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Young: More soldiers, supplies for St Vincent

Young: More soldiers, supplies for St Vincent 2 Hrs Ago A cargo boat with water tanks and supplies set sail to St Vincent from the Port of Port of Spain on Friday. Photo by Angelo Marcelle - National Security Minister Stuart Young on Saturday said all was well with the 50 members of the Defence Force who went to St Vincent with supplies on Tuesday, as another vessel was expected to take more officers and supplies to the island on Sunday. He said they would join the Caribbean Disaster Response Unit. Speaking at the 1st Infantry Battalion, Camp Ogden, Long Circular Road, St James where the heads of division of national security received their first covid19 vaccinations, Young said the foreign soldiers were also assisting with humanitarian efforts like getting supplies to various rural areas but were prepared to assist on a security level if necessary.

Special Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government

Special Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government Special Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government Plumes of ash billow out from the La Soufrière volcano on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on April 13th, 2021. The volcano had been dormant since 1979, it started spewing smoke and actively rumbling in December 2020. La Soufrière erupted on Friday 9th April 2021, blanketing Saint Vincent in a layer of ash and forcing some 16,000 residents to evacuate their homes to safer parts of the island. (Photo via UN) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Special Emergency session (14th Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government) on Thursday 15 April to discuss the situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines caused by the on-going volcanic eruptions of La Soufriere.

Volcanoes, earthquakes part of life in the Caribbean

Volcanoes, earthquakes part of life in the Caribbean 5 Hrs Ago Ash clouds tower above La Soufriere as seen from Dorsetshire hill in St Vincent on April 9. Photo courtesy Virad Peters Photo courtesy Virad Peters - Volcanoes and earthquakes are realities of life in the Eastern Caribbean so people and countries should be prepared for them says seismologist Dr Joan Latchman. According to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) website, Grenada, St Vincent, St Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, St Kitts, St Eustatius and Saba have 19 live (likely to erupt again) volcanic centres. “Other islands such as Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, most of the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago (which are not volcanic) are close to volcanic islands and are, therefore, subject to volcanic hazards such as severe ash fall and volcanically-generated tsunamis.”

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