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Hurricane-force neoliberalism in the Caribbean
From Socialist Worker Todd St Hill and Khury Petersen-Smith look at the scale of devastation across the entire Caribbean region following this fall’s disastrous hurricanes. IN THE months since Hurricane Irma and Maria plowed through the Caribbean, the island of…
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UK: Mersey police send bikes and shoeboxes for Caribbean aid effort
From Click Liverpool Merseyside Police has donated 35 bikes as part of the relief effort to help countries in the Caribbean hit by hurricanes. The cycles were collected as part of the Cycles 4 the Caribbean initiative and together with…
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How the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service used Spidertracks in the aftermath of Irma
Spidertracks Press Release On Sept. 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands with winds of up to 185 miles per hour — becoming the first Category 5 storm in recorded history to strike the region. Irma left Puerto…
Richard Branson’s green energy plan for Caribbean may include debt relief
REUTERS From Times Live A plan by British billionaire Richard Branson to lead a post-hurricane rebuilding effort in the Caribbean, with a focus on clean energy projects, may include debt relief negotiations mediated by the International Monetary Fund. Branson is…
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Regional disaster management and climate change addressed at workshop in Cuba
From Caribbean News Now HAVANA, Cuba — Disaster risk management, climate change, and regional ecosystems and communities were addressed by Caribbean experts gathered in Havana during a workshop on these issues. The event opened last Monday with a question-and-answer session…
Radio Cayman puts Radio Turks & Caicos back on air
Radio Cayman recently stepped in to help the Turks & Caicos Islands, when the majority of the jurisdiction’s broadcast network was destroyed by Hurricane Irma. Following high-level talks between the Cabinet Office and the government-owned radio station Radio Turks &…
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This Caribbean Premier urgently needs the help of linesmen
From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 13, 2017:Hurricanes Irma and Maria left several islands without power as the storms took down electrical poles and left a tangled mess of downed poles and electrical wires in its wake….
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Mission to support devastated Caribbean nears end as aircraft returns to RAF Brize Norton
By Stuart Rust From Oxford Times A MISSION to support the Caribbean following the devastation of Hurricane Irma is nearing its end. One of the final aircraft involved in Operation Ruman returned to RAF Brize Norton tonight – with another due back in…
Why hurricane-ravaged Barbuda desperately wants to resolve a dispute over U.S. online gambling Barbuda inhabited after Hurricane Irma
By Ann M. Simmons From Los Angeles Times As the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda struggles to rebuild after Hurricane Irma, the tiny islands are demanding that the United States settle a long simmering trade dispute that could provide…
Hotel bookings to the Caribbean down by -68% for October compared to last year
From Hotels Combined Following the succession of hurricanes that battered the Caribbean we (HotelsCombined) conducted a brief analysis to look at hotel bookings and prices, breaking them down into different time periods to see how the region is faring. See…
