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By Jewel Fraser Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (IPS) – Even as weather extremes bedevil Caribbean farmers, Ramgopaul Roop has turned his three-acre fruit farm into a showcase for how to beat climate change. His conservation farming methods include ...

By Peter Richards T&T Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (IPS) – The demonstration took place on land and sea simultaneously. In the end, police had arrested three people, including Gary Aboud, president of the Trinidadian NGO Fishermen and Friends of ...

CHICAGO, United States CMC – US airline, JetBlue has launched its first Caribbean service from Chicago, Illinois. According to JetBlue, while the airline has a “strong Caribbean network from New York this is its first foray into the Caribbean market” ...

NEW YORK, United States CMC – International airlines have been invited to St. Vincent and the Grenadines “to finalize arrangements and look at scheduling” as the island prepares to open its international airport at Argyle next year, Tourism, Culture and ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Justice Geoffrey Henderson has been elected as a judge of the International Criminal Court, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Saturday. It said that Henderson, a former ...

MASSACHUSETTS, United States CMC – The Trinidad-born former state chemist for Massachusetts, Annie Dookhan, faces up to five years in jail after she was found guilty of falsifying thousands of tests used to prosecute drug-related crimes. The court was told ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Even though he insists that he has no desire to return to “electoral politics” former prime minister, Basdeo Panday, is seeking election as chairman of the ruling United National Congress (UNC). He is also ...

BASSETERRE, St Kitts CMC – The ruling St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) Monday, said it believes the recommended changes contained in the Constituency Boundaries Commission will stand, despite an earlier court ruling that prevents Governor General Sir Edmund Lawrence from ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica is projecting a one percent economic growth this year, according to the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ). BoJ Governor, Brian Wynter, said the rate of growth for the fiscal year is projected to be within the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – A coalition of Caribbean private sector organizations has been launched here with a multi-year program to develop, design, and implement a policy and business advocacy campaign to promote the enhancement of the United States Caribbean Basin ...