UPDATED: Divided, battered Haiti to hold elections, ready or not
From Caribbean News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Nov 19 2016 – Haitians will try yet again to elect a president this weekend despite the fact that much of the southwest is still in ruins from Hurricane Matthew, parts of the north…
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Jamaica: John Rollins Success Primary helping children in Haiti
By Marlon Tingling From JIS Story highlights: Students and teachers at the John Rollins Success Primary School in Rose Hall, St. James, are moving to assist students of the Caribbean island of Haiti, who have been hard hit by the…
IMF official at Caribbean Forum: Losses and gains from low oil prices
From Trinidad & Tobago Guardian IMF Deputy Managing Director Tao Zhang yesterday warned that low oil prices have major implications for the Caribbean. In the opening address at the Caribbean Forum, jointly hosted by the IMF and the T&T Government…
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Weeks after hurricane, Haitians struggle for clean water
By David McFadden From Caribbean Life News COTEAUX, Haiti (AP) _ It’s been nearly a month since Hurricane Matthew tore through southern Haiti and people like Kettley Rosier and many of her neighbors still have to spend their meager savings…
East Lancashire charity aid for hurricane-hit Caribbean
By Neil Athey Ribble Valley reporter From Lancaster Telegraph An East Lancashire charity has sent response teams to Haiti to offer support and aid after the recent hurricane damage. Al-Imdaad Foundation members flew out to the Caribbean country after Hurricane…
These modular hurricane-proof homes cost less than $200,000 to build
By Clinton Nguyen From Business Insider Dutch company Cubicco has created a flat-pack, modular, prefabricated, hurricane-proof home that can be built for less than $200,000. And it could soon come to the Caribbean and Florida. The Cubicco home, which is…
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Why Caribbean banks are bracing for crisis
By Arthur Williams From Americas Quarterly Bankers’ efforts to reduce risk threaten to cut the Caribbean off from the international financial system. In countries like Haiti, remittances matter. Many Haitians rely on money sent from family abroad to meet daily…
Hurricane Matthew damage causes delay in Royal Caribbean’s renovation plans for Adventure of the Seas
Royal Caribbean sent an email to travel partners, indicating that “extensive damage” at the Freeport, Bahamas shipyard, as well as the global rerouting of cargo ships carrying equipment and materials, have causes a delay in getting the new changes implemented…
Needed: Regional strategic plan for agriculture
From CARICOM While work has been done to articulate the vision for agriculture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a senior CARICOM Secretariat officials wants the Region to develop a regional strategic plan for agriculture. Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General, Trade…
Waitt Institute makes customized donations toward recovery from Hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean
From Curacao Chronicle SAN DIEGO, WILLEMSTAD – The passage of Hurricane Matthew through the Caribbean has delivered a major blow to several island nations in the region. Human lives have been lost and wide- spread structural damage was reported especially…
