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3 Trini children left behind in St Vincent
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LUCKY ESCAPE: Carla Questelles with her daughter Cashany Forde on board the MV Galleons Passage which left St Vincent on Wednesday en route back home to Trinidad. Three other Trini children were not so fortunate and were left behind in the volcano-hit island. PHOTO BY STEPHON NICHOLAS -
THREE children – all TT citizens – who were seeking to leave volcano-hit St Vincent were prevented from boarding the vessel which left for Port of Spain on Wednesday evening.
The minors, between the ages of six and 17, were all travelling alone, but were blanked by Immigration officials after the Ministry of National Security raised concerns about lack of arrangements for parental supervision, while they were in state quarantine in Trinidad.
Trinis trying to get home from St Vincent
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PROCESSED: Two TT Immigration officers, top of photo, interview two people on Wednesday in St Vincent who sought to get exemptions to board the MV Galleons Passage which was due to sail for Port of Spain on Wednesday night. PHOTO BY STEPHON NICHOLAS -
THE threat of the La Soufriere volcano as well as ensuing economic uncertainty in St Vincent has seen many Trinis living and working in that country try to take advantage of Wednesday evening s repatriation sailing of the MV Galleons Passage back to Port of Spain.
The vessel arrived in St Vincent on Tuesday afternoon laden with humanitarian aid as the Trinidad and Tobago Government responded to the emerging crisis after the volcano exploded last week Friday, for the first time in 42 years.
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Inter-island ferry Buccoo Reef arrives in Trinidad and Tobago
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The inter-island catamaran Buccoo Reef docks at the Port Authority s Cruise Ship Complex at Dock Road, Port of Spain on Tuesday. - Vidya Thurab
AT 3 pm on Tuesday, the new fast ferry Buccoo Reef docked in Port of Spain after a long voyage from Tasmania, Australia where it was built by the Incat shipyard.
Witnessing the arrival was Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan and Nidco chairman Herbert George, port staff and media workers. However, no-one boarded the vessel which remains under quarantine with its crew for the next two weeks. Sinanan hoped the vessel could start work on the seabridge within a month.