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  • Photo of Confront climate change challenges from position of strength, together – CARICOM Chairman

    Confront climate change challenges from position of strength, together – CARICOM Chairman

    With climate change at the centre of discussions among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government, President of Haiti, His Excellency Jovenel Moise wants the Region to confront the challenges together, from a position of strength. He also wants a new mechanism for disaster risk funding that would assist affected Member States to quickly recover and reconstruct. The thinking behind the call for…

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  • Photo of CCRIF completes 29 million dollar payments to Member Governments affected by Hurricane Matthew

    CCRIF completes 29 million dollar payments to Member Governments affected by Hurricane Matthew

    The Regional Institution set up to provide rapid cash flow support to Member States after major natural disasters has paid almost 30 million US dollars to four countries affected by the recent passage of the destructive hurricane Matthew.   The CCRIF-SPC (The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility – Segregated Portfolio Company) has announced that completed payments totalling US$29,204,248 were made…

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  • Photo of PM Outlines Action Plan For Aid To Haiti And Bahamas

    PM Outlines Action Plan For Aid To Haiti And Bahamas

    The Honourable Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit, on Friday, outlined a plan of action to be taken by member states in aid of Haiti and the Bahamas. The Honourable Prime Minister held a press conference on Friday, October 14th, to report on his visit to the two islands following Hurricane Matthew. At the…

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  • Photo of CARICOM to support relief and recovery efforts in Haiti and The Bahamas post Hurricane Matthew

    CARICOM to support relief and recovery efforts in Haiti and The Bahamas post Hurricane Matthew

    Barbados, October 14, 2016 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Community will rally support for its Member States, Haiti and The Bahamas, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew. This was presented during CARICOM’s high level mission to both countries from October 11 – 13, 2016. The delegation which was led by Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,…

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  • CCRIF to make additional payouts to countries affected by Hurricane Matthew

    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Oct. 13, CMC – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is now preparing to make additional payouts totaling almost US$8 million to CCRIF member countries that were affected by Hurricane Matthew. The scheduled payouts have been triggered by the Excess Rainfall policies of Haiti, Barbados, St Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines…

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  • Photo of Dominica donates US$100,000 to hurricane-ravaged Haiti, The Bahamas

    Dominica donates US$100,000 to hurricane-ravaged Haiti, The Bahamas

    ROSEAU, Dominica, Dominica News Online – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, has said the government of Dominica has donated US$100,000 to The Bahamas following the passage of Hurricane Matthew. US$100,000 was also donated to Haiti, the hardest hit by Matthew, to meet that country’s immediate needs. Skerrit, who is a heading a CARICOM delegation to the affected countries as Chairman of…

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  • Photo of ‘Serious situation’ in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew – CDEMA Head

    ‘Serious situation’ in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew – CDEMA Head

    NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC — The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says “a serious situation” is developing in in Haiti after it was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew last week. “There are still five or so communities, maybe a little more, where we have not been able to establish communication. From the aerial assessment conducted, most of the buildings in that…

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  • “Serious situation” in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

    NASSAU, Bahamas, Oct 13, CMC — The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says “a serious situation” is developing in in Haiti after it was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew last week. “There are still five or so communities, maybe a little more, where we have not been able to establish communication. From the aerial assessment conducted, most of the buildings…

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  • Photo of PM Christie welcomes CARICOM Chairman and SG to hurricane damaged The Bahamas

    PM Christie welcomes CARICOM Chairman and SG to hurricane damaged The Bahamas

    The Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin laRocque are in The Bahamas, Wednesday for a first hand look at the damage caused during the passage of hurricane Matthew.  They were received by Bahamian Prime Minister Hon. Perry Christie. Cleaning up in The Bahamas after Matthew Hurricane Matthew crashed into The Bahamas last…

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  • Photo of CARICOM Chair and SG meet Haiti’s Interim President

    CARICOM Chair and SG meet Haiti’s Interim President

    CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met on Tuesday with the interim President of hurricane devastated Haiti H.E Jocelerme Privert. The Chairman and Secretary-General are in Haiti for a first hand look at the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, which hit the country last week with winds of up to 145 miles an…

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