There is division in Jamaica over the government's plan to extend states of emergency, or SOEs as they are commonly called, to fight an upsurge in violent crime in that country. Murders there are now well past the 1000 mark and Prime Minister Andrew Holness has argued that the SOEs are needed, having secured the approval of the House of assembly to get a 46 day extension of the measure in seven parishes.
The destruction of the coral reefs on the West Coat of Barbados is still a concern.
Trinidad and Tabago have reached three hundred 300 murders for the year
Prime Minister The Hon.Mia Mottley sounds a warning about insurance at a Climate Ambition Summit in New York