Puerto Rico stands ‘on the brink of a massive liquidity crisis that will intensify’
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa From Business Insider Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló appears to have changed his tune on the magnitude of the emergency facing the island, sending a desperate letter to Congress outlining the dire straits still plaguing…
Hurricane-ravaged Caribbean medical school relocates to cruise ship
By Nereida Moreno From Chicago Tribune In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Adtalem Global Education has turned to an unconventional facility to house its storm-ravaged Caribbean medical school campus: a cruise ship. Classes will resume Monday on a “uniquely fitted…
Effects of climate change in focus at Agriculture Meeting
From CARICOM The detrimental effect of climate change on the Region was brought in to sharp focus as a special Meeting of Agriculture Ministers got underway at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, on Friday. At the opening…
News from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Post Hurricanes
By Sarah Brown-Cohen From ShopeatSurf Puerto Rico and several islands in the Caribbean have been devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. We spoke with sales reps and store owners about the aftermath of the storms and the outlook for upcoming…
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Feds front $77 million to restore phone service in Caribbean
BY MARGUERITE REARDON From Cnet US regulators and large wireless carriers are offering help to get communications networks restored on Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The Federal Communications Commission is kicking in money to help restore badly battered…
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UN Secretary General to visit hurricane battered Caribbean countries
From Jamaica Observer UNITED NATIONS, United States (CMC) — United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, Wednesday announced that he would be visiting Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries battered by Hurricanes Irma and Maria when they…
Why restoring morale is important to mental health in difficult times
By Joan Cook, The Conversation From business Insider The term demoralization was originally coined in the 1970s by a psychiatrist who was seeing patients that didn’t quite meet full criteria for major depression. Nonetheless, they were suffering – in a shared state…
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One farm in Puerto Rico is still running thanks to a $300,000 investment in solar power
By Hugh Bronstein and Gabriel Stargardter, Reuters From Business Insider BARRANQUITAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – While his competitors wait for diesel to restart generators knocked out by Hurricane Maria, flower grower Hector Santiago is already back in business because of…
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Puerto Rico needs federal relief and financial support, not lectures from ‘king of debt’ Trump
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa From Business Insider President Donald Trump’s visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday showed a deep disconnect between his vision of the federal disaster response to the territory’s devastation after Hurricane Maria and the reality being…
Employment initiative in place for Puerto Rico’s, Caribbean islands’ evacuees
From wftv abc ORLANDO, Fla. – Resource Employment Solutions developed a program to provide jobs for families from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean islands who were affected by Hurricane Maria, officials said Tuesday. The program includes opportunities for temporary and…
