Less than 18 per cent of working Jamaicans have anything resembling a pension or retiring benefits. Moreover, an even smaller percentage of this group is able to maintain a livelihood, allowing them to purchase the ubiquitous medication, celebrated.
The University of the West Indies (The UWI), through its P.J. Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy and Centre for Reparation Research has joined the global campaign calling for US President, Joe Biden to exonerate the Jamaican-born, Black nationalist leader of the Pan-Africanism movement and freedom fighter, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. In a public show of support, on Wednesday, February 16, the regional university hosted a Vice-Chancellor’s Forum, aimed at engaging persons …
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Soufriere still poses significant threat
RODERICK STEWART, Volcano-Seismologist from the UWI-SRC(left) and PROFESSOR RICHARD Robertson-Seismologist from the UWI-SRC Social Share
EXPERTS AT The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) advise that La Soufrière volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines remains dangerous despite pauses in explosive activity.
During a virtual press conference hosted on Wednesday, April 21, Roderick Stewart, Volcano-Seismologist from the UWI-SRC/Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) emphasized, “… although it is easy to identify the start of eruptions, conclusively saying when eruptions are over, often proves more difficult.”
The UWI-SRC and Vincentian authorities continue to monitor developments at the volcano, as they have been since the onset of heightened activity in December 2020, which entered an explosive phase on April 9, 2021. Advice provided by the UWI–SRC enabled the successful evacuation of 13,000 residents from the des
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