St. Vincent Consulate General to US broadens role in aiding nationals

According to Caribbean Life News, New St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to the United States Roland “Patel” Mattews says the New York-based Consulate General has been broadening its mission since he assumed office on March 1. “I want to speak with you this evening in very practical terms about the work of your Consulate here in the United States,” Matthews, a former member of Parliament representing North Leeward, told a town hall meeting on Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn. That meeting was spearheaded by Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday and involved, among others, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Diaspora Affairs Fitzgerald Bramble, and Ambassador to the United Nations Vynnette Fredericks. “Many people understandably think of the Consulate as the place you contact when you need a passport, a document, or some other consular service,” Matthews add