Public Sector salaries in jeopardy
Notice has been given that this country’ Treasury might not be able to provide for public sector workers’ salaries in the near future.
By: Kenville Horne•
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on and with low uptake of the in vaccines, it appears that St Vincent may just be in for a long road to recovery.
And if that is the case, and the economy continues to bend under the weight of its own internal challenges and the impact of a general slowdown in the global economy, the government might not be able in the next couple of months to pay salaries, and meet NIS and other pension commitments.
Multiple Cruise Ships Head for St. Vincent With Imminent Volcano Eruption
Cruise Ships from Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, and Celebrity Cruises head to St. Vincent to help with evacuations due to imminent volcano eruption.
Photo Credit: @VincieRichie (Twitter)
Cruise Lines have started to respond and help the Caribbean island of St. Vincent as the government has issued an urgent evacuation due to an imminent volcanic eruption.
Carnival Cruise Line is one of the first cruise lines to offer help with evacuations and two vessels are already underway heading towards the island. Royal Caribbean has one ship on the way and Celebrity Cruises has two vessels that will arrive on Thursday night.
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Volcano on Caribbean island roars back to life with explosive eruption Published 1 day ago
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Print article SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico An explosive eruption rocked La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Friday following mandatory evacuation orders from the local government. Emergency management officials said the ash column rose about 20,000 feet high and that the ash was headed east into the Atlantic Ocean. However, heavy ashfall also was reported in communities around the volcano, said Erouscilla Joseph, director of the University of the West Indies Seismic Center. “More explosions could occur,” she said in a phone interview, adding that it was impossible to predict whether they might be bigger or smaller than the first one.
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