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The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training and National\u00a0Excellence advises that officials have been in contact with Dominican students in Jamaica from\u00a0Thursday, October 23rd, in light of the impending passage of Hurricane Melissa.<\/p>\n
Students have reported that they are making the necessary preparations, are in safe housing and\u00a0that those on campus remain safe and have adequate supplies.<\/p>\n
The Ministry is in contact with members of the Students\u2019 Association, and arrangements are\u00a0underway to address the needs identified in the students\u2019 assessment report.\u00a0The Ministry is also in contact with the Dominican embassy in Cuba. We have been assured that\u00a0the authorities in Cuba are taking every possible measure to safeguard students. A special\u00a0protection protocol is in place for foreign students and is being implemented. Our students in Cuba\u00a0have also begun their own preparations ahead of possible hurricane impacts.<\/p>\n
The Government of Dominica will continue to monitor the situation closely and maintain\u00a0communication with our students and the relevant authorities to ensure their safety and well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training and National\u00a0Excellence advises that officials have been in contact with Dominican students in Jamaica from\u00a0Thursday, October 23rd, in light of the impending passage of Hurricane Melissa. Students have reported that they…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":351049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,235,9,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educationyouth","category-environment","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-weather"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n