More than 700 residents in Giblatore and adjoining areas in St Catherine, are benefitting from a rain water harvesting system, established at a cost of $27 million.

Suriname has reported its first case of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya disease and blamed a visitor from St Maarten for introducing the virus.

Government has allocated $50 million to the National Works Agency (NWA) to implement mitigation measures for the 2014 hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.

Operators of the Grand Palladium Resort and Spa in Hanover says that the facility set to save over J$80 million in energy cost per year from the installation of a solar PhotoVoltaic (PV) power plan