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Academics give back to students in need Article by January 27, 2021 The University of the West Indies’ 2020 Global Giving Campaign continues to receive generous contributions of alumni, donors and corporate partners regionally and internationally. Although the campaign was officially targeted as a month-long drive last August, in the latest act of kindness, UWI alumna, Professor Pauline O. Lawrence and her husband Professor Carlton G. Davis, both Jamaican-born, have steppe...

Elecia Myers, Resource Mobilisation Coordinator in the Deans Office, Faculty of Science and Technology; Minna Israel, Special Advisor to the UWI Vice Chancellor; Prof. Michael Taylor, Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology; Danielle Mullings, FST Representative, Guild of Students; Prof. Dale Webber, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, The UWI Mona; Dr. Dwight Robinson, Head of the Department of Life Sciences – all pictured at the handing over ceremony at the UWI Mona on Tuesday, January 19, 2...

Sleeping giant awakes A small lava dome with fresh magna can be seen here as a black mound at the base of the existing dome in the crater of La Soufriere. (Photo Kemron Alexander, Soufriere Monitoring Unit) by Gloriah/Dayle Da Silva  Last Tuesday, 29th December, Vincentians awoke to indications, albeit all unconfirmed, that the La Soufriere volcano was erupting. Some citizens took to giving their versions by posting photographs and videos on social media, while many more bombarded the Nationa...

Alert Level raised at SVG’s La Soufriere volcano Format CDEMA, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency – The alert level for St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ La Soufriere volcano has been elevated to Orange – the third highest of four levels – because of increased activity at the site. Monitoring systems, satellite imagery and visual observations have confirmed increased seismic and fumarolic activity, strong gas emissions, emergence of a satellite dome on the South-East of the ...

Roger Blackman spearheads renewable energy drive Article by December 24, 2020 With a personal story and professional life that paints a prototypical picture of regional interconnectivity, the life’s work of Roger Blackman is one that truly represents the limitless potential of the Caribbean as it relates to sustainable development. As the Managing Director of Barbados Light & Power (BL&P), he has successfully dedicated his expertise in the field of electricity and energy e...

St Augustine studies on hold for foreign students Article by December 18, 2020 Trinidad and Tobago’s apparent isolation from the world is beginning to take its toll on some Barbadian students unable to continue their education after fleeing the twin-island republic earlier this year. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong, meanwhile, contends that the free movement of people across the interdependent island chain has only worsened with the collapse of the regi...