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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.