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Tourists are still flocking to the Caribbean this winter
By Nicole Spector From NBC News Tourism is the Caribbean’s lifeline, bringing in $56 billion in 2016. But the devastation wrought by hurricanes Irma and Maria will hurt the region come high season this winter, bringing its seven-year streak of…
Royal Caribbean faces class action lawsuit for endangering passengers during Hurricane Harvey
By Nedra Rhone From Talk of the Town AJC Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd. is facing a class action lawsuit which alleges that the company’s failure to issue a timely cancellation of a cruise scheduled to depart from the Port of…
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After September hurricanes, Florida’s Keys and other islands ready to welcome tourists
By Rosemary McClure From Los Angeles Times After September hurricanes some islands, including Florida’s Keys, are ready again for cruise ships and tourists. Powerful storms battered the Caribbean, slamming into so many islands that it may seem to outsiders that…
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Message from Caribbean Islands: We’re open for cruise vacations
MIAMI, Oct. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — More than 40 islands visited by cruise ships on Caribbean itineraries have a message they want to share: They are open, fully operational, welcoming ships full of cruise passengers and hoping more will follow. Included…
With the Caribbean in tatters, it’s time to talk climate change resilience
From Talk Media News “Wake” is a weekly foreign policy broadcast produced by Talk Media News and hosted by Luke Vargas from U.N. Headquarters in New York. The following is a complete transcript of Episode 21, “Natural Disasters and Climate…
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Cayman Islands utility company sends planners to Turks & Caicos Islands
Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC) has increased its presence in the hurricane-hit Turks & Caicos Islands with the addition of two Transmission and Distribution (T&D) planners and estimators. Joshua Ebanks, Supervisor T&D Planning & Estimating, and Aaron Perera, Engineering Technologist…
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After the hurricanes, who cleans up the Caribbean
In September, Hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed the Caribbean in quick succession, pulverizing infrastructure, leveling homes, and stripping entire islands of vegetation. After Irma alone, it was estimated that costs to rebuild St Martin could exceed $1 billion and Anguilla $200 million—and…
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…
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Good News! Conservationists excited to find surviving Barbuda Warblers on devastated island
From Birds Caribbean On Wednesday, September 6, Hurricane Irma engulfed the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda with 185 mph winds, leaving most of the population homeless and a landscape ravaged by wind and surging waves. Since the storm passed, the…
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Mission critical: Return to the Caribbean
From Scuttlebutt Sailing News The Salty Dawg Sailing Association (SDSA) unites, educates, and empowers people interested in blue water sailing or long distance cruising. Their annual rallies handle details and logistics, but the organization had a conundrum this fall for…
