Tag: hurricane relief
Ministers in Jamaica for Ag Show deliver relief supplies
(CNS): The premier, two Cabinet ministers and a parliamentary secretary are currently in Jamaica to attend the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, which takes place today, Tuesday. Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, who will speak at the event, is accompanied by Agriculture Minister Jay Ebanks, Culture Minister Dwayne Seymour, McKeeva Bush, who is PS to Minister Ebanks, […]
JOCC takes $1M in aid and cash to islands hit by Beryl
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly led a sizeable delegation around the region last week to take aid to islands hit by Hurricane Beryl earlier this month. On Tuesday they delivered bout 17,500lbs of aid cargo, worth $100,000, to Grenada and to St Vincent and the Grenadines as well as cheques for $700,000. On Thursday the delegation […]
2,500 missing in the Bahamas
(CNS): As the full catastrophe of Hurricane Dorian becomes apparent in the Bahamas, 2,500 people have been registered as missing. However, the list of the missing has not yet been checked against government records of those still in shelters or who have been evacuated, according to National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) spokesman Carl Smith. The […]
Chopper providing vital assistance to Bahamas
(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service helicopter, which was deployed to the Bahamas last week to help with relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, flew 21 flights in the first three days, according to the RCIPS. The H145 helicopter is based in Nassau, from where the two crews, working round the clock, […]
Death toll in Bahamas will be ‘staggering’
(CNS): The number of people confirmed dead in the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Dorian has risen to 43, but the Bahamas Government has said the final death toll will be “staggering”. Health Minister Duane Sands told local radio last week, “The public needs to prepare for unimaginable information about the death toll and […]
Rule change paves way for more aid to BOTs
(CNS): The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has agreed to a rule change that allows more aid to go to wealthier countries in the event of disasters, which means Britain could in future offer more financial support to its overseas territories, including Cayman, in the wake of a hurricane. The news was revealed […]
