St Vincent produce slow in coming to Trinidad and Tobago
Ginger - Lincoln Holder
WHILE Government officials have assured that produce from St Vincent and the Grenadines, including dasheen, yams and ginger, will still be provided despite the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano, sailors and merchants at the Caricom Jetty in Port of Spain were not optimistic cargo will be coming soon.
Kenrick Glasgow, who transports produce and foodstuffs to St Vincent and the Grenadines and back, told Newsday the last shipment was two Mondays ago.
“Nothing is coming in,” he said.
“We may get more goods next Monday or Tuesday, but we will have to wait and see. It is not that the goods are not there, but it is to get it. It is in the ground, under a pile of ash,” Glasgow said.
April 17, 2021
Regional and international agencies as well as corporate entities have wasted no time in rendering monetary and other assistance to St Vincent and the Grenadines which has been severely affected by eruptions from the La Soufriere volcano during the week.
The European Union (EU) has mobilized €740,000 (EC$2.4 million) in emergency humanitarian aid to support those affected by the extremely damaging consequences of the volcano.
Explosive eruptions started on April 9, prompting the local government to order an immediate evacuation of the most directly exposed areas. The pyroclastic flows descending downhill and the approximately 10km-high ash column, whose falling debris have covered villages, damaged the country’s electricity grid and disrupted the water supply.
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Published: 18 April 2021
BARBADOS: - As the region rallies to assist the thousands of people in St. Vincent and the Grenadines displaced by the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano, CIBC FirstCaribbean has sent a shipment of much-needed supplies to the island.
The shipment which was coordinated by the Barbados Coast Guard left the island on Thursday evening aboard the Admiral Bay which was due to arrive in St. Vincent early Friday morning and will be presented to the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO).
The relief supplies which include over 40 pallets of food, water, cleaning supplies, and sanitary items were purchased by funds donated by the bank’s charitable arm the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation.
By Reuben Robertson, FAO Representative for Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname On the afternoon of Monday, February 15, I stepped off a jetty in St Vincent and the Grenadines and boarded the Admiral Bay 1, a motorised sea vessel traditionally called a schooner. [caption id=