CARIBBEAN Love Now, a benefit concert in of aid of the hurricane-battered islands of the Eastern Caribbean islands, is scheduled for Red Stripe Oval on Spanish Town Road in Kingston on Wednesday, November 22. “It’s going to be huge,” Josef Bogdanovich, event organiser, told Jamaica Observer. The list of artistes…...
EU provides additional €500,000 in humanitarian aid to Dominica
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct. 26, CMC – The European Union is providing an additional €500,000 in humanitarian aid to Dominica, following the severe destruction caused by Hurricane María last month. On September 18, María, a category 5 hurricane, hit Dominica leaving more than 70,000 people in need of urgent relief. “We…...
St. Kitts and Nevis accommodate students from hurricane devastated countries
We committed as part of our excellent support to our neighbours to accommodate students whose education had become disrupted as a consequence of the ravages by the two Hurricanes. I am advised that, so far, some 72 students of preschool, primary and secondary school age are being accommodated in our…...
CARICOM-Mexico Summit: Secretary-General invites international support for hurricane recovery
Resilience is the cornerstone of our recovery and rebuilding process. These disasters provide an opportunity for our Region to build back better and smarter. It offers the prospect of the affected states becoming the first climate change resilient countries in the world. But CARICOM cannot achieve that goal alone. Cooperation…...
UN urged to help countries devastated by recent natural disasters to ‘build back better’
Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria may be over, but the devastating impact they had on the countries in their path continues, likewise the effects of successive earthquakes in Mexico, said senior United Nations officials Tuesday, calling for more action at all levels to manage disaster and climate risk and to…...