AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoMedicinal cannabis banking push (regional): Saint Kitts and Nevis has brought in Saboto Caesar, a former St. Vincent and the Grenadines agriculture minister, to help design a banking and compliance framework for its stalled medicinal cannabis sector, including meetings with financial institutions and a “seed-to-sale” tracking system. Education cost relief (local): St. Vincent and the Grenadines is removing registration-related fees for Form 1 students entering public and government-assisted private secondary schools, with schools issuing updated registration packages. Digital skills for youth (local): The National Centre for Technological Innovation launched a Business and Technology Leadership Programme for 112 young entrepreneurs, with training in AI, QuickBooks, Excel and social media advertising. AI-ready governance (regional): CARICOM tax administrators are set to meet in Georgetown to discuss “smart, data-driven and AI-enabled” tax administration. Tsunami readiness (local): NOAA completed a mission in SVG to strengthen tsunami science, hazard assessment and evacuation planning, supporting Tsunami Ready efforts in Bequia. Biometric border security (regional): The U.S. and CARICOM’s IMPACS signed a biometric data-sharing partnership to speed up automated checks, aimed at reducing fraud and security risks.
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