NEWS of the expected eruption of La Soufri�re volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines came as a shock to several Jamaicans who settled in the eastern Caribbean island, some more than a decade ago.Vincentians and foreigners were warned of the pending disaster from as early as October last year, though it had been over 40 years since the volcano last erupted.

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St Vincent volcanic eruptions shock Jamaicans living there

Kingstown – The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says farmers, as well as other people, employed in the volcano Red Zone will get income support of either EC$500 or EC$400 per month for the rest of the year to help cope with loss of income as a result of the eruption of La Soufriere volcano. “Many of these individuals face lengthy periods of reduced or non-existent income before they …

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St Vincent govt to help farmers

As Ian Fair and his daughters Nicole, Sasha, and Kelly Fair donated $240,000 to create the Sylvia Fair Scholarship Fund to support three qualified government school students from grade nine through 12 at St. Andrew’s School – Angelo Knowles,  a 2020 graduate, said the scholarship he was awarded to attend the prestigious high school had been “nothing but a blessing”.

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Fair family donates $240K to St. Andrew’s International School - The Nassau Guardian

Our team of Sandy Pitt and Colville Mounsey spent a week in St Vincent and the Grenadines covering the aftermath of the eruption of La Soufriere volcano. They share their thoughts on the experience and also spoke with multimedia journalist Nick Maitland. Hear from them and also see some behind the scenes images from the trip below. Covering the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent was not …

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - The Government has moved the alert at the La Soufriere volcano from Red, the highest, to Orange, the third-highest on the four-level scale.NBC RadioPrime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said on the State-owned on Thursday that the Cabinet made the decision a day earlier.

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La Soufriere volcano alert reduced to orange

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - The La Soufriere volcano has been displaying "spectacular" mudflows, but the scientists say the seismic activity has remained low since the tremor associated with the explosion and ash on April 22.Seismologist Roderick Stewart, speaking on the State-owned NBC Radio yesterday, said that the seismic network recorded signals from multiple lahars (mud flows) for a period of about six hours on Monday."The lahars seem to …

Spectacular mudflows at La Soufriere volcano

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) - The St Vincent and the Grenadines Government says it has ordered 50,000 doses of the Russia-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine as nationals continue to refuse taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to help curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic here.Health officials are worried that thousands of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are at risk of expiring at the end of this month, and Prime Minister Dr …

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