Environment

Though forecasters are predicting a less active Atlantic hurricane season this year, Caribbean countries are being warned not to lower their guard, as intense rainfall, flash flooding, drought and dangerous …

As part of its ongoing initiative to clean up the island’s natural spaces, KFC and several of its partners removed hundreds of pounds of debris from the Easy Hall gully …

In a major step towards building agricultural resilience and safeguarding food security, the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and beekeepers launched a major six-month project to introduce managed …

A surge in bushfires is destroying bee colonies, equipment and vital foraging habitats, prompting urgent warnings from industry leaders that the island’s food security could be at risk. The escalating …

With less than two weeks before the start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the government has begun a fresh round of emergency preparedness meetings involving national security, health, utility, …

Barbados produces only a tiny fraction of the honey it consumes, prompting a senior agriculture official to urge the country to urgently expand its pool of commercial beekeepers, reduce its …

Barbados has begun a new round of hurricane preparedness meetings ahead of the start of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1, with emergency, security, health, utility, tourism and …

A comprehensive new field assessment of the former Mobil Oil Refinery site at Needham’s Point has been completed, as the government renews efforts to transform the contaminated area into productive …

Robust food security measures and access to reliable data must become a central priority for emergency response agencies across the Caribbean as the region faces increasingly destructive natural disasters, according …