The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has secured Grenada the second vice-chair seat on the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation. The appointment was confirmed during the 64th CTO Council Meeting and Commonwealth Digital Roadshow in Maseru, Lesotho. The seat carries a meaningful agenda-setting role on cross-Commonwealth telecoms policy, including spectrum, cybersecurity and small-states digital inclusion.
At home, the House of Representatives has passed legislation applying value-added tax to digital platforms and services. The change is technical on paper and visible in practice: subscription streaming, cloud storage, and a range of cross-border digital purchases now sit inside the same VAT framework that applies to domestic transactions. Treasury officials project meaningful revenue uptake; consumer groups have asked for clearer guidance on which services trigger the tax.
On the macro side, the latest CARICOM forecasts continue to put Grenada in the upper tier of regional growth at 3.4 percent for 2026, alongside Dominica and ahead of Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and Saint Vincent. Tourism demand and construction activity are the headline drivers.
US arrival numbers for last year showed a 6.8 percent decline against the prior period, prompting tourism authorities to recalibrate marketing toward longer-haul source markets and the diaspora segment.
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