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…
Visa-free travel for Guyanese construction workers being examined for St. Marteen, other Irma hit islands
BY: ANDREA FERNANDES From guyana Guadian Philipsburg; – With Islands such as Barbuda somewhat completely destroyed, and others such as St. Martin terribly ravaged, the governments of several of the affected territories are examining the possibility of relaxing their immigration…
Cayman Islands: Hurricane Irma relief efforts continue in Anguilla
CAYMAN ISLANDS – As the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla continues to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma, relief workers on a humanitarian mission from the Cayman Islands are providing vital medical support to the island’s health care…
Cayman’s 2nd Anguilla relief mission
CI Government Sends out Second Relief Mission to Anguilla The Cayman Islands Government’s second humanitarian relief mission to Anguilla in two weeks flew to the hurricane-torn island mid-morning yesterday (Tuesday, 26 September 2017). Laden with more critical medical supplies donated…
Cayman Islands CTMH Doctors Hospital Pharmacy – Hurricane Relief – Anguilla
The Cayman Islands Government has arranged Hurricane Relief for our Caribbean neighbors in Anguilla who experienced extensive damage during Hurricane Irma. CTMH Doctors Hospital Pharmacy was contacted by HSA asking to contribute medical supplies and medication for the people of…
Cayman Islands support teams remain in BVI and Anguilla
We’ve already seen and heard some early indications of the devastation that Hurricane Maria has caused to the island of Dominica. This is a very dangerous storm which will later today pass through our Overseas Territory neighbours. Premier Alden McLaughlin…
Heartbreak in wake of Irma [Cayman Islands media officer reminisces)
By Val Sweeney From Inverness Courier A FORMER Inverness journalist now living in the Caribbean has spoken of her heartbreak at the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Irma across the region’s chain of islands. Catherine MacGillivray, media officer for the Cayman…
The Caribbean: Hurricane Irma Situation Report No. 5 (as of 13 September 2017)
REPORT from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Published on 13 Sep 2017 • Irma has dissipated over the south-eastern United States on 12 September and is no longer a threat to islands in the Caribbean. • Anguilla,…
Cayman Islands HSA joins Hurricane Irma relief efforts in Anguila
A team of nine medical volunteers from the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) left the island on Tuesday, 12 September to join the disaster relief efforts to help the thousands of people in Anguilla whose lives have been devastated…
All Party Parliamentary Group for Cayman Islands reconstituted
The All Party Parliamentary Group for the Cayman Islands was reconstituted in Westminster, London, on Tuesday night (12 September 2017), for the first time since the U.K. general election in June. The group, which promotes Cayman Islands interests in the…