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Rethinking Disaster Aid in Haiti

It’s time for a new way to think about aid

By Ilio Durandis
CJ Contributor

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Prime Minister Skerrit, who headed a CARICOM delegation as he arrived in The Bahamas on Wednesday
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.

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Aftermath of Huricane Matthew in Haiti (credit Getty Images)
‘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 ra

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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.

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Jocelerme Privert, INterim President of Haiti
Haiti funding hurricane relief, aid must prioritize growth: president

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian interim President Jocelerme Privert on Tuesday played down the international aid response to Hurricane Matthew, saying some promised foreign aid had yet to mater

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Antigua-Barbuda ambassador calls for reparatory justice from Harvard University

WASHINGTON, USA -- Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, has called on Harvard University “to demonstrate its remorse and its debt to unnamed slaves from Antigu

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Building an Energy Efficient Private Sector

Bridgetown, BARBADOS, October 12, 2016.  The Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) Pamela Coke-Hamilton called on the Regio

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(l-r) CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit; Haiti’s interim President Jocelerme Privert; CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque in Haiti.
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

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CARICOM Chairman, Secretary-General tour Haiti’s hurricane devastated areas

CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica and Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque joined Haiti’s Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles for a helicopter tour of areas devasta

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Workshop Facilitator and Lecturer at the UWI Cavehill Janice Cumberbatch
CARICOM ACP-MEAs project helps Regional environmentalists prepare for Bio-diversity COP

Regional environmental officers are attending a workshop to help them prepare for a major international conference on biodiversity, to be held in Mexico in December.

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Chair of CARICOM, the Hon Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica
CARICOM Chairman leads delegation to Haiti, The Bahamas

A high level delegation will visit Haiti and The Bahamas between October 11 and 13, 2016 to undertake discussions with the leadership of the affected Member States and to confirm additional areas w

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Prime Minister Freundel Stuart
Brexit costs region its voice

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will lose “an important voice” as a result of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Freundel Stuart said today.

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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque addresses the opening of the EU-Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference
Climatic events should spur renewable energy efforts: CARICOM SG

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque on Monday said the recent climatic events that affected Haiti, The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Dominica, Cuba and the Dominican R

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Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016 in Cayman Islands

Organisers are putting the final touches on preparations for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) to be held in the Cayman Islands late

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Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan makes a point to the team from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
CARICOM Secretariat streamlining IT infrastructure with Indian Government support

The CARICOM Secretariat will be getting an upgrade of its IT infrastructure and associated software through a project funded by the Government of India.

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