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Culinary Arts To Be Included At Zack’s Music Workshop

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Culinary Arts To Be Included At Zack’s Music Workshop

 

By: Precious Mills

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 15th June 2018)-For the upcoming 12th annual Traditional Music Workshop, coordinated by Cultural Preservationist Winston ‘Zack’ Nisbett, food will be a new hands-on topic for the children featuring the culinary arts of cultural dishes namely cassava bread and conkie.

“This year, it would be completely different. We will be teaching the children how to do cassava bread. I have the dish already and the rings and I will be bringing somebody to teach them the things we are going to incorporate and one other thing is how to make conkie,” said Nisbett during a sit-down interview this week.

Under the theme ‘Discipline Continues To Be The Key’, the month-long summer workshop is expected to run from Monday 30th July to 25th August for the second year at the new location dubbed  Zack’s Historical-Cultural Library & Museum located at the Buckley’s Estate aback Kawaja’s Food Centre east of the Caribbean Cinemas.

Classes will be held from 9am to 3pm with music lessons on four instruments-banjo, quarto, guitar and fife.

Asked about the inspiration behind the cultural food aspect of the workshop, Nisbett said: “Well, it is our culture and the workshop that I have is basically a cultural workshop and the museum and library in general deals with history, culture which comprise of dress, the type of foods we eat and so on.”

He added: “We need to go back to the more indigenous types of food which is the basic sweet potato, the roast potato and those sort of things because lookingat most of the old people today, they live until they’re 80 and 90 something, and also more people are living to 100 now and so it means that something they did right in their days than today.This therefore gives me this impetus to go back to basic in a sense in getting the youngsters to understand the more indigenous type of food and the local drinks. Yes, we have bottle drinks and so that are being manufactured here in St.Kitts-Nevis but we also need the local drinks like the ginger beer, mauby, soursop, passion fruit, lemonade and guava. Those are the type of nourishment we need in our bodily system.”

Nisbett further told that in the old days, the basic thing was the cassava bread (made from the cassava flour) as well as other byproducts like   and  dumpling and porridge and also the conkie-wrapped in the grape bush or the fig plant leaves- which is like a whole meal because it is filling.

“Those are indigenous things and we need to preserve them and go back to them because not only do those things make us healthier but also stronger and the food itself gives you a sense of motivation. It’s time we preserve our culture as we are number one as the mother colony and we need to stand up and be counted which is important.”

Additionally, Nisbett informed that reading classes will also be another highlight of the workshop.

According to him, poor reading in some children is not only a challenge in the Buckley’s community and its environs but throughout St.Kitts as a whole whilst pointing out “There are many books that we have there that could assist them.”

The Cultural Preservationist is hoping that the children would be consistent in their attendance to the workshop.

“We want them to come to experience the entire duration of the workshop; not to come two days and then miss because in order for you to become an expert in that field, you have to go through the day to day learning of holding the chords and different things. However,  different to the workshop, they will be having extra things to do.”

Persons interested in the workshop are asked collect registration forms or contact Nisbett at 664-9016.

Photo: Student performing at the 2017 graduation ceremony (Spokesman Snap)

SCOOPS

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SCOOPS

 

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He tell her dat she better watch sheselfwid him.  He tell her dat some people did try to diss him and when he done busedem and tell demdatdeyainnuttenwidout him de clincher, everyone a dem  back dung.

He ask her if she ain see what he say bout Sam, Jean, Samal, Val Lindsay, Clecton, Terry, Dwyer and Wattley?  He ask her if she ain hear how he mash up de whole cabinet when dey wanted to hold candle a correction to him?  He tell her if she tink she bad, she will leave up de post.

When de lady realize dat Humpty Dumpty ain playing wid her, she tek dung de post quick, quick and beg him a million pardon and start to tek out she text on all who read de post and did agree wid her.

She so fraiddat Humpty Dumpty was gonput she business pon de road dat she tell him dat she not gon write two paragraph a good writemanship.  She gon write a whole epistle praising him and saying how sexy he gutswhat got een more waste dan a septic tank mek him look.

Dey say dat in she letter begging him pardon, she had to tell him dat is not she ex dat put her up to it.  Because he tell her dat he know de ISIS terrorist done tell de whole world how rearbin he be and dat anybody could ketch him wid food.

Humpty Dumpty did beg Mr Birdie to pay for a operation to mek he stomach small.  Das what mek he ask for watch and shoe.  Because when he wouldadone do de operation, he woulda able to see he foot demin de expensive shoes.

De bad wud minister fraid to go way because he hear dat Scotland Yard looking for him.  Dey say dat is he who Humpty Dumpty send to collect de shoes,de watch and and de money and he get a fancy ride dat he give to he next a kin to drive.

De bad wud minister so fraid Scotland Yard dat where he vehicle park in de night ain where he does sleep.  He say dat Humpty Dumpty done tell him not to travel for a while because Scotland Yard does divert plane when dey want somebody on it.

Dey say dat even Marco Polo dropping hewud on Humpty Dumpty.  Dey say datall de scripture he quoting is for Humpty Dumpty.  He say is grudge Humpty Dumpty grudge him because he name in de Bible too and he look better dan him in clothes.  Das what mek he want expensive shoes and watch to carry him off.

Humpty Dumpty tell de baby doctor dat is not he fault what mek he carn get back he big wuk in de hospital.  But he tell de baby doctor dat if he go back on de radio to complain and call he name again, he will see how barley grow.

Humpty Dumpty askOle Mother Hubbard if she ain notice dat from de time dey put up de traffic lights dem, everytingdatdey did  do in de dark coming out in de light.  He say dat he carn believe how people get to find out boutde watch and shoes and money.  Something not right.  Jumbie in de lights dem.

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE: Why Workplace Stress Is A Collective Challenge And What To Do About It

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By: BatumbaTak General Secretary, The St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union

In the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Labour Movement was the Principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment Insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life. The captains of industry did not lead this transformation; they resisted it until they were overcome. When in the thirties the wave of Union Organization crested over the Nation, it carried to secure shores not only itself but the whole society.”

The International Labour Organization (ILO) just recently outlined its findings of the very latest research on the impact of stress in the workplace.

In addition, the relationship between workplace stress and poor mental health is also well established.

However, the International Labour Organisation’s (ILOs) Safety and Health at Work team surveyed the most recent studies on workplace stress from around the world.

Additionally, we found that work- related stress costs global society untold billions in direct and indirect costs annually, and that is quite apart from the human price paid in misery, suffering and even, according to some of the reports we looked at, suicide as well.

Nevertheless, let us continue by looking at the following:

  1. Growing Pressure At Work: We have been often told that we live increasingly stress full working lives, but exactly what does recent experience tells us?

Therefore let us begin with globalisation. It is said that global competitive processes have transformed work organisation, working relations and employment patterns, thereby contributing to the increase of work-related stress and its associated disorders.

In today’s world the pace of work is dictated by instant communications and high levels of global competition, the lines separating work from life are definitely becoming blurred more and more difficult to identify. It is fully believed that an appropriate balance between work and private life is difficult to achieve.

And the phenomenon is indeed global in its impact.

For instance, we note a recent study from Japan that found 32. 4 per cent of workers reported suffering from strong anxiety, worry and stress from work in the previous year.

However, in Chile, 2011 data shows 27. 9 per cent of workers and 13. 8 per cent of employers reported that stress and depression were present in their enterprises. In addition, similar figures were also found in practically every country that was considered for this type of report.

Also there is the hangover from the recent global economic crisis and recession that forced many enterprise to scale down their economic activities in order to remain competitive, causing an increase in restructuring, downsizing, merging, outsourcing and subcontracting, precarious work and a higher likelihood of massive layoffs of workers, unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, just to name a few.

It is a well-known and accepted fact that these working practices are a source of what is known in the field as “psychosocial hazards.” For within the workplace they contribute to increased competition, higher expectations as regards performance, fast-paced and intensive work, irregular and longer working hours, higher job demands and job insecurity, and a lack of control over the content and organization of work and reduced work opportunities.

Adding to that is the dreaded fear of losing their jobs, reduced motivation of staff, decreased satisfaction and creativity, and decreased financial stability and you end up with serious consequences for workers’ mental health and wellbeing, with a significant financial bottom line.

It is fully believed that these related direct and indirect costs are only beginning to be quantified. But still, some developed countries assess the economic impact of work-related stress, associated behavioural patterns and mental health disorders.

For example, in Europe it is said that the estimated cost of work-related depression cost about €617 billion a year, which includes the costs of employers of absenteeism and presenteeism (€272 billion), loss of productivity (€242 billion), health care costs (€63 billion) and social welfare costs in the form of disability benefit payments (€39 billion).

  1. Let us now look at Lifting The Burden: What measures can we take to reduce the heavy toll of workplace stress on our societies and business?

Below please find a few ideas that we fully believe can have a profound impact:

  1. Continued focus: Awareness on these issues is growing. In most countries policymakers and social partners have become more involved in creating interventions to tackle psychosocial hazards, which are the cause of work-related stress. In addition, social partners have been active, awareness raising campaigns have proliferated and many research networks and professionals associations have become involved.
  2. Prevention: It is the opinion of the health professionals that the protection of mental health at work will have more impact if it focuses on preventive strategies. In addition, they also say that it is very essential to handle the causes and the consequences of work-related stress with a combination of both collective and individual measures.
  3. Inclusion: It is fully believed that greater opportunities for participating in decision-making are associated with greater satisfaction and a higher feeling of self-esteem. However, in the long-term, even small amounts of autonomy in the execution of tasks are beneficial for the mental health and productivity of workers.

Moreover, participation in decision-making in the workplace moderates the effects of psychosocial hazards such as job demands and leads to reduced psychosocial strain.

  1. Management: A more comprehensive Occupation Safety and Health (OSH) management system would ensure improved practices and incorporation of health promotion measurers. In addition, this should include psychosocial risks in risk assessment and management measures with a very clear view to effectively managing their impact in the same way as with other Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) risks in the workplace. Please keep in mind though that workers’ participation in this process is crucial.
  2. OrganisationalCulture:The International Labour Organisation (ILO) experience shows the importance of the social environment in shaping work behaviors and valuing them; human resource policies play a role in ensuring working relationships based on trust, authenticity and partnership.

Finally, today workers all over the world are facing significant changes in work organization and labour relations; they are under greater pressure to meet the demands of modern working life. But for our health, wellbeing, and our livelihoods we must continue to work collectively to reduce the impact of stress in the workplace.

As time is of the utmost importance, we shall stop here for today but we will continue in a future article by looking at Stress: What It does To Your Health.

As I take my leave for today I leave you with a quote Amit Ray Om Chanting and Meditation and a stress song.

“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.”Amit Ray, Om Chanting and Meditation.

Stress

You think your head’s achin’, I’m not finished yet,

I won’t be mistaken, how soon you forget,

Take back what you said and I’ll spare you pain,

Then you can spare me all your f…..’ lies,

I can’t wait to get away,

I ask you twenty more times,

Don’t you hear a thing?

Your testing my patience again,

Careful for your sake,

Take a walk with me there, and I’ll show you pain,

But who said you can open up your mouth,

I can’t wait to get away

Thoughts are pissed away,

And for a minute I couldn’t swallow,

Thoughts are pissed away,

And for a minute I couldn’t swallow,

If you think that I’m the one who’ll be here,

Come tomorrow think again,

In time I’ll be here, Not waiting for you anymore,

I love you anyway, is it so rare that I’ve been,

Sleeping with the dead.

Occupational Safety & Health

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By: Joseph Jones

Workers! It’s a number of years this Union (St.Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union) in its efforts in promoting Occupational Safety and Health, to my mind, it is a difficult hill but as you would be “aware”, people (workers) perceive a hill to be steeper than it really is especially if they are tired of carrying a heavy load. But I can say to you that THIS UNION IS NOT TIRED. When you are burdened and exhausted with problems that seem too big to handle, check them out. This is a fact that when encounter a trial in life, we are tempted to sit down at the workplace, home or at the base of the hill and stay there convinced that the grade is too steep.

That is why the Union is encouraging you to draw near. These articles are sweet words to my taste. Ewe are creatures with all kind of needs. Without air, water or food for instance we can’t go on living. In addition to these absolutely basic necessities, we have a host of others that must be met if we are to be healthy, safe and happy. But these needs are not just physical, emotional and social, they are also spiritual.

Before I close, allow me to say furthermore that the world has changed drastically but the battle still rages.

We owe a debt of gratitude to the St.Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union, NO MATTER WHAT! It has and still is fighting for us the worker of the Federation in terms of stress, noise, chemicals, occupational accidents and diseases.

Hello! I will again touch on Body Ergonomics. What is that? Human Engineering- is a way of thinking and planning work so that it is organised to suit the abilities and needs of workers (people) doing it.

Let me hit it home now. Everybody is different. People are of different heights, they are built differently. Some people are stronger than others and their temperaments and ability to withstand physical stress and strains vary. These are basic facts that cannot be changed and we must use them as a basis for planning working environments.

*NOTE WELL*

WORDS AND MEANING

Sex- refers to being either a male or female but in this article ‘sex’ is a health hazard. Mark you, it is not occupational but some people use it as a business and there is where stress and strain roll up on the back and brain. This is no laughing matter; take this very seriously. Again, the “awareness” must be there at all times.

*See below*

*Stress- To put in difficulties, subject to emphasis constraint and pressure.

*Strain* to stretch lightly, to exert to the utmost, to over task, to carry too far.

It is said that man or woman is as old as he or she feels. But the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says a man or woman is as old his or her BACK.

Until next week. Thank you.

CCM Told To Break Up With Gov’t

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CCM Told To Break Up With Gov’t

By: Spokesman Newsroom

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Wednesday 7th June 2016)-  The opposition Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) in adding its voice to the ongoing controversy of the Peter Virdee bribery scandal allegations directed at Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris, is calling on the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) led by Premier Mark Brantley to break up with the present  three-party Team Unity Administration.

According to NRP: “It is our considered view that this sordid episode can and must be brought to a swift conclusion by the total withdrawal of CCM from the Team Unity Government (TUG). We therefore call on Premier and Party Leader of the CCM, the Hon. Mark Brantley to withdraw his party’s support for Prime Minister Harris. In so doing he will demonstrate that no person is above the law and that his outspoken commitment to integrity and ethics as fundamental principles of good governance are backed up by deliberate action. To do otherwise would not only signal his and his party’s collusion to keep Prime Minister Harris in office, but simultaneously render our nation’s motto “Country Above Self” meaningless.”

In a  statement issued on Tuesday 5th June, labelling the allegations of corruption issue as being “very serious”, the opposition body on the sister isle of Nevis has joined its colleague party the St.Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) in calling for Dr. Harris to resign.

“These allegations are very serious and cannot be overlooked, diminished or swept quietly away. Notwithstanding the real potential of criminal prosecution by the UK Government of Prime Minister Harris, the immediate problem posed to our fragile and fledgling democracy is his apparent flagrant violation of the peoples’ trust and the desecration of ethical rules of engagement in high office.  In the circumstances therefore, The NRP also calls for the immediate and unconditional resignation of Prime Minister Harris,” part of the statement read also.

The opposition body has further expressed the alleged imagery being portrayed of the Federation of St.Kitts and Nevis.

“Never in our modern history have the eyes of the world had occasion to examine us through this dark prism of corruption as they do now. The damage to our country’s reputation must be quickly healed, the confidence in our legislative and other institutions of state must be restored and our peoples must once again be allowed to confront the future with a renewed sense of purpose and optimism that there can and will be Integrity in Public Life.”

The Team Unity Government is made up of members of the People’s Action Movement-PAM  (four seats), the CCM (two seats) and the People’s Labour Party-PLP led by Dr. Harris with one seat.

 

Belongings Of Missing Fisherman Found

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Belongings Of Missing Fisherman Found

 

By: Drizel Hanley

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Wednesday 7th June 2018)-Found items belonging to one of the two fishermen believed to be lost at sea have been handed over to the local authorities by the Fisheries Department as search efforts continue.

Vernon Pemberton of New Road and Hayden Langley of Buckleys were reported missing by Pemberton’s co-workers after he did not report to work following a fishing trip on Sunday 3rd June.

A massive search is underway in the waters in and off St. Kitts and Nevis spearheaded by a joint security search and rescue operation being conducted in partnership with the relevant government departments.

Reportedly, Pemberton was last seen by members of his family on Sunday, June 03 sometime after midday.

According to the report made to the police, he had indicated that he was going out to sea to fish with Langley and neither have been seen since.

As a result, Pemberton was reported missing to the Police on Tuesday morning (5th June).

Enquiries by the investigators have revealed that Pemberton’s co-workers notified the Fisheries Department that he did not show up for work after leaving for a fishing excursion on the weekend.

Reportedly, both the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and the Fisheries Department notified the St. Kitts-Nevis Coast Guard of the situation.

Police say “The Fisheries Department also handed over items identified as those of Vernon Pemberton that were found at sea by another fisherman.”

To this end, the Department of Maritime Affairs has asked vessels passing through the identified areas to look out for debris or a submerged vessel or persons in distress.

On Tuesday of this week (5th June), the Coast Guard carried out a day-long search operation that included three search areas: one south of Nevis; and two near Redonda down to the St. Eustatius channel.

Additionally, two fly-over searches were done by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre based in Martinique.

The neighbouring Dutch islands have also planned fly-over exercises for this week.

Individuals are advised that if anything is found in relation to the case, they have been asked to report it immediately.

Police investigations into the matter will continue.

If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of these two men, you are asked to contact the Criminal Investigation Department at the Basseterre Police Station by dialing 465-2241, or contact your nearest Police Station.

Autopsy: Old Woman’s Death Unnatural 

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Autopsy: Old Woman’s Death Unnatural 

By: Drizel Hanley

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Tuesday 6th June 2018)-An autopsy performed on the body of an 82-year-old NewTown woman found dead  inside her home earlier this week indicates that she was killed, making her the fifteenth homicide victim in St.Kitts-Nevis for the year.

The motionless body of Iona Nicholas of Pond’s Estate was reportedly discovered on Sunday 3rd June.

Police say that around 9:15 PM they received a call at the Basseterre Police informing them of Nicholas’ death.

Reportedly, Nicholas was discovered dead in her home by one of her grandsons.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the cause of death was first ruled as natural but a confession and a failed suicide attempt by a close family member prompted a police investigation.

An autopsy performed by Forensic Pathologist Dr. Valery Alexandrov the following day (Monday 4th June) “concluded that her death resulted from mechanical asphyxia due to the obstruction of the airway.”

According to police, “the post-mortem is an important part for investigations.”

Police then established that Nicholas’ death was a homicide.

It was also reported that a “person was taken into police custody on June 04 and is assisting with investigations.”

Police say that “person is now considered a person of interest”, and information reaching this media house indicates that it is a relative of the deceased woman.

Investigations are ongoing.

The Federation’s homicide count for 2018 is eleven recorded deaths on St.Kitts and four on Nevis.

Up In Smoke: Over $2Million Worth Of Weed Destroyed

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Up In Smoke: Over $2Million Worth Of Weed Destroyed

By: Spokesman Newsroom

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Wednesday 6th June 2018)– Over two million dollars worth of marijuana plantswere destroyed by fire following ajoint police and military operation last week in the communities of Mansion and Estridge Mountain.

According to information coming from the Police’s public relations department, the plants ranged from seedling to 11 feet in height and that the mature and mid-sized plants have a combined estimated street value of EC$2.5 million. Allowed to mature, the seedlings would have had an estimated street value of $1 million.

Police say the plants were uprooted on May 27 and 28 and destroyed on May 31 with over 20,000 marijuana plants in total uprooted in several plots.

A member of the St.Kitts-Nevis Defence Force seen next to a vehicle with uprooted marijuana plants (police provided photo)

Reportedly, the operation included Officers from the Special Services Unit (SSU), the Tabernacle Police Station, District ‘B’ Patrol, the Anti-Gang Unit and Soldiers from the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF).

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) with responsibility for the Operations Directorate, Terrance James, explained that many of the former sugar lands were being used for marijuana cultivation and that as a result, the police embarked on an eradication operation which has been going on for a period of time.

“This operation will continue. On our law books, the use, cultivation and distribution of marijuana is still illegal. It has not been decriminalised or legalised. So I would like to discourage persons from cultivating it, and encourage them to plant crops for food,” he has stated.

Reportedly, ACP James has given that such operations would continue.

The police department also indicated that similar exercises earlier in May resulted in close to 3,000 plants being uprooted in Stapleton and Brotherson.

The local authorities are claiming that “The evidence has shown that there is a direct correlation between the trafficking and cultivation of drugs and violent crimes.

Local Acts Will Not Open Music Festival

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Local Acts Will Not Open Music Festival

By: Precious Mills

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Wednesday 6th June 2018)-The Chairman of the Production and Artistes Selection Committee for the St.Kitts Music Festival, Jonel Powell, revealed that the local acts are not slated to start to nightly concerts as has been the norm over the years.

Instead, as outlined by him, for the upcoming three-night festival slated Thursday 28th June to Saturday 30th June- Destra, Chackademus& Pliers and Rhythm of the Beat will kick off the show respectively.

“We want to use the opportunity to encourage persons to come to the Festival on time. We are not going down to 3, 4 in the morning. We have less artistes and in order for you to get your money’s worth and to see the artistes and to see the shows, you have to come on time. We have all headliners ladies and gentlemen and so coming at 10 O’clock fashionable late can mean you’ll miss half to three quarts of the show,” Powell advised while speaking at press conference held on Tuesday 5th June at the Ministry of Tourism located at Port Zante.

This media house understands that the Rhythm of the Beat is a band whose members include musicians of St.Kitts-Nevis roots residing overseas.

For the 22nd annual St.Kitts Music, four (4) homegrown acts are slated to perform namely Nu Vybes Band International (De Sugar Band, the reigning Sugar Mas Road March Champions Small Axe Band, Dejour and Byron Messia.

The official line -up for the respective nights are as follows:

Thursday- Nu Vybes Band International and the Small Axe Band, Spice, Destra, KES The Band and Nailah Blackman.

Friday- SizzlaKalonji, August Alsina, Ishawna, Wayne Wonder, Chackademus&Pliers, Dejour and Byron Messia

Saturday- Fetty Wap, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Patti LaBelle and Rhythm of the Beat

Chairman of the Marketing Committee Val Henry emphasised the call for patrons to be on time saying: “We have given you for all three nights who will be the opening act. What we have deliberately not given to you is who will be the second act and I just want to caution that I remember one year when Third World I think was the one who started off the night and a lot of people came expecting to see Third World and they would have already performed so we have given you some indication that it is critical that you do come early to ensure that you do not miss any of your favourite acts and though we have given you the starters for each night, we are not at this time gonna to give you who’ll be second but it could be one of the acts you are hoping to see and to underline that and to create greater intrigue, the traditional format where all of our so-called homegrown or local acts being the opening acts that is not necessarily gonna to be the case this year so please come very early- the show starts 8 O’ clock- so that you avoid missing anyone that you wish to see.”

Announced by Powell that day also were the hosts and DJs for the Festival this time around featuring six (6) overall, four of whom are well-known local media personalities in the persons of Pinocchio, Sugar Bowl, Sweet Sister Sensia and G-Cue.

Host appearances are as follows: Pinocchio and Sugar Bowl on Thursday, Sweet Sister Sensia and Jabba (from Hot 97 FM in New York and Massive B Sound System) on Friday and CarlyRed (from Love and Hip Hop Atlanta) and G-Cue on Saturday.

DJs for Thursday and Saturday will be one of the two finalists from the Music Festival DJ competition scheduled for June 22nd while on Friday, Jabba and Sweet Sister Sensia will be ‘wearing two hats’ in mixing music also.

 

Guatemalans struggle to recover the dead buried by volcano eruption

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Guatemalans struggle to recover the dead buried by volcano eruption

(CNN)Eva Ascón is coming to terms with a gut-wrenching scenario: Her parents, brothers, sisters, six nieces and nephews and other relatives have been missing since Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted near their homes, and their survival looks unlikely.

Wearily, she asks that recovery workers keep going until her family’s remains are found and that she has a chance to identify them.
“Give us time to identify the bodies in the morgue; don’t take them away as unidentified,” Ascón told reporters Tuesday, two days after the eruption that Guatemalan authorities say left at least 69 dead.
Ascón lives in the capital, Guatemala City, some 25 miles from the volcano. The relatives she fears are dead lived much closer to the eruption.
“Even if there are only small bones of my people, I want them. … I don’t have even one member of my family,” she said.
Searching for his wife, Boris Rodriguez cries Monday as he sees the devastation in his neighborhood.

Searching for his wife, Boris Rodriguez cries Monday as he sees the devastation in his neighborhood.
Towns were engulfed by thick, heavy ash from Sunday’s sudden eruption. Hot gases, rock and ash raced down the volcano, killing dozens, erasing hillside communities, blocking roads and leaving behind steaming debris that rescuers had trouble navigating.
Why Guatemala's eruption is so much deadlier than Hawaii's

Why Guatemala’s eruption is so much deadlier than Hawaii’s
Dazed residents have been holding funerals for the dead, even as recovery workers brace for the likelihood of finding more bodies when they reach hillside areas overrun by the volcanic flow.
In Alotenango, a town a few miles east of the volcano, recovery workers and families hugged one another Monday under a tent in front of a few caskets holding remains of victims, video from Reuters shows.
In pictures: Guatemala volcano erupts
Later Monday, hundreds gathered in a street as men somberly carried the caskets above their shoulders in a funeral procession.
People carry the coffins of victims of the volcanic eruption in a procession Monday in Alotenango.

People carry the coffins of victims of the volcanic eruption in a procession Monday in Alotenango.
A sobbing woman who lives in the town of Los Lotes told CNN en Español: “My mother’s house was buried with my entire family inside … my three sons, two daughters and my grandson. My mother, my sisters, my nieces and nephews.”
Firefighters and other recovery workers continued their searches, and there was at least a glimmer of hope in the ash in a video released Monday by Guatemala’s National Civil Police. It showed an officer rescuing a baby girl from a home covered in volcanic ash. The baby appeared to be safe and unharmed.
Recovery workers have had difficulty breathing in the hazardous conditions. And heat from the ground has been so intense that the soles of some firefighters’ boots were tearing off and they were having to walk on wooden planks.
“It is very, very difficult due to the fact that it’s very, very hot,” volunteer firefighter Mario Cifuentes said Monday. “The soil is very unstable. We cannot be walking around. … The shoes, they’ve been completely destroyed because of the heat.”
Ash and gases have covered large areas of ground, said Diego Ibarguen, who works for a firefighter support organization and flew a drone over areas awash in ash.
“Basically there’s no houses left, and to my assumption there’s nobody left there … except the people doing the search and rescue,” he said. “The sad news is there’s a bunch of recovery of bodies of children and adults there.”
Guatemala is observing three days of official mourning. Officials said more eruptions could be on the way.

‘We saw the lava … pouring through the cornfields’

The Fuego volcano unleashed fast-moving pyroclastic flow — a nasty mix of ash, rock and volcanic gases that can race down a volcano at hundreds of kilometers per hour, much faster than people or even cars. They’re known to destroy nearly everything in their path, according to the US Geological Survey.
So far, 17 people who died have been identified, according to Guatemala’s National Institute of Forensic Sciences. Most of the victims were from the city of Hunapu in Escuintla state.
At least 15 people have been hospitalized, including 12 children — some of whom suffered severe burns, the nation’s health ministry said.
Residents flee El Rodeo village after the Fuego volcano's eruption Sunday.

Residents flee El Rodeo village after the Fuego volcano’s eruption Sunday.
Displaced from their homes, survivors were anguished over the whereabouts of their loved ones. Bodies mounted at a morgue as families wailed in agony.
On Sunday, Consuelo Hernandez told CONRED, the Guatemalan disaster relief agency, that some of her relatives were buried.
“Not everyone escaped. I think they were buried,” Hernandez said in a video released by CONRED. “We saw the lava was pouring through the cornfields, and we ran toward a hill.”
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales asked people to stay calm and to work together during the disaster.
“We would also like to ask for your patience because we need to ensure, not only the security of our rescue workers, but the integrity of those people who may still be alive,” Morales told reporters and rescue workers Monday in Escuintla.
Women mourn as coffins of the volcano's dead are carried Monday along the streets of Alotenango.

Women mourn as coffins of the volcano’s dead are carried Monday along the streets of Alotenango.
More than 3,100 people have been evacuated, and the eruption has affected 1.7 million people, according to CONRED.

The impact of the fire volcano

Volcan de Fuego, which means fire volcano, is one of Central America’s most active and is near the colonial city of Antigua.
The eruption was visible even from space as satellite footage showed a massive dark gray ash cloud.
The villages were right on the foothills of the mountain, making it difficult to escape. And authorities urged residents living near the volcano to evacuate immediately and warned some in Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez and Escuintla states to watch out for volcanic rocks and ash.
Sunday’s explosion rained soot over the popular tourist destination and other villages in the Sacatepéquez state, covering them in ash.
Volcanic activity at Fuego is visible Monday in Los Lotes, south of Guatemala City.

Volcanic activity at Fuego is visible Monday in Los Lotes, south of Guatemala City.
Some ash reached the capital of Guatemala City about 25 miles away, temporarily forcing the closure of its international airport. Officers were clearing the runway with brooms in images shared by the Guatemalan army.
The eruption officially ended late Sunday, said Guatemala’s National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology.
But it warned there could be new eruptions, and residents in the surrounding areas should be on alert for mudslides containing volcanic material.
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