The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Sylvanie Burton, received Cuban Ambassador Miguel Fraga this morning in an exchange that reaffirmed the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two nations.   During the meeting, the Cuban diplomat delivered to the Head of State an official note from his counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, expressing his congratulations to the Government and people of Dominica on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of their independe

By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC)   When major floods hit Guyana in 2005, Christine Samwaroo was a young student. Schools were closed, communities submerged, and she remembers worrying deeply for her grandmother, who was trapped in her home as water levels rose. That memory stayed with her. Today, as Founder of The Breadfruit Collective, she says it shapes how she thinks about resilience. “Even as a c

The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) has activated its Disaster Assistance Programme (CDAP), to support electric utility member Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The CARILEC Secretariat, in close collaboration with member utilities as well as private contractors, coordinated the deployment of resources, including lineworkers, equipment, and material to Jamaica, to support JPS with rebuilding their Transm