BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 7, 2017 (CMC) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has pledged to work closely with its partners in the affected territories that have been devastated by Hurricane Irma. In a statement, today, the regional body ...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 7, 2017 (CMC) – The European Union (EU) is mobilising its emergency response instruments to assist countries affected or threatened by Hurricane Irma. In a statement, today, the EU’s Ambassador, Daniela Tramacere, offered her condolences on the ...
Read More »Trinidad And Tobago To Send Helicopter And Crew To Antigua And Barbuda
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 7, 2017 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government has announced plans to send a helicopter and crew to Antigua and Barbuda, to assist the twin-island state in relief efforts, following the passage ...
Read More »UK To Assist Victims Of Hurricane Irma In Caribbean
LONDON, England September 7, 2017 (CMC) – The British government has announced plans to send a military vessel to assist those affected by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean. In a statement to Parliament, a junior foreign minister, Alan Duncan, said ...
Read More »Hurricane Irma Ravages British Virgin Islands
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, September 7, 2017 (CMC) – Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms in history, ravaged sections of the British Virgin Islands, as it ripped across the island chain, late yesterday. Images have emerged of homes ...
Read More »HURRICANE UPDATE: Irma Leaves A Trail Of Death And Destruction As Jose Threatens
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, was churning its way across the Caribbean, after battering the Leeward Islands, on Wednesday, leaving at least one person dead and millions of ...
Read More »Jamaica Prime Minister Convenes First Social Intervention Committee Meeting
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 6, 2017 — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, yesterday (September 5) convened the first meeting of the Social Intervention Committee at the Office of the Prime Minister. Addressing the leadership and representatives of the various ministries, departments and ...
Read More »Caribbean First Ladies Launch New Initiative To Tackle Issues Affecting Women And Children
BELMOPAN, Belize, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – The wives of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and heads of state have launched a network, aimed at tackling issues related to health and well-being of women, adolescents and children in the 15-member grouping. ...
Read More »Guyana Unveils Updated Draft Solid Waste Management Strategy
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – Solid waste continues to be a risk to Guyana and the Ministry of Communities is moving ahead with its solid waste management strategy to curb it. The Ministry unveiled its updated Draft Integrated ...
Read More »Hurricane Irma Moving Towards Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico And Florida
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 6, 2017 (CMC) – Hurricane Irma was moving towards the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Florida after pounding the British Overseas Territory Anguilla and St. Martin, as it makes its way through the Lesser Antilles on Wednesday. ...
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