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.
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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.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – The chief executive officer of the Cayman Islands-based Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIFF SPC), Isaac Anthony, has described Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica in October last year, killing 45 people and causing damage in excess of none billion US dollars as the “most defining event” off 2025.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – At the entrance to Neil Gomes’s farm in McKinnon’s, water is moving.
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.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government Tuesday announced ART’s issuance of 9,085,923 high-integrity TREES carbon credits for the year 2023, marking another major milestone in the country’s long-standing leadership in sustainable forest management, climate action, and jurisdictional-scale carbon markets.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The World Bank’s Country Director for the Caribbean, Lilia Burunciuc, Tuesday said it is possible for regional countries to develop the necessary resilience to face some of the world’s most severe environmental risks such as hurricanes, floods, volcanic eruptions, and coastal pressures that can erase progress within hours.
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.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands Government has sent US$1 million to Jamaica to help the island recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government is to table an Integrated Solid Waste Management Bill and Regulations that will allow for hefty fines, tighter controls on e-waste along with oil and gas waste, and mandatory financial security for operators.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said 90 days after Hurricane Melissa swept across parts of the Caribbean, countries are transitioning from emergency response toward recovery, while continuing to confront public health risks linked to damaged infrastructure, disrupted services, and heightened vulnerability to disease.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Outgoing British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller, says the United Kingdom has joined the Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) which aims to mobilise international financing and technical expertise to protect the planet Earth.
