Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website CASTRIES, St Lucia CMC-The Organization of American States (OAS) will launching a three-year programme to support the development and use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in seven Caribbean countries.

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, CMC - Residents here were jolted by a strong earthquake Saturday morning.The magnitude 6.1 tremor was centred about 78 km (49 miles) north northwest of here, was also felt in the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 7 October United Nations: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has made an urgent appeal for funds to start projects it said would offer jobs to 400,000 people in Haiti, which is recovering from a series of deadly storms.

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - President George Maxwell Richards on Friday signed into law a tough new Bail Act which will deny bail to persons who are charged with very serious offences.

Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 19 September Providenciales, Turks and Caicos: Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Michael Misick has warned opposition parties to stop playing politics with the lives of Grand Turk and South Caicos residents who are trying to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike.