Shanna Moore

Fungal diseases affecting pumpkins, squash and watermelons are among the problems being reported to agricultural extension officers, with concerns that some farmers’ planting practices could be increasing their crops’ vulnerability …

Prime Minister Mia Mottley has thrown Barbados’ support behind Guyanese former foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett to become the 10th United Nations Secretary-General, while playing down the prospect of seeking the …

From Gaza and Ukraine to Sudan and Yemen, escalating conflicts are taking a mounting human and economic toll, prompting Prime Minister Mia Mottley to propose a new United Nations mechanism …

Barbados will host the second in-person meeting of the United Nations’ Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence in November, placing the Caribbean at the centre of a widening global …

Climate-vulnerable countries face an annual financing shortfall of about US$400bn by 2030 while being forced to pay billions more in borrowing costs because of their exposure to climate shocks, Prime …

Prime Minister Mia Mottley has thrown Barbados’ support behind a push to curb the use of the United Nations Security Council veto in cases of mass atrocities, as she called …

Commissioner of Police Sonia Boyce has rejected claims surrounding the non-payment of extra duty allowances to police officers, saying a processing problem with electronic pay sheets has instead resulted in …

Journalists across the Caribbean are being urged to rethink how they cover disasters, with greater attention to protecting children and other vulnerable people rather than simply being first with the …

Climate plans across Barbados and five other Eastern Caribbean countries do not contain the measures needed to track whether climate investments are actually benefiting children, according to a new UNICEF …