CARICOM leaders brainstorm on hurricane relief

As airports in the path of Hurricane Irma tentatively reopen, on Monday, a high-level OECS delegation made preliminary visits to the OECS Member States most affected by the powerful Category 5 storm to assess first-hand the damage and immediate needs of the hurricane ravaged islands.

Leading the delegation were OECS Chair and Prime Minister of St Lucia Allen Chastanet; Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit; Minister of Economic Affairs in St Lucia Guy Joseph; OECS Director General Dr Didacus Jules, and Director of the Saint Lucia National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) Velda Joseph.

In this photograph, the delegation meets with the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne (centre) in Antigua.