Tag: Hurricane Maria
CI Red Cross continues to help BVI
(CNS Local Life): Cayman Islands Red Cross (CIRC) director Jondo Obi recently returned from a month spent in the British Virgin Islands, offering help after the passing of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September last year which caused widespread devastation. An international appeal for the most-affected areas that the organisation launched has raised US$164,600, which […]
Cops return from BVI post-hurricane deployment
(CNS): The last group of RCIPS officers who were sent to the British Virgin Islands to support law enforcement officials there in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria last September came home this week. The return of the seven officers, who remained in BVI over the holiday period, marks the end of the RCIPS deployments […]
Church accepting donations for TCI recovery
(CNS Local Life): The community services department of the Adventist Church has extended the deadline for donations to be included in a shipment of goods to the Turks and Caicos Islands to assist their post-hurricane recovery efforts. Organisers are collecting clothing, bed and bath linen, and non-perishable goods until Tuesday, 28 November, which will then […]
Danielle Coleman: BVI destruction ‘worse than Ivan’
(CNS Local Life): Danielle Coleman has returned from her secondment to the British Virgin Islands (BVI), describing the situation there as worse than the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan on Grand Cayman in 2004. The Deputy Director of Preparedness and Planning with Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI), was in the British Overseas Territory (BOT) for […]
RCIPS sends third group of officers to BVI
(CNS Local Life): A third contingent of Royal Cayman Islands Police Service officers travelled to the British Virgin Islands on Thursday, 26 October, following the return of 16 officers earlier that day who had completed a three-week deployment to offer support in the wake of the destruction caused in BVI by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Ministers’ Association raising money for hurricane relief
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Minister’s Association (CMA) has begun a fundraising drive to aid recovery efforts in the Caribbean islands recently devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. In addition to seeking donations from the budgets of local participating churches and receiving special offerings during regular church events, the CMA has also opened a dedicated […]
Cayman delivers supplies to storm-ravaged TCI
(CNS Local Life): Ongoing recovery efforts in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) got a welcome boost following an aid mission Wednesday, 27 September to the hurricane-torn jurisdiction by officials from the Cayman Islands. Devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the islands are getting back on their feet with the help of essential supplies like […]
Second relief mission sent to Anguilla
(CNS Local Life): The Cayman Islands Government’s second humanitarian relief mission to Anguilla in two weeks flew to the hurricane-torn island Tuesday, 26 September. Laden with more critical medical supplies donated by the Health Services Authority (HSA), Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) and the CTMH Doctors’ Hospital, as well as building materials, the flight included […]
