Speaking via phone, Minister of Rural Development and Local Government, Khadijah Ameen, assured the public that the Ministry is actively working to mitigate the effects of ongoing inclement weather under the Yellow Level Alert. She highlighted the availability of sandbags and encouraged residents to save their local government councillors’ contact information and reach out sooner rather than later for quick emergency responses.
Some additional information to note is that UWI’s Day 2 Open Days activities were scaled down, UTT’s Aerobathon postponed, Zum Zum Museum’s Toy Hospital moved to Saturday, May 24th, and Angostura’s Museum Day tour cancelled due to weather conditions.