Within the next few months there will be crime fighting technology in Trinidad and Tobago to detect when and where a shot is fired and a squad car deployed within seconds of it being fired. Minister of National Security, Jack Warner made the announcement as he opened the Trinidad and Tobago Cadet Force's annual training camp, Camp Costelloe. "The technology is coming which will be able to identify where the shot went off, when and the house the shot came from." The national security minister said the equipment would be in Trinidad and Tobago within three or four months and he will call a meeting of the top ministers on 28 July to discuss it and to answer questions. Warner said the technology is foreign and he would not disclose the name...Read More

BARBADOS - The effects of climate change not only have an impact on our environment, they also affect our health and wellness, said Barbados chief medical officer (CMO), Dr Joy St John, at the unveiling ceremony of the logo for the Global Environmental Fund (GEF) Project - Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health, held on Friday.During her address, St John observed that "climate change is a real threat, and is contributing to mortality, especially for people living in poverty and lacking access to essential health care.""A two degree Celsius rise in temperature will result in insecurity for millions of people... no country is immune from the health effects of climate change," she cautioned.The CMO noted that the GEF...Read More

The Barbados government will be undertaking structural reforms of the energy sector that would reduce the island's dependency on foreign oil, increase energy security, create jobs and enhance the generation of renewable energy.  Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, made this disclosure on Thursday, while addressing the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF). He revealed that an indicative road map for the next 20 years had been developed to achieve some of these objectives.  "The government of Barbados has framed its actions within the context of a detailed analysis of our renewable energy potential. Based on the analysis carried out, we have realised that renewable energy potential for wind at utility...Read More

JAMAICA - AT A time when consumers are faced with high electricity bills, Fulbright Nexus scholar Dr Gary Jackson is proposing the development of a small hydropower plant to generate electricity for the farming community of Swift River in Portland. Dr Jackson, who is also executive director of Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC), an association of Caribbean utility companies which facilitates the development of electricity across the region, explains that the aim is to inform public policy using applied research. "This is an initiative developed from the Department of States in the United States. It specifically deals with renewable energy, sustainable development, innovation, public health and economics. "For...Read More