Natural disasters

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has extended congratulations to Prime Minister of Canada, Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, on his re-election to office on 21 October 2019. In a congratulatory…

(Barbados Government Information Service) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is leading the charge in dialogue to see how Barbados and its regional counterparts can protect their economies in the face of climate change. And, she is also…

*This opinion article was submitted to the CMC by the IMF’s Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang. (CMC) – We are nearing the end of another tragic hurricane season. The dead are being mourned, lives have been shattered, and the…

(Barbados Government Information Service) Delegates at the Intersessional Forum for Ministers of Environment from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) over the course of two-days will discuss the current and emerging environmental…

(Barbados Today) Hurricane Dorian’s devastation of parts of the Bahamas is again a sad reminder of the Caribbean’s vulnerability to natural disasters. The frequency and severity of disasters, and the human and economic toll in their wake,…