The Arawaks were the first to migrate up the Lesser Antilles, those mountainous isles today known as Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, etc.

Tropical rainforest on Saint Vincent Some key dates in the history of St Vincent and the Grenadines: 1300 - Carib Indians of South America conquer the indigenous Arawak Indians.

This area is Malton Road, St Lucy, which is next to the Arawak Cement Plant, the small private road which Roy Griffith bought and built houses for his five children. (Picture by Reco Moore.) ...

Moore was one of two men injured in an incident on Sunday at the Arawak Cement Plant in Checker Hall, St Lucy. The other employee, Vincent Ellis, is hospitalised at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

St Lucy was particularly bad as by 11:30 a.m. it looked like 6:30 p.m. and the ash could be felt on the skin and in the eyes. Bromefield resident Gracelyn Griffith, who in years past had issues ...