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August 24, 2021

Caribbean partners produce learning recovery and enhancement program in Caribbean schools

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Three Caribbean organizations have partnered to produce a program to ensure learning recovery and enhancement in Caribbean schools impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 19, 2021

Jamaica authorities looking into Vybz Kartel American TV interview

Kartel, 41, spoke to WNYW-TV, the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in New York City, New York, on Wednesday night, with a second part scheduled to air [...]
August 18, 2021

Suriname president calls for CARICOM to do all it can to assist Haiti hit by an earthquake & a tropical storm

Santokhi made the comment as he paid a courtesy call to new CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, on Wednesday [...]
August 18, 2021

Tropical Storm Grace has now been upgraded to Hurricane Grace, expected to make landfall over Yucatan Peninsula tonight or early Thursday

The National Meteorological Service of Belize (NMSB) said that at 9 am Hurricane Grace had maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, was located near latitude 19.4 [...]
August 18, 2021

Hurricane Grace heading to Yucatan Peninsula should bring rain, thunderstorms, may cause flooding over low-lying areas says Belize Weather Bureau

The United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the NMSB said that at 9 am Hurricane Grace had maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, [...]
August 17, 2021

Jamaica is in ‘Brace for Grace’ mode, says Jamaica Gleaner on Tuesday

Prior to that the United States National Hurricane Centre had placed Jamaica under a tropical storm watch saying heavy rainfall and gusty winds were expected on [...]
August 16, 2021

Haiti’s misery: Rising death toll from earthquake compounded by tropical storm

It is feared heavy rain brought by Grace could trigger landslides, the BBC reports. Roads already made impassable by the quake could be further damaged by [...]
August 15, 2021

PAHO deploys experts to support Haiti during earthquake aftermath

The team from PAHO, based in the capital Port-au-Prince, is supporting coordination of health response alongside Haiti’s Ministry of Health, United Nations agencies, and other partners [...]