Belize Defence Force Deputy Commander Ricardo Leal warns about the possibility of the cleared land being used for illegal airstrips. Video: Hipolito Novelo The suspicion makes sense. Over the past two ...

For the people of Suriname, offshore oil is supposed to be a game-changer. As they have struggled through a protracted economic crisis over the past decade, they have watched lucrative deep-water ...

Tricked into Sex Slavery: Global Crackdown hasn’t Stopped Caribbean Traffickers By Natanga Smith, Valerie Fris, Roseann Pile, Soyini Grey and Marion Ali September 24, 2024 ...

The case of Hurricane Irma’s impact on Barbuda provides a significant example of what is often termed “disaster capitalism.” It is defined as the exploitation of natural disasters by governments and ...

There is evidence that the ageing population of Barbados is being disproportionately affected by climate-related illnesses such as dengue fever, respiratory infections, asthma, and heat exhaustion.

‘A land of 365 rivers’ is just one of the phrases that describe the beautiful Caribbean island of Dominica. But with so many rivers and freshwater catchments, these questions come to mind: why do some ...

Thousands of students who have headed back to school in Antigua and Barbuda since September, are being impacted by severe heat as global temperatures continue to rise. The heat is putting young ...

A crab catcher holds up one of his catches from the mangrove forest (Photo Felica Collins) For generations, this ecosystem, located close to the Guyana/Venezuela border, producing mangrove forest fish ...

It’s Monday morning at the indigenous village of Aishalton, in Guyana’s Deep South Rupununi region. 39-year-old Immaculata Casimero proudly dons a shawl that identifies her Wapichan heritage. She’s in ...

After almost 20 years and four successive government administrations, the Four Seasons Hotel is still a concrete skeleton of failure standing in Barbados’ tourism landscape. The partially built ...

Law enforcement officials say that online scams in the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic in 2020. But how the Royal St. Christopher ...

Attorney General Garth Wilkin identifies projects that have not been through the tender process. Wilkin spoke to an E-Government Contract, the project management for the construction of the Prison, ...