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A Dominican captain dropped anchor in Saint Lucia to escape the fury of Hurricane Maria. However, two emergency systems on Errol Hill’s vessels were damaged during the passage of the weather system. While he awaits repairs to the vessel, captain hill is teaming up with local shipping service, Blanchard Customs and …

Economic Affairs Minister Guy Joseph has Once Again Sought to Set the Record Straight on the Fate of St. Jude Hospital.    

The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) in collaboration with the OECS and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), are coordinating the relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Dominica. But, with limited communication with the nature isle, the agencies are for now unable to determine what exactly is required.  

“Don’t focus only on hurricanes”, is the message coming from the director of NEMO as the region faces an unprecedented number of major tropical cyclones in 2017.

There was another collision in the greater Vieux Fort Area 30 minutes after the crash on the Vieux Fort-Laborie highway. An elderly pedestrian is nursing injuries following a road accident Tuesday afternoon in Vieux-Fort. According to preliminary reports, the senior citizen was walking along the Beanfield highway about 100 meters …

The Sustainable Development Ministry held a regional investment forum-planning meeting with the partners to discuss efforts to reduce or prevent emission of greenhouse gases. Among the agencies was the; OECS Commission, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Secretariat, German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), and Naturally Determined Contributions (NDC) …

(PRESS RELEASE) – Further to its recently announced relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and Maria – including expertise deployment, humanitarian aid drops and free calls for impacted customers – C&W Communications (C&W) today launched the Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation (‘the Foundation’), with seed funding of US$500K to …

(PRESS RELEASE) — The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is standing firmly with its member countries that have been impacted by Hurricane Irma. The Bank has disbursed a grant of EC$1 million each to the Governments of Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda to support relief and early recovery. A delegation from …

PRESS RELEASE) – RBC today announced an initial commitment of US $35,000 to Red Cross agencies in Dominica and Monserrat to assist with relief efforts in these countries in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. “This hurricane season is unprecedented in both the frequency and sustained intensity of the storms across our …

Statement from the Antigua & Barbuda Marine Association Wednesday, September 20, 2017 — Our friends in Dominica were hit by Hurricane Maria on Monday evening. The category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale ripped across the island and has literally devastated Dominica with electricity and communication systems down and expected …