As rebuilding efforts get underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines, the government has begun to identify lands for persons who may have lost their homes in the red zone due to volcanic hazards. In the wake of La Soufriere’s volcanic eruptions, which have destroyed many buildings and homes in red zone communities, scientists have advised against allowing people to rebuild homes in the valleys under the mountain. This is …
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF),has received a quantity of supplies from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean in response to the COVID19 pandemic A release from the RSVGPF said donation of the supplies, amounting to EC$28,288.40, was made on June 8, and included an assortment of hand sanitizers, hand soaps, clorox, surgical face masks, antibacterial medical gloves, protective full body …
The threat of lahars now looms over parts of mainland St. Vincent and this will be so for a very long time. Scientists say that heavy rain, added to ash on hillsides can result in lahars, a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water. The material flows down from a volcano, typically along a river valley, and …
The Soufriere volcano is not showing signs of unrest at the moment, but persons must remain alert as nature sometimes throws curved balls. Lloyd Lynch, lead Scientist monitoring the volcano made the point this week while speaking on NBC Radio’s Eyeing La Soufriere program. Lynch, who is attached to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Unit (UWI-SRC), said volcano unrest means increasing activity above background activity, and …
Three St Vincent-born spoken word poets in the diaspora will lead the way in a display of alent in a YouTtube broadcast on Sunday June 13. The show, ‘Clash of the Tongues’ will be hosted by Alan Charles in London , Caren De Freitas in New York and Janelle Jolly in Seattle and will be streamed from 5 p.m. The three artists are behind ‘Volcanic Vincy Voices’ (VVV),which began as …