THE CARIBBEAN Disaster Management Agency (CDEMA) thinks the situation in which the eruption of the Soufriere volcano has placed St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is far from over. Superintendent Sylvan McIntyre, a member of the CARICOM Operational Support Team (COST) of CDEMA made the pronouncement on episode 59 of Round Table Talk on VC3 on May 12. He said currently, there are threats existing in the red and orange …
SUPERINTENDENT Sylvan McIntyre, a member of the CARICOM Operational Support Team (COST) of CDEMA Social Share THE CARIBBEAN Disaster Management Agency (CDEMA) thinks the situation in which the eruption of the Soufriere volcano has placed St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is far from over.
Superintendent Sylvan McIntyre, a member of the CARICOM Operational Support Team (COST) of CDEMA made the pronouncement on episode 59 of Round Table Talk on VC3 on May 12.
He said currently, there are threats existing in the red and orange zones and some persons would not be going back anytime soon.
“Understanding this, we recognise that there will be a need for ongoing support, and there will be need for transparency, accountability and equity in the distribution of relief items,” McIntyre told persons via the program.
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Several persons who were displaced by the Explosive Volcanic Eruption have indicated an interest in returning to their homes in the Orange Zone.
Last Thursday, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves announced a change in the alert level for the La Soufriere Volcano to orange, following a decision made by Cabinet.
Director of the National Emergency Management Organization, Michelle Forbes says NEMO will facilitate the necessary transport for persons who will be returning to their homes in the Orange zone.
Some 22-thousand people were displaced following the explosive eruption of La Soufriere Volcano on Friday April 9
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There are more than four thousand people in 84 shelters on mainland St. Vincent, while there are several persons who evacuated to union Island, Bequia and Canouan.
There’s no tension at AfCFTA secretariat between Officials and Ghanaian workers – Trade Ministry LISTEN MAR 16, 2021
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has dismissed a media report which claimed that there was tension at the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Ghana.
A report by online portal, www.GhanaNewsPage.Com on March 14, 2021 titled: “Secretary General of AfCFTA threatens to sack all Ghanaian employees”, had alleged a rift between Ghanaian officials and foreign nationals working at AfCFTA Secretariat in Accra.
But the Trade and Industry Ministry in a rejoinder dated March 16, 2021 and signed by its Chief Director, Patrick Y. Nimo, stated “emphatically and unequivocally that there is no such rift or tension” at the AfCFTA Secretariat.
March 8, 2021
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The CDEMA Coordinating Unit has officially deployed Superintendent Sylvan McIntyre of Grenada to assist authorities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the effusive eruption at the La Soufriere. Volcano. Commencing March 1, 2021, Superintendent McIntyre will spend six weeks supporting the national disaster office with the ongoing volcano crisis under the Regional Response Mechanism (RRM).
Superintendent McIntyre looks forward to a successful intervention as he represents the CARICOM Operational Support Team (COST) of CDEMA through his wealth of expertise. He said, “I feel first and foremost humbled to be recognised as one of the persons in the region to be responding to a sister country that is in need. Secondly, it gives me a sense of regional collaboration support that Grenada was able to see to the request of St. Vincent.”