The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines was hospitalised after being injured at a protest against a proposed vaccine mandate. Ralph Gonsalves was walking through a crowd outside parliament when he was hit in the head by a stone. The finance minister said he had been transferred to Barbados for an MRI scan […]
Winston ‘Soso’ Lockhart, 69, one of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ greatest soca and calypso icons, died last Sunday from complications of kidney failure. In June of 2020, the Vincentian Cultural Ambassador suffered from a kidney failure and was placed on dialysis treatment, since then he was unable to work. There were several fundraising efforts […]
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — The government of St Vincent has moved the alert at the La Soufriere volcano from Red, the highest, to Orange, the third-highest on the four-level scale. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said on the state-owned NBC Radio on Thursday that the Cabinet made the decision a day earlier. The alert level […]
An organizer with the activist group, Justice for Migrant Workers, is calling for ” an independent investigation” into the death of Romario Morgan, 22,, while in quarantine at a Mississauga hotel. Morgan who came to Canda from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to work on a farm in Ontario, was found dead in a room […]
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — One of the scientists monitoring the La Soufriere volcano said on Monday that while there has been little seismic activity at the volcano in recent days, “we are not ready to say that the volcano has gone back to sleep as yet”. Speaking on the state-owned NBC Radio, Roderick Stewart said […]
Canada has pledged $440,000 (US$354,794) in immediate aid to assist Vincentians in their immediate response to the volcanic eruptions at La Soufrière. A statement from the Bridgetown-based High Commission of Canada in Barbados said the disaster relief funding, provided through Global Affairs Canada, will focus on the basic needs of displaced persons, including those in […]
Complete cast for the virtual showcase to be announced soon! The Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is honoured to collaborate with the Oxygen with Nicole (O2N) Foundation and the Global Coalition to mount a phenomenal virtual showcase of Caribbean excellence, “Stronger Together….We are a global family”, in support of Saint Vincent and the […]
Invitation to participate in the FREE Virtual Event on Thursday, April 29! As part of the events leading up to the highly-anticipated Sustainable Development Movement (SDM) 2021 Summit, the OECS Commission will host the Think Tank on April 29, 2021. The inaugural event will support the OECS Stronger Together Campaign – a fundraising initiative created on behalf […]
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — The lead scientist monitoring the La Soufriere volcano, Professor Richard Robertson Tuesday warned that the volcano could erupt explosively again over the next seven days or so, if the current activities continue. “As we’ve said before, the volcano seems, in a sense, to be trying to grow a dome and it […]
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that there will be immediate and long-term humanitarian needs following the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Noting that some 20,000 people have been directly affected by the eruptions and that the volcano remains highly active, […]
