PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two brothers were shot and killed outside a childcare learning centre in Morvant, east of here on Monday. Police said that gunmen had been awaiting outside the Roxann’s Learning and Childcare Centre, shooting indiscriminately, resulting in the death of Gerald Caliste at the scene and his brother  Kemo Caliste, who later died at hospital. Police said that a four-year-old boy, Dimitri Berkley, said to be the child of a female police officer, was also injured as well as Adina Jackson, 48, and Joseph Coulen. Police said that Gerald Caliste  was the target of the shooting and that the attack has been connected to the ongoing gang war across Port of Spain.

Barbados’ Prime Minister, Mia Amor Mottley wants multi-national corporations (MNC) along with renewable energy companies to embrace sustainable funding. She put forward the proposal as she addressed the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative titled ‘Innovating in a Time of Crisis’.

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says as a water-scarce country, Barbados has to explore all possible means to augment its groundwater. She highlighted the challenges during a Clinton Global Initiative Annual meeting titled ‘Innovating in a Time of Crisis’. Ms. Mottley says she’s working for a debt for climate swap to assist in this regard. The Barbadian Leader is also continuing her push for changes to the global financial architecture, to better assist small island developing states on the frontline of the climate crisis. She says SIDS need long-term capital to build resilience. Ms. Mottley added without some form of global levy, the world is unlikely to bridge the gap.