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Scores of people are gathered at the National Housing Corporation on Country Road, St Michael, waiting to collect cheques as payment for cleaning up the roadways of ash following the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.
Minister of Housing and Lands and co-ordinator of the National Clean-Up Campaign, Dr William Duguid said the NHC headquarters was being used as a hub for payment collection.
Prime Minister Mia Mottley said 1 500 temporary jobs would be created to deal with the national clean-up. La Soufriere had an explosive eruption on April 9 and the following day, loads of ash was dumped on Barbados. (RA)
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A crew from the Barbados Fire Service washing down Warrens Office Complex in preparation for today’s reopening. - (Picture by Lennox Devonish.) Social Share
Most businesses and homes should be in a much better state today as residents continued clean-ups yesterday of the heavy ash left behind from the La Soufriere volcano.
Coordinator of the National Clean-Up Campaign and Minister of Housing and Lands Dr William Duguid said they were working towards reopening Government buildings today.
He said they gave priority to the Warrens Office Complex,
Government House, the Ministry of Housing which houses the Treasury, and Verona House yesterday.