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The number of talented Kiwi sporting kids heading to the United States on college scholarships is growing by the year, and Southland provides some glowing examples. Logan Savory reports.

Atipa Mabonga’s parents signed her up for almost any sport available as a kid.

It wasn’t so much about the sport itself, there were other reasons.

Close to 20 years ago the Mabonga family moved from Zimbabwe to New Zealand for a new life.

Despite rainy conditions the Season of Emancipation’s Heritage Fair recently got off to a rocking musical start at the Rock Hall Freedom Park, Rock Hall, St Thomas.

Phoenix Steel Orchestra which comprised former students of the Darryl Jordan Secondary School played hits including the soulful “Beautiful Barbados” by the Merrymen, the impactful “How Many More” by John King and Mighty Gabby’s social justice hit “Emmerton”, among many others.

Caribbean countries that live in fear of being blacklisted by the European Union should band together and take legal action, according to Barbados-based economist and Caribbean policy expert Marla Dukharan.

“I felt like there should be some legal recourse that should be pursued collectively,” Ms. Dukharan said on Feb. 23 on the regional livestreamed show “Territories Talk,” hosted by Shaina Smith-Archer, chairwoman of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association.

From left: Senior Clerk at the Maurice Byer Polyclinic, Sherry Corbin; Member of Parliament for St. Peter, the Hon. Colin Jordan; Medical Officer of Health in charge of the polyclinic, Dr. Cheryl McCollin; Vallis Jemmott and Jacqueline Gill.

The Virgin Islands has been added to the European Union’s “grey list” along with nine other jurisdictions in the Caribbean and elsewhere, the EU Council announced after its meeting on Feb. 24.

Besides the VI, the EU added the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Israel, Montserrat, Russia, Tunisia, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Vietnam, bringing the total list up to 25 jurisdictions.

There's never a dull moment for Thursday Food whenever Chef Briana Riddock comes across our radar. Our last spotlight was the segue from her highly sought-after dinner party series to celebratory cakes. Today we are delighted to share that Riddock is a contestant on Food Network 's brand-new cooking series Raid the Fridge.

Bank Windhoek’s Human Capital department last week donated 260 care bags and 260 packs of sanitary pads to the Innergirl Foundation, an NGO which assists less fortunate young girls who cannot afford basic menstrual hygienic care.

The Innergirl Foundation will distribute the menstrual hygiene product to schools around Windhoek early next year.

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There was little need for members of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Referees Association, to go to the ballots last Monday afternoon at the Methodist Church Hall in Kingstown, as all but one of the positions were elected unopposed.

The occasion was the hosting of the SVGFRA’s Annual General Meeting, in which a new executive was elected for the next two years.

The cue for the unanimous return of the outgoing executive came when Elron Lewis, whose served from 2019 to 2021, was given an extension, as there was no one to oppose him.