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Category Five Hurricanes

Hurricane season officially ends, but impact lingers

Michelle Nurse Nov 30, 2017 0

It is finally over. According to the calendar of the National Hurricane Center, November 30 marks the official end of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, which spawned 17 named storm. Here in the Caribbean, September was particularly…
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CARICOM, UN Chiefs, Heads of Government call for support to build back better in Caribbean

Michelle Nurse Nov 17, 2017 0

New York, 15 November 2017 – After two back-to-back category five hurricanes swept across the Caribbean two months ago cutting a swathe of destruction, taking lives and impacting livelihoods, recovery costs are estimated at over…
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Hurricane recovery: Children to benefit from OECS-UNICEF ‘Return to Happiness Programme’

Michelle Nurse Oct 17, 2017 0

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 — 214 children from Barbuda received psycho social assistance, after the trauma of hurricane Irma, through the Return to Happiness Programme implemented from October 2-7 by 17 education specialists. The Saint…
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