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Over 100 persons evacuated from Dominica by Barbados Coast Guard

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Over 100 persons evacuated from Dominica by Barbados Coast Guard

 Persons being evacuated from Dominica by the Barbados Coast Guard. (PHOTO: BGIS)
 The Barbados Coast Guard has evacuated over 100 persons from Dominica to date, and it is anticipated that its disaster relief operations would continue into November 2017.

Category Five Hurricane Maria passed directly over Dominica on September 18, causing widespread devastation.

This disclosure has come from the Barbados Defence Force’s (BDF) Public Relations Officer, Captain Maria Moore, who said the Barbados Coast Guard vessels were continuing to transport disaster response personnel and relief supplies to Dominica.

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Rastas bring reasons to legalise marijuana

Published 29 September 2017
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Rastas bring reasons to legalise marijuana

 The Rastafarian community was well represented during the Regional Marijuana Commission.

There was a resounding amount of support for the legalization and decriminalization of marijuana during a town hall meeting of the CARICOM Regional Marijuana Commission on Wednesday night.

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Home Countries St Kitts-Nevis CountriesSt Kitts-Nevis “Shameful” move by St Kitts-Nevis following Hurricane Maria

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Published 24 September 2017

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Home Countries St Kitts-Nevis CountriesSt Kitts-Nevis “Shameful” move by St Kitts-Nevis following Hurricane Maria

Mahdi Mohammed, CEO of Guide Consultants, who was in Dominica during Hurricane Maria, surveys the devastation in Roseau

BASSETERRE, St Kits — A press release issued on Saturday by the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) in St Kitts and Nevis announcing a drastic 50 percent cut in the investment requirement for its citizenship by investment (CBI) program, ostensibly to create a “hurricane relief fund”, has drawn widespread condemnation, including one CBI consultant who described the move as shameful.

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Hurricane Maria Intermediate Advisory Number 15A

Published 19 September 2017

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WTNT35 KNHC 192357
TCPAT5

BULLETIN
Hurricane Maria Intermediate Advisory Number 15A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL152017
800 PM AST Tue Sep 19 2017

…EYE OF CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE MARIA MOVING CLOSER TO ST CROIX IN
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS…
…PREPARATIONS AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL
FLOODING AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION…

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Hurricane Maria 5AM Update

Published 19 September 2017

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Hurricane Maria 5AM Update

Update is a full update and generally no changes, which is generally good news for us. It means Maria holding track and not moving north which would be very bad for us if she did.

Set to pass about 60 miles from St.Kitts-Nevis
“Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 30 miles (45 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles (205 km).”

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