The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is warning of the possibility for catastrophic flooding and landslide impacts particularly in Haiti and Jamaica as a near stationary Tropical Strom Melissa moves closer towards these countries.
KINGSTON -Ten former Caribbean Community (CARICOM)leaders have reiterated the need for the Caribbean to be maintained as a zone of peace, saying that they are impelled to urge a pull back from military build up to avoid ‘any dimunition of peace, stability and development within our regional space that has the potential to pull the region into conflicts which are not of our making’.
ST. GEORGE’S – Former Grenada prime minister, Tillman Thomas, Friday said he believes that the Dickon Mitchell administration will make the ‘right decision’ as it contemplates a request from the United States to temporarily install a radar at the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) and the deployment of US military assets on or near the island.
BELMOPAN – The Belize government says it intends to make public, the agreement its signed with the United States to act as a ‘safe third country’ for migrants as they seek asylum in the North American country.
ST. JOHN’S – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told public servants that they can expect to receive the payment of arrears owed to them by December.
PORT OF SPAIN – The Canadian-based world’s top potash producer, Nutrien, shut down its operations here on Thursday, even as last minute negotiations to prevent the action failed, resulting in 600 workers being sent home.
SPORTS:
BOSTON – Bahamian VJ Edgecombe began his NBA career in historic fashion with a standout performance for the Phildadelphia 76ers that led them past the Boston Celtics here on Wednesday.