Regenerative Tourism: A new push in SVG tourism argues success shouldn’t be measured by visitor numbers alone, but by cultural respect, environmental care, and real benefits for local communities as Sandals expands rooms and Argyle Airport adds more international links. Medicinal Cannabis Finance: St Kitts and Nevis has brought in former SVG agriculture minister Saboto Caesar to help restart its stalled medicinal cannabis sector, focusing on building a banking and compliance framework and improving “seed-to-sale” tracking with financial institutions. Digital Tax Governance: CARICOM tax administrators are set to meet in Georgetown, Guyana, to discuss “smart, data-driven and AI-enabled” tax administration, including how tech and AI can boost compliance and taxpayer services. Education Cost Relief (SVG): SVG ends registration-related fees for Form 1 students entering public and government-assisted private secondary schools, with schools issuing updated registration packages. Border Tech Security: The US and several Caribbean states, including SVG, signed a biometric border security deal to speed up fingerprint and facial-scan checks across databases, with a stated focus on reducing vulnerabilities in citizenship-by-investment programmes. Local Tech Skills: SVG’s NCTI launched a digital skills and leadership programme for 112 young entrepreneurs, training them in AI, QuickBooks, Excel, and social media advertising. Tsunami Readiness (SVG): NOAA completed a mission in SVG to strengthen tsunami science, hazard assessment, evacuation planning, and warning systems, including Tsunami Ready support for Bequia. Taiwan Tech Ties: Taiwan showcased its semiconductor and digital cooperation with SVG through a screening of “A Chip Odyssey,” while a Vincentian scholar earned a PhD in Taiwan on digital banking adoption.