of Deep Blue

British actor Tom Pritchard who plays a ruthless businessman in HAMAFilms Antigua’s Deep Blue, will be appearing at the film’s advanced screening this Thursday, November 17, 2022, at the Montserrat Cultural Centre.

Deep Blue is the feature film for the Alliouagana Festival of the Word’s (AFW LitFest) Movie Night, which kicks off the three-day literary event.

Pritchard, who has appeared in the multi award-winning series the Crown and played the charming Prince Harry in the Windsors turns into Jef...