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Montserrat Orders Evacuations – Volcano Erupts

January 08, 2007
(AP) The volcano that destroyed Montserrat’s capital in 1997 shot a cloud of ash more than five miles into the sky on Monday, and one of the island’s chief scientists said the blast was “a warning call.”

The government has advised about 50 families on the northwestern side of the volcano’s base that their homes were at risk from flows of blistering gas and debris if the dome collapses. Gov. Deborah Barnes Jones said she would sign an evacuation order Monday making it illegal for people to remain in the area.

The blast, accompanied by increased seismic rumbling, released gases and steam from inside a lava dome that has grown rapidly over the last week, said Dr. Vicky Hards, director of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory.

“I think it was a warning call … of what it can do,” Hards said.

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The World’s 25 Sexiest Beaches

Forbes Traveler has announced a list of the 25 sexiest beaches of the world. Byron Bay (New South Wales, Australia) Eleuthera (The Bahamas) Pinney’s Beach (Nevis) Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) Saline Beach (Saint-Barthélemy) Shoal Bay (Anguilla) Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro) …

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Bogus Caricom Website

January 06, 2007 BARBADOS and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries have protested over a bogus website which appears to offer special CARICOM visas for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC), set to begin in the region in March.  Barbados’ …

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More Resistant Malaria Strain In Caribbean

January 6, 2007 – Bridgetown, Barbados

As Jamaica continues to battle with an outbreak of malaria, one health consultant has warned the region that it is facing a more resistant strain of the disease. “The malaria vector, the female Anopheles mosquito, over the years has become resistant to some of our interventions, some of the insecticides that are used, and in addition to that the parasite itself has become and is becoming resistant to some of the treatment that we use as well,” said Dr. Nicholas Adomakoh, clinical consultant for infectious diseases with the Barbados Ministry of Health. “So eradicating the vector and certainly treating the parasite itself is becoming more difficult with time,” A total of 194 cases of malaria have been reported in Jamaica since December 1, last year.  Dr. Adomakoh said the ease of travel coupled with other factors contributed to the re-emergence of the mosquito-borne illness in the region.

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CARICOM Special Visas Due Out Soon – Including Nevis

Following consultations between tourism ministers and the Cricket World Cup security planners, a decision has been reached to delay the implementation of the special CARICOM visa by two weeks, with a new start-up date of February 1. This came from Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the CARICOM Sub-Committee on Cricket World Cup Security, Mia Mottley. She was speaking following a special meeting of regional tourism ministers at the Sherbourne Conference Centre yesterday. Mottley stressed that the CARICOM Heads of Government held a special meeting last Friday to discuss issues relating to security for the tournament.

The Heads at that Bureau Meeting agreed that the Single Domestic Space would now commence on February 1 and not January 15, which would allow us to work with the tourism ministers in a meaningful way to ensure that there is no dislocation from hosting visitors from places which would not have needed visas previously, but now need them. We also agreed that we should work with them to expedite the processing of the visas, as we believe while the outer limit, which has been set of 21 days, would avoid legal liability in regards to representations from the public, we believe that we can process visas, particularly for the charters and emergencies within three or four days, she stated.

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