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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a news conference at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
December 9, 2025

IMF chief warns of economic uncertainty, tells the world to ‘buckle up’

The global economy is holding up better than expected despite major shocks, but the head of the International Monetary Fund says that resilience may not last. “Buckle up,” Managing Director Kristalina…
Councillor Keisha Lewis. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Charges recommended against PNP councillor Keisha Lewis for failing to file statutory declarations

The Director of Corruption Prosecution at the Integrity Commission has ruled that charges be laid against People’s National Party (PNP) councillor Keisha Lewis for failing to file statutory…
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | Climate cases grow globally

MORE INDIVIDUALS and organisations worldwide are taking legal action to resolve a range of climate change-related disputes. “As of 30 June 2025, the cumulative number of cases tracked in the Sabin…
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December 9, 2025

Earth Today | Courtroom lessons for climate justice

AS CLIMATE change litigation increases, not only in number but also in scope, geographic reach and the engagement of a diverse set of actors, there are a range of lessons to be learnt, according to a…
Mangroves serve as a nature-based solution to reduce flooding risks.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | Trinidad’s vulnerable South Oropouche River Basin gets flood relief

TWO PIROGUE-STYLE fishing boats glide down the South Oropouche River over deep murky water, winding past twisted green mangrove trees looming out from the shallows along both banks. Caimans sun amid…
Lauri-Ann Samuels, executive director, National Baking Company Foundation, shows off their trash collection haul from her team’s efforts on International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025 on September 20.
December 9, 2025
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus that was crashed by a driver in St Catherine on October 8.
December 9, 2025

JUTC driver dies after bus crashes into ditch in St Catherine

A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) driver has died after the bus he was operating crashed into a ditch along Salt Pond Road in St Catherine early Wednesday morning. He has been identified as…
Damage caused by the tornado in Trinidad on Tuesday, October 7.  - CMC photo
December 9, 2025

Tornado destroys homes in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Waterspouts and a weak tornado on Tuesday damaged and blew off the roofs of several houses in northwestern Trinidad, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or…