AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoDigital Transformation: Grenada appoints Ron Redhead as Minister for Digital Transformation, tasked with ICT infrastructure, digital government, data governance, cybersecurity, start-ups and AI policy. Tourism & Health Security: Grenada launches CARPHA’s Regional Tourism and Health Programme, aiming to strengthen surveillance and early warning for tourism-related public health events—key as tourism drives over a quarter of GDP. Regional Aviation & Connectivity: Antigua hosts ICAO’s NACC civil aviation directors meeting, highlighting aviation as the lifeline for small island economies; meanwhile, U.S. airlines keep adding nonstop Caribbean routes, including United’s new Newark–St. Croix service. Finance & Governance: Grenada Development Bank issues a statement correcting social media claims about its 2024 loss, citing software write-offs and higher loan-loss provisions. Business & IP for Agriculture: CAIPO backs the Grenada Chocolate Festival and pushes discussion on geographical indications for cocoa and nutmeg to protect and grow value. Community Concerns (Woodford): Two Woodford-area groups raise planning and environmental enforcement worries tied to ongoing industrial activity. CBI Politics: PM Godwin Friday says any future citizenship-by-investment plan will be structurally separated from the political directorate with tighter regulation and parliamentary accountability.
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