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What a year 2017 has been for the people and economies of the Eastern Caribbean and the wider region. The catastrophic impact of the two Category 5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria left behind a ravaged and devastated region with demands for major funding, aid and relief supplies from neighbouring islands, friendly countries and agencies regionally and internationally. 

 Anguilla, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St Kitts Nevis and St Marteen were some of the islands hardest hit by these two monster storms with Barbuda being declared uninhabitable and almost every home and national infrastructure in Dominica being lost or seriously damaged. 

The experience of 2017 call for a total review of outbuilding codes and the need to shift to more renewable sources of energy to safeguard against such occurrences in the future.

We trust that you will enjoy the content of Issue 8 of the OECS Business Focus Magazine and we look forward to your comments