Topic: haiti
Cayman changes visa requirements for nationals from four regional countries
Tougher visa regulations for four Caribbean and South American nations are to be introduced in a bid to crack down on irregular migration, the government has revealed
Interpreters sought as Cayman prepares for potential migrant influx
With the possibility of a mass migration from Cuba, and perhaps Haiti, officials in Cayman say there will likely be a need for additional...
Cruises reroute from Haiti and bring opportunity for Cayman
Grand Cayman is emerging as a key beneficiary as major cruises reroute from Labadee, Haiti, amid deepening security concerns.
The journey of a gun: The trafficking networks that arm Cayman’s gangs
Arms traffickers are funnelling guns, hidden in cargo shipments, from the US to the Caribbean with relative impunity, contributing to escalating violence throughout the region, including in Cayman.
US military helicopters stop in Cayman en route to Haiti
Four helicopters carrying 49 US military personnel landed in Grand Cayman on Sunday night to refuel and receive other services on a humanitarian relief mission to Haiti.
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Haiti, felt in Jamaica
A major earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday morning could be felt in Jamaica, Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean.
Panton: Assassination of Haiti’s president ‘extremely shocking’
Premier Wayne Panton has described the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise Wednesday as "extremely shocking" expressing dismay over the violent attack.
Haitian president assassinated by gunmen at home, state of emergency declared
Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a "barbaric act", the government said on Wednesday, stirring fears of escalating turmoil in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Tropical wave nears Cayman with rainshowers
Cayman Islands residents should monitor a tropical wave projected to approach the islands in coming days.
Rotary International president chosen from Caribbean region
Barry Rassin of the Rotary Club of East Nassau in New Providence, Bahamas, became the president of the Rotary International, this month.
RCIPS helicopter, UK Navy head off Haitian migration
The Royal Cayman Islands Police air operations unit, along with the British Royal Navy, was called to the Turks and Caicos Islands last week for an emergency response to a sudden spike in Haitian immigrants coming to the small eastern Caribbean island territory.
Dreyfuss: Oxfam scandal just the latest in a string of insults
Large charitable organizations, such as Oxfam, and UN military missions operate in a bubble of private security, sense of immunity and deference from their grateful hosts.
Cayman Water donation helps cholera relief in Haiti
Cayman Water Company has donated US$3,375 to buy 75 water filtration units to help combat cholera and other pathogens at risk of contaminating Haiti’s drinking water in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Matthew, a category 5 storm, hit southwest Haiti on Oct. 4.
Cayman Islands Red Cross raising money for Haiti
The Cayman Islands Red Cross is participating in an international Red Cross Federation effort to raise US$6.9 million for Haiti relief after much of the country was devastated by Hurricane Matthew two weeks ago. The Cayman Islands Red Cross said in a press release that the international federation aims to help 10,000 families over the next 12 months.
CIBC FirstCaribbean donates water filters to help nearly 1 million Haitians
Close to one million Haitians could soon have access to safe drinking water as the charity United Caribbean Trust moves to distribute 300 water filters across communities devastated by Hurricane Matthew. Executives of CIBC FirstCaribbean presented a check for BDS$25,000 (US$12,500) to Jenny Tryhane of the United Caribbean Trust.
‘Sharing Cayman kind’: Plane packed with 10 tons of goods arrives in Haiti
A Cayman Airways plane packed with 20,000 pounds of goods donated by the people of Cayman arrived Sunday in hurricane-ravaged Haiti.
Haiti relief flight rescheduled for Sunday
More than $500,000 worth of supplies, collected in Cayman over three days last week, are scheduled to be flown to Haiti Sunday. The supplies were originally scheduled to be airlifted to Port-au-Prince earlier in the week, but government in Cayman has been negotiating with the Haitian president’s office to make sure the supplies end up in the right hands.
‘We might need another warehouse’: Donations pour in for Haiti relief
In 72 hours, more than 3,000 people in Cayman donated enough baby supplies, food, clothes, medicines and other necessities to fill the warehouse at Cayman Islands Brewery. On Tuesday, those supplies will be loaded on a Cayman Airways plane and flown to Haiti to help the country where at least 500 died in Hurricane Matthew.
UPDATED: Supplies from Cayman pour in for Haiti relief effort
Volunteers in Cayman spent Thursday unloading and sorting donations bound for Haiti and Cuba at the Saxon office on Eastern Avenue in George Town.
EDITORIAL – Hurricane Matthew: Embracing our role as host and haven
Along with the rest of humanity, we in Cayman will send our prayers, empathy and material assistance to the victims of Hurricane Matthew. Cayman has experienced the cataclysmic consequences of a major hurricane at much too near a distance, that is, firsthand.
US military takes off from Cayman for Hurricane Matthew relief efforts
United States Marine Corps helicopters took off from Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport Wednesday, headed to Jamaica to be ready to move disaster relief supplies into Haiti. Four large U.S. military helicopters landed on Grand Cayman Tuesday, the first of two waves of Marines and U.S. Army personnel.
US military stages Haiti relief efforts in Cayman
United States military helicopters began landing at Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman Tuesday afternoon as part of a disaster relief program in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
‘Devastating’ Matthew maintains strength as it pounds Haiti
The powerful Hurricane Matthew made landfall in near Les Anglais, western Haiti, as the storm batters the country with life-threatening rain, wind and storm surge.
The Haitian heart operation
You’ve probably never heard of Kessy Acceme, but he has helped give 64 dying Haitian children another chance at life since late 2014 through surgeries performed in the Cayman Islands.
U20 national team loses to Haiti in final qualifier
The Under 20 Boys National Football Team ended their 2016 Caribbean Football Union World Cup qualifying campaign after a 5-0 loss to hosts Haiti at the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince on Sunday evening.
Haitian trash identified on Cayman beaches
Trash discarded as far away as Haiti is washing up on beaches in Cayman, according to citizen-scientists taking part in a beach plastics survey on the island.
Post: What’s next for Haiti?
It's a relief that Haitian leaders were able to agree on an 11th-hour deal to avert a power vacuum after President Michael Martelly left office.
