ALBA-TCP promises more help for SVG
FROM LEFT: Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves greets Sacha Llorentti, secretary general of ALBA-TCP with a knock of fists recently. Social Share
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) can expect concrete help from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP).
Sacha Llorentti, secretary general of ALBA-TCP.
A team from ALBA-TCP, including the secretary general Sacha Llorentti was on the ground in the red zone this week and met with SEARCHLIGHT before one of their tours.
“We are here to express our solidarity with the Prime Minister and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and also make an assessment of the situation to try and establish the best ways in which ALBA could help the efforts of the government,” Llorentti commented on Monday.
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SVG Coast Guard donates to Glen shelter at SDA church
From left: Able Seaman (AB) Shivern Layne, Shelter Manager Hazel-Ann James and Leading Seaman (LS) Aldine Barker. Social Share
At a brief handing-over ceremony held on Friday, April 30, 2021, the shelter management team and the evacuees at the Glen Seventh Day Adventist Church shelter were the recipients of a quantity of relief supplies donated by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard Service (SVGCG), compliments Décor Products 1990 Ltd of Grenada.
Commander of the Coast Guard, Brenton Cain stated that a partnership was forged with Décor Products 1990 Ltd through its sponsorship of the Coast Guard Summer Programme over the years. He outlined that as a result of that partnership, Décor Products was able to engage business and other entities in of Grenada to procure relief items to aid in the aftermath of the explosive eruption of La Soufriere Volcano.
Red zone still restricted even with lower alert level
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While the go ahead has been given to residents of communities in the Orange zone to return home, access to the Red zone remains restricted due to the dangerous threat of lahars.
Because this threat may continue for some time, scientists have advised that certain measures be put in place to safeguard lives, livelihoods and property of persons who occupy the Red zone.
“The best protection is to stay out of the valleys, don’t put any kind of major assets in it because of the fact that, in the case of St Vincent, it’s going to happen so fast that it’s difficult to provide a warning,” geologist, Professor Richard Robertson said on Wednesday during VC3’s Round Table Talk programme.