How Clean Is Our Water After Montserrat's Ash?

With the large amounts of ash being dumped on our beautiful islands from the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat, has the Nevis Island Administration or the Nevis Water Department done anything to inform the public about what effects the resultant ash may have on our water supply.

The contamination from volcanic ash is mainly high turbidity and acidity, the turbidity is as a result of the chemicals that the volcanic ash is made up of, which in itself causes the PH level to drop. Chemicals such as sulphur dioxide/sulphur etc.

NWD should be putting in place carbon filters through which the islands water should pass before going to the households. These Carbon (Charcoal) filters are very effective in cleaning the contaminants mentioned above.

So the question begs, what are those in a position of authority doing to protect the citizens of our fair island?

TAXI OPERATORS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT

Police are investigating the armed-robbery of two taxi drivers in the early hours of Monday morning.

 “At about 12:30 a.m. on the 25th of May, two armed masked men entered the taxi stand at Frigate Bay just next to the Marriott Hotel, and robbed two taxi drivers who were in the stand, of their cell phones and a sum of money,” Police Public Press and Relations Officer Inspector Cromwell said on Tuesday.

“They made their escape.  The Police responded, but to date no one [has] been arrested,” Henry said.

The taxi stand is just a few hundred yards away from the Frigate Bay Police Station.

Yet the criminals were able to complete their task of robbing the hard working taxi drivers and get away without a scratch or a warning... when are we going too get serious about crime in the federation... we all have a part too play and we need to stand up for what's right, right now!

Not Guilty Verdict

Rolston Caines charged with causing the death of Valencia Robins, 18, of Jessup’s Village by reckless driving and dangerous driving was found not guilty on both counts Tuesday.
The charges were as a result of the fatal accident on Jan. 18 2008.
Valencia was killed when she was struck by a pickup truck as she walked along the main road at Bath Plains, near the RAMs Supermarket, about 7:30 p.m.
The pickup truck driven by Caines of Morning Star, was traveling from the direction of Charlestown when the vehicle collided with Ms. Robins.
The jury took nearly three hours to come to an 11-1 not guilty verdict on the causing death by reckless driving and a 10-2 not guilty verdict on the dangerous driving charge.

False Report and Police shooting

The Observer Reports

(Charlestown, Nevis) – Police opened fire on a car that looked suspicious after receiving a false report of a robbery in progress Tuesday evening.

According to the St. Christopher Nevis Police Force Public Relations Officer Inspector Cromwell Henry, Police in Charlestown received a report of a robbery in progress at the Lau Chinese Restaurant on Old Hospital Road at about 7:20 pm on April 28. Officers responded and surrounded the area. During their patrol of the area, officers saw a dark colored motor car with tinted windows of which they became suspicious. They attempted to stop the car, but the driver accelerated as he approached the officers, who scuttled out of the path of the car then opened up on the vehicle as it made its escape.

The robbery report was subsequently deemed false after the officers spoke with the owners of the restaurant.