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CARILEC Disaster Assistance Programme deploys 19 regional utilities & private contracting firms to Jamaica
ANTIGUA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) has activated its Disaster Assistance Programme (CDAP), to support electric utility member Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
5,661 kilogrammes of food condemned after Melissa
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Public Health Department has condemned 5,661 kilogrammes of food in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa which has left several south-western parishes with little or no electricity since it impacted Jamaica on October 28.
Hurricane Melissa’s preliminary damage put at $1 trillion
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The preliminary estimate of the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, which slammed into south-western Jamaica on October 28 with cataclysmic effect, has been put at between US$6 billion and US$7 billion, or a staggering $1 trillion!
Bahamian schoolgirl dies after fall from high rise hotel
CMC
PANAMA CITY, Panama- Authorities have confirmed the death of a 16-year-old Bahamian student who died in Panama after reportedly falling from the 27th floor of a hotel while attending an international robotics competition in Central America.
PM Persad-Bissessar: Caricom no longer a reliable partner
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday that Trinidad and Tobago will be realigning its foreign policy.
Three earthquakes recorded near Antigua & Barbuda
ANTIGUA NEWSROOM
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua- The UWI Seismic Research Centre (SRC) has reported three moderate earthquakes in the northeastern Caribbean between late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, the latest in a string of seismic activity affecting the region.
Grand show marks Sizzla’s 30-year milestone
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- It was a night of historic proportions as thousands converged on Sabina Park to celebrate three decades of Sizzla. The Sunday event delivered one extraordinary moment after another. The Rise to the Occasion tribute show provided a fitting tribute to one of Jamaica’s most prolific entertainers.
Overriding challenges facing regional security
CARIBBEAN NEWS GLOBAL
CASTRIES, St Lucia – Amid the imminent general elections, Minister for Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy and Minister for Justice and National Security, Philip J. Pierre, citizen and regional security are overriding challenges facing economic and social progress.
Archbishop Drexel Gomez, influential Caribbean Anglican leader, dies at 88
CARIBBEAN NATIONAL WEEKLY
NASSAU, The Bahamas- Archbishop Drexel Wellington Gomez, one of the Caribbean’s most respected Anglican leaders, has died in his native Bahamas at the age of 88, after a months-long illness, media reports said.
Region observing Caribbean Statistics Day
CMC
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett Wednesday underscored the importance of statistics to regional development saying that the 15-member grouping is at the midpoint of implementing the 12-year Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics.
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