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An aircraft sprays banana fields in the Buccament Valley on Dec. 4, 2013. (IWN photo)

Ministry’s efforts to control black sigatoka sees mixed results

The Ministry of Agriculture’s efforts to control black sigatoka, a leaf spot disease that affects banana and plantain, have seen mixed results when measured against the specific accountabilities outlined in…

4 Dec 2013 6:36PM

Arnhim Eustace

Derelict boats to be removed from Canash beach by mid-2014 – PM

3 Dec 2013 7:00AM

As climate talks end, UNFCCC head says rich and poor nations must contribute to climate finance

26 Nov 2013 10:38AM

‘This is not a time for backsliding,’ Bahamian minister tells climate talks

23 Nov 2013 9:00AM

Protests, demonstrations and canvassing at world climate summit 2013 (+video)

23 Nov 2013 5:34AM

In this demonstration staged by Oxfam on Friday, Nov. 23, 2013, in Poland, caricatures of world leaders consult a climate roadmap, even as the choices are explicitly clear. Prime Minister of SVG, Ralph Gonsalves, says climate change will be a priority during his chairmanship of the Caribbean Community. (IWN photo)

As climate summit nears end, disappointed C’bean negotiator ‘managing expectations’ (+video)

By Kenton X. Chance WARSAW, Poland — A Caribbean negotiator said that she was managing expectations that things could change during the dying hours of the two-week world climate summit on…

23 Nov 2013 12:46AM

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Ministry’s efforts to control black sigatoka sees mixed results

Derelict boats to be removed from Canash beach by mid-2014 – PM

As climate talks end, UNFCCC head says rich and poor nations must contribute to climate finance

‘This is not a time for backsliding,’ Bahamian minister tells climate talks

Protests, demonstrations and canvassing at world climate summit 2013 (+video)

As climate summit nears end, disappointed C’bean negotiator ‘managing expectations’ (+video)

St. Kitts-Nevis outlines implications of climate change

Caribbean allies call for Taiwan’s inclusion in global climate talks

Green groups walk out of global climate summit in protest (+video)

‘The worst is yet to come,’ St. Lucia tells world climate summit