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Vol. 32, Issue 19 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN May 7-13, 2021
SVG Relief Committee, USA. Inc. volunteers unload relief supplies at Friends of Crown
Heights Educational Center. Photo by Nelson A. King
Vincentians in US remain ‘resolute’ in relief
efforts for volcano-ravaged homeland
By Nelson A. King
The Brooklyn-based SVG
Relief Committee, USA., Inc.
says Vincentian nationals
in the United States remain
“resolute” in their efforts to
provide much-needed relief
aid to their volcano-ravaged
homeland.
Verna Arthur, chairperson
of the Committee, told Caribbean
Life on Wednesday that
her compatriots are leaving
no stones unturned in assisting
in the relief efforts.
“Another container was
packed in preparation for
shipment to St. Vincent and
the Grenadines,” she said.
“Again, our volunteers did
not disappoint.
“That continued enthusiasm
and team spirit to help
our brothers and sisters in
SVG (St. Vincent and the
Grenadines), during these
trying times, is resolute,” she
adding, stating that “there
are enough items at Friends
of Crown Heights (Educational
Center in Brooklyn) to
pack another container.
“However, we are crossing
our fingers and toes on
receiving the military plane,”
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SEVERE
COVID
SPIKES
Southern Caribbean countries
face new challenges
By Bert Wilkinson
Trinidad and Guyana, two
of the most southerly but
resource rich nations in CARICOM
are monitoring severe
spikes in Covid-19 cases and
a worrying increase in the
number of deaths with Jamaica
even warning Trinidad that it
may soon ban its citizens from
entering the island because of
the presence of the deadly Brazilian
strain.
Saying it wants nothing to
do with the Brazilian variant
whatsoever, Prime Minister
Keith Rowley said this week
that the Jamaicans are worried
about travel from Trinidad
and is preparing to impose
restrictions on travel in much
the same way it has done for
neighboring South American
nations.
“The Prime Minister of
Jamaica gave me the courtesy
of informing me that Jamaica
would put Trinidad and Tobago
on a restriction list of countries
from which persons cannot
travel because of our acknowledgement
that we have the P-1
variant here. We in Trinidad
are in a peculiar geographical
location. This virus is raging
in Brazil which has a border
with Guyana. Guyana is part
Continued on Page 16
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