Passports for sale: How storm-hit Caribbean islands court Arab investors
By Amandla Thomas-Johnson From Middle Easy Eye Islands devastated by hurricanes are attracting Middle Eastern investors by cutting the cost of citizenship Caribbean states devastated by recent hurricanes are selling citizenship to Middle Eastern investors to raise funds to help…
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UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Humanitarian Situation Report, 18 October 2017
UNICEF From Relief Web Situation in Numbers 39,000 affected children in need of assistance in Hurricane Irma and Maria-affected countries 19,800 affected children in Dominica 2,900 people in shelters in Dominica 1070 children from Dominica and Barbuda estimated to be…
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Caribbean tourism faces long road to recovery
From FOX 17 (CNN Money) — The Caribbean is fast approaching tourism season. But this year, some of the islands may not see their vital economic lifeblood. Several islands are still recovering from the one-two punch delivered by hurricanes Irma…
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Kate Osamor [The Voice] Exclusive: ‘UK should not abandon the Caribbean’
by Kate Osamor UK MP From The Voice UK The Shadow Secretary of State for International Development shares her thoughts on the hurricane aftermath for ‘Voice’ readers OVER A month has passed since the hurricanes struck the Caribbean. Dominica, where…
Hurricane-ravaged Caribbean medical school relocates to cruise ship
By Nereida Moreno From Chicago Tribune In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Adtalem Global Education has turned to an unconventional facility to house its storm-ravaged Caribbean medical school campus: a cruise ship. Classes will resume Monday on a “uniquely fitted…
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UN Secretary General makes case for concessionary loans for the Caribbean
From Jamaica Observer ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has made a case for special consideration to be made for mid to high income vulnerable states that have been “deprived” of concessional loans. Guterras, who…
Small island developing states in crisis
By Stephen Fevrier From St Lucia Star As it relates to global emissions, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Brown has argued that the Caribbean community is disproportionately bearing the consequences of bad choices across the board by larger states….
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Halifax warship returns from hurricane-scarred Caribbean islands
The Canadian Press From Times Colonist HALIFAX — Standing on the rear deck of the Canadian warship HMCS St. John’s, Howard Shillingford shook his head as he recalled the sound hurricane Maria made when the Category 5 storm descended on…
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UN Secretary General to visit hurricane battered Caribbean countries
From Jamaica Observer UNITED NATIONS, United States (CMC) — United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, Wednesday announced that he would be visiting Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries battered by Hurricanes Irma and Maria when they…
PAHO Director in Dominica to review health response after disaster
Rouseau, Dominica, Oct. 6, 2017 (PAHO) – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne traveled to Dominica to review the health situation on the island after it was devastated by Hurricane Maria, and commended health care workers for…
