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STAYING PUT: Trini-born priest Fr Collin Jackson who says he wants to remain in St Vincent despite the clear and present danger of the La Soufriere volcano. PHOTO BY STEPHON NICHOLAS -
TRINIDADIAN RC priest Collin Jackson has vowed not to abandon his flock in St Vincent, even in the face of the threat of La Soufriere volcano, which continues to erupt and cause devastation throughout the island.
Jackson, born in Sangre Grande, has been in St Vincent for almost two years and is now in charge of the St John the Evangelist Parish in Mesopotamia, in the southeast of the island. He was ordained a priest last August.
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Over the last year a number of businesses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been taking a beating. Since March 2020, local businesses have encountered waves of external challenges that have the potential to be detrimental. Most recently is the explosive eruption of the La Soufriere volcano. Although this volcano was erupting effusively since December 2020, many hoped that an explosive eruption would have occurred later rather than sooner. As we grapple with the extent of the devastation that awaits when the ashes settle; many businesses are battling to conduct normal business operations with limited public transportation, employees that are distracted and overwhelmed and no pipe-borne water, while being ‘neck deep’ in ashes. These challenges are enough to bring the strongest of us to our knees.
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A FedEx flight on final approach flies over the FexEx Ground facility, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
INDIANAPOLIS The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop.” Coroners began the slow process of identifying the victims as family members spent hours agonizing over word of their loved ones. The shooter was identified as Brandon Scott Hole of Indianapolis, Deputy Police Chief Craig McCartt told a news conference. Investigators searched a home in Indianapolis associated with Hole and seized evidence, including desktop computers and other electronic media. T Hole began firing randomly at people in the parking lot of the FedEx facility late Thursday, killing four, before
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