ROSEAU, Dominica — The International Red Cross has launched a global appeal for US$5.6 million to help it carry out its activities in Dominica that was severely battered when Hurricane Maria made its way through the island on September 18. Walter Cotte Witingan, the Red Cross- Americas Regional Director, speaking at the daily briefing here, […]
The recent “Caribbean relief and rhythms” benefit performance, organized by the Caribana Arts Group (CAG) in association with the Phoenix Concert theatre, has raised $15,000 to assist several hurricane-battered islands. CAG Chairman Monica Pollard said the funds will be sent to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Cuba and St. Maarten. She also reported that more than […]
NEW YORK – Google’s parent company is set to launch balloons into the Caribbean skies in an attempt to restore telephone networks in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Alphabet Inc, which controls Google, obtained authorisation from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deploy the devices — developed from 2013 as part of a project known as […]
The Antigua and Barbuda Association of Toronto reports that support for their hurricane relief efforts has been ” overwhelming ,” Soon after Hurricane Irma had battered the island of Barbuda, members of the association and the Antigua and Barbuda consulate in Toronto had immediately sprung into action, organizing relief supplies for those from the affected […]
Relief efforts in Toronto, launched more than a week ago, to assist Barbudans severely affected by Hurricane Irma, is receiving a great deal of support from organizations and individuals in the Caribbean community, says Eric Delfish, a spokeman from the Antigua and Barbuda Association of Toronto. The Association, in cooperation with the Antigua and Barbuda […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island yesterday as officials warned it would decimate the power company’s crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities. Maria made landfall early yesterday in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 […]
