KINGSTON, Jamaica - The World Bank director for the Caribbean, Lilia Burunciuc, says across much of the Caribbean, water and the systems that deliver it are increasingly under pressure.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of Lethal Yellowing Disease in the country, raising concerns about the potential impact on Dominica’s coconut industry.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has relaunched its ‘Strap Up Jamaica’ campaign, as part of intensified efforts to strengthen household resilience ahead of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane season.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it has partnered with the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) on establishing priorities for Jamaica’s national climate and ecosystem resilience programme.

ROSEAU, Dominica - Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says that Dominica will be in a position to commission its new geothermal plant by the end of March.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Ministry of Agriculture has launched an investigation after a protected ocelot was found shot and wounded in a forest on Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has submitted a bid to host the “Our Ocean Conference”  next year, Water, Environment, and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, has said.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The government of Antigua and Barbuda has signaled its intention to acquire an equity stake in the geothermal energy project now under development in Nevis, as part of wider Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) efforts to strengthen regional energy cooperation and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The global conservation organization, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), says it has conducted a workshop in Jamaica that focused on the fundamentals and applied use of remote sensing to evaluate hurricane impacts on coastal and marine ecosystems, using PlanetScope and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Sharks off the coast of the island of Eleuthera have been found with traces of cocaine, caffeine, and common painkillers in their blood.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The government is advancing the much-anticipated Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, setting an April deadline for proposal submissions from prospective firms or consortia under a revised Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) model.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Friday said it had entered into a new partnership with the government of Australia to establish three additional solar-powered community centres in fishing communities hit by Hurricane Melissa last October.