Hurricane response: Caribbean disaster agency comes of age Michelle Nurse Sep 28, 2017 0 Caribbean governments want to be “taken seriously” in humanitarian management, and this year’s hurricane crises…
Hurricane response: Excellent work by CDEMA, other CARICOM institutions,… Michelle Nurse Sep 28, 2017 0 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) teams and disaster response mechanisms were mobilised and activated in response…
Caribbean storms show urgency of rethinking aid for small island states Michelle Nurse Sep 27, 2017 0 A series of devastating storms in the Caribbean has highlighted the vulnerability of small island states, where…
‘Agriculture in Dominica, as we know it, now ceases to exist’ –… Michelle Nurse Sep 27, 2017 0 Hurricane Maria has destroyed the agriculture sector in Dominica. The Category Five hurricane flattened…
‘We are continuing to press on’ – Prime Minister Skerrit Michelle Nurse Sep 26, 2017 0 Authorities are making improvements on the delivery of supplies to Dominicans on the ground, Prime Minister…
Hurricane Maria could cost Dominica billions of dollars, says CDEMA Michelle Nurse Sep 26, 2017 0 “If Erica was in the region of a half-a-billion EC dollars, this is going to be multiple times that. The entire…
Aid beginning to flow to Dominica – PM Skerrit Michelle Nurse Sep 25, 2017 0 Prime Minister of Dominica, the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit has assured Dominicans, that aid was beginning to flow into…
CHTA stands with Caribbean leaders in call to build climate change resilience Michelle Nurse Sep 25, 2017 0 Saint Lucia - The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is backing calls by Caribbean leaders for the…
Dominica a land ‘brutalised’ – reflection on the fury of a hurricane Michelle Nurse Sep 25, 2017 0 By Peter Richards (CMC) – When I lived in Dominica, nearly two decades ago, it would take me at least 15 minutes…