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Videos Included: Several bus drivers started protesting in Dominica Today Monday 12 April, 2021

Published 12 April, 2021

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There large numbers of bus drivers in Dominica who embark on protest action. However the Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has made it clear to them that neither he, nor his government, will be extorted.

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PM Skerrit warns protesting bus drivers that his gov’t will not be ‘extorted’

Dominica News Online

Published 12 April, 2021

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Dominica News Online 

Children walking to school in the Massacre area this morning as a result bus driver protest. Photo taken from Loftus Durand live video

As bus drivers around Dominica embark on protest action, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has made it clear to them that neither he, nor his government, will be extorted.

Several bus drivers began protest action this morning, refusing to ply their their regular route and leaving large numbers of commuters stranded. The bus operators say they are protesting to force the government to provide  “much-needed assistance” because of the financial impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the recent rise in the price of fuel on their trade.

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Grenada affected by volcanic ash particles and Saharan dust

Published 12 April, 2021

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by Linda Straker

  • Possible for minute ash particles to deposit over Grenada because of low-level winds
  • Fair amount of Saharan dust in and around Lesser Antilles including Grenada
  • Marine advisory issued for people venturing out at sea

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St Vincent volcano: Power cuts after another ‘explosive event’

Published 12 April, 2021

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https://www.bbc.com/news/av-embeds/56707956/vpid/p09db7sk

There has been another “explosive event” at a volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, with power outages and water supplies cut off.

The La Soufrière volcano first erupted on Friday, blanketing the island in a layer of ash and forcing some 16,000 people to evacuate their homes.

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Fishing in the south of St Lucia disrupted by volcanic ash

Published 12 April, 2021

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Source: LOOP NEWS

The Laborie jetty, from where St Vincent could be seen on a normal day

The ashfall from the La Soufriere Volcano in St Vincent which erupted last Friday, April 9, has impacted fishers in the south of Saint Lucia.

The situation has resulted in a bad few days of fishing for many fishers of the south who went to sea between Friday and today.

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