News stories by Peter Richards, page 3

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Mar 05 (IPS) - A new weapon in the arsenal against climate change is tapping local knowledge to bridge the policy gap and let communities make their own informed decisions about how to manage livelihoods, natural resources, culture and heritage.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 14 (IPS) - Scientists and researchers are working together in a new initiative to collect data that will help determine the effects of climate change on coral in the Caribbean Sea.

ROSEAU, Jan 22 (IPS) - What a difference a trip makes. Before visiting the French island of Guadeloupe, Alfred Rolle had vocally expressed fears about the possible health effects of a decision to drill geothermal wells in the village of Laduat on the outskirts of Dominica's capital.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dic 17 (IPS) - As the world's most tourism-dependent region, with the sector accounting for one in every eight jobs, the Caribbean has much to fear from climate change.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dic 07 (IPS) - For 21 days Wayne Kublalsingh sat in the scorching sun outside the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar. He sat in support of his belief that constructing a highway in southern Trinidad would damage the environment and affect hundreds of lives in the surrounding area.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 13 (IPS) - Nearly three years after it came to power promising to uphold press freedom, Trinidad and Tobago's coalition government is under fire for demanding free airtime from local broadcasters.

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Nov 02 (IPS) - In the 1980's, Caribbean countries wanted to shore up their prospects of social and economic development in the coming decades, so they looked to the financial services sector to spur employment and development. They managed to develop a robust industry, particularly in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - Their speeches did not grab international headlines like that delivered by U.S. President Barack Obama, nor did other delegates walk out as they spoke, as was the case for Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 01 (IPS) - P.J. Patterson, the former Jamaican prime minister, has had a long relationship with the European Union.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sep 06 (IPS) - As governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) that groups seven countries, Sir Dwight Venner is all too aware of the low economic growth, debt and financial instability confronting the wider Caribbean.