PM Gonsalves wants a ‘Kamla Village’ in St Vincent

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Monday, December 30, 2013 | 8:23 AM

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – St Vincent Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says he would like the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad Bissessar, to join her predecessor, Patrick Manning, in having a village named after her in St Vincent and the Grenadines.Gonsalves’ statement suggested the type of assistance that he would like from the oil-rich, twin-island republic.Gonsalves spoke at the end of a high level meeting of local and regional officials here on Saturday that discussed the rehabilitation efforts following the Christmas Eve rains that led to the deaths of nine people, including a two-year old baby visiting from Canada. Four other people remain missing and feared dead.Many houses were extensively damaged or destroyed by debris-laden floodwaters and Gonsalves said persons in some areas would have to be relocated.Among those killed in the storm is Raymond Gonsalves, the 62 year-old cousin of the prime minister, who ironically was among several people relocated from the seashore in Byera and Gorse after the passage of Hurricane Ivan in 2004.“He had a nice wall house toward the seas, but the ravages, for him and other persons, of wave action, were too severe, we moved them to a place call Manning Village, after Patrick Manning, because the government of Trinidad and Tobago had provided some resources.“I would like very much to call a village Kamla Village,” Gonsalves said to laughter while looking at Admiral Richard Kelshall, a regional security coordinator, who was present at the meeting.Trinidad and Tobago PM Kamla Persad Bissessar,

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PM Gonsalves wants a ‘Kamla Village’ in St Vincent