Jewel Fraser

This story describes Grenada's success in obtaining a grant through the Green Climate Fund to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies for its water sector in the light of climate change impacts.

A press release commissioned by TSTT that I wrote about an event where their CIO spoke.

Story on region's research into mercury contamination

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PORT OF SPAIN, Oct 9 2018 (IPS) - Recent research at a centre in Guyana shows that some types of butterflies and lizards in the Amazon have been seeking shelter from the heat as Amazonian temperatures rise.
The CEIBA Biological Centre (CEIBA), in Madewini, Guyana, under its executive d...

If you think the news is a battleground now, you should have been in Trinidad in August 1969. That’s when the Trinidad Express refused to stop covering the story of Dr. Leonard Hanna, a Black American dentist, and his wife, who’d been turned away from the Trinidad Country Club tennis courts despite their staying at a nearby Hilton whose guests were routinely allowed use of the club’s facilities. The Hannas’ taxi driver, irate, took them to share their story with the Express.
Then came the bac...

Tall and well-groomed, Brian Rochester has eyes that smile when he talks about the fellowship he says exists between Chinese immigrants and Trinidadians of African or Indian descent at the Grace Chapel church in the heart of Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Richards, in his mid-30s, has for the past three years been pastor of the church, home to a Chinese Christian Fellowship congregation where 50 members regularly meet. But look beyond the church, and things appear less ros...

This story looks at Guyana's development of its massive fossil fuel reserves in the light of its commitments under the Paris climate change agreement.

Story based on presentation by scientists at LACCCB 2018, about how salt water intrusion is affecting rice farmers in Guyana, as sea levels rise.

Q&A with Caribbean scientist about her work tackling the invasive lionfish species.

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas issued amended guidelines with respect to tuna and swordfish fisheries in June.

This is the second in a two-part series investigating the challenge of encouraging the public to eat more seafood against the backdrop of consumer fears over mercury contamination. Part one of the series appeared on Wednesday, 6 June.

This is the first of a two-part series investigating the challenge of encouraging the public to eat more seafood against the backdrop of consumer fears over mercury contamination.