PARAMARIBO, Suriname - President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson says environmental issues are becoming increasingly relevant in law because they are directly related to human action.
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says an estimated six million people have been affected by Hurricane Melissa, the category 5 storm which swept across the Caribbean last week, prompting UN agencies to scale up relief operations to safeguard livelihoods and reduce further losses.
Prime Minister Expresses 'Deepest Sympathies' as Haiti Deals With the Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, has expressed his “deepest sympathies” to the families of the victims of Hurricane Melissa, whose passage near the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country earlier this week left 24 people dead and at least 13 others still missing.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government anticipates that emergency and relief flights will be able to land at the Normal Manley International Airport (NMIA) on Thursday, following the passage of the category 5, Hurricane Melissa later on Tuesday.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government has announced plans to embark upon the largest investment in drainage and irrigation in the country’s history as part of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett says it is imperative that the 15-member regional integration grouping focus on energy security through the renewable energy potential that exists in all the member states.
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government has issued a formal evacuation notice for residents of Inagua, Acklins, Crooked Island, Mayaguana, and Ragged Island ahead of the passage of Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm later this week.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 32 on Monday even as the authorities reported progress in restoring electricity and water to areas affected by the passage of the category 5 storm last Tuesday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – An 18-year-old pregnant woman is among the 19 people reportedly killed when Hurricane Melissa, the category 5 storm slammed into the island on Tuesday, the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper reported on Friday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has outlined a multi-layered strategy for Jamaica’s quick recovery, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa that is expected to move over the country on Monday night and early Tuesday.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF-SPC) Friday said that it will make a US$70.8 million payout to the Jamaica government following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The death toll from Hurricane Melissa continues to climb and has now risen to 33 after the record setting storm tore through Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and The Bahamas.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission says it will launch the Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) project that aims to support the Caribbean region in developing sustainable solutions for the management, transformation, and valorisation of sargassum.
