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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (CMC) – The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced that seven species of Caribbean skinks or lizards may qualify for Endangered Species Act protection. The rare lizards from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are ...

WASHINGTON, DC (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), says it is working with Caribbean governments to “to prevent, detect and respond” to the Zika virus. Last Friday, PAHO said starting in March 2014 and through the first week ...

By Frederic Mousseau IPS Guest Writer OAKLAND, California (IPS) — Millions of African farmers don’t need to adapt to climate change. They have done that already. Like many others across the continent, indigenous communities in Ethiopia’s Gamo Highlands are well prepared ...

Photo above: Secretary General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (left) and Jimmy Fletcher, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development in St. Lucia. LaRocque said developed countries should honour their commitments to provide financing. He adds that such commitments to ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says, it expects revenue to decline by more than two billion dollars (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) as a result of the continuing drop in oil prices on the global ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The government of Japan will be making resources available to improve the drainage system across Georgetown. Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, told the Government Information News Agency (GINA) that the proposal from Japan will contribute to ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Acting Police Commissioner, Stephen Williams, has lamented the crime rate in the twin-island republic, stating that the society is a violent one. “Trinidad and Tobago has become a very violent society. We express violence ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has decided to support the government and people of Guyana in commemorating the country’s 50th jubilee anniversary. The airline has partnered with the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport to ...

Photo above: A farmer showing a banana affected by the Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) whose signs include premature ripening of the bunch and rotting of the fruit. Photo credit: Busani Bafana/IPS. By Busani Bafana IPS Africa Correspondent BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (IPS) ...

  Photo above: Hundreds of Cubans gathered outside the Ecuadorean embassy in Havana in an infrequent public display of discontent, protesting Quito’s decision to require that Cubans visiting Ecuador obtain a visa. Many held up the airplane tickets they had already ...