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Basseterre Continues CBI Due-Diligence Reforms Through Regional Consultative Group
St Kitts and Nevis continues to push Citizenship-by-Investment due-diligence reforms through the regional CBI consultative group, with US and EU pressure shaping the next phase.
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Belmopan Quiet as Citrus Rehabilitation Programme Awaits Next Cabinet Read-Out
A quiet domestic news day in Belize. Industry watchers are tracking the next Cabinet read-out on the citrus rehabilitation programme.
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BUT Reports Teens Account for 40% of Calls to Barbados Mental Health Helpline
The Barbados Union of Teachers says children and teenagers now account for 40 per cent of calls to the national mental health helpline. Mental health professionals are calling the figure a crisis signal, not an awareness signal.
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Castries Markets Passport's 144 Visa-Free Destinations Inside Shared Visa Coalition
Saint Lucia sits inside the new shared Caribbean visa coalition. Castries is marketing the passport's strong global mobility — 144 visa-free or visa-on-arrival destinations — as the headline hook for luxury, eco-tourism, and adventure travellers.
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Kingstown Watches ICJ Close as Gonsalves Maintains CARICOM Stance on Essequibo
St Vincent and the Grenadines is watching today's ICJ close on the Guyana-Venezuela case. PM Ralph Gonsalves has been one of CARICOM's most vocal voices on the Essequibo controversy.
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Nassau Joins Shared Caribbean Visa Regime Targeting Multi-Island Stays
The Bahamas has formally joined the new shared Caribbean visa initiative alongside Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Barbados, T&T, Dominica, and Antigua and Barbuda. Nassau is targeting longer multi-island stays as the headline metric.
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NCB Q1 Profit Falls to J$5.2B as Prior-Year One-Off Drops Out
NCB Financial Group's Q1 profit landed at J$5.2 billion, down from J$17 billion a year earlier — the year-ago figure inflated by a Dutch insurance brokerage sale. TB deaths at Hunts Bay lockup raise custody public-health alarm.
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OPR Freezes $3.4B HDC Housing Programme After Whistleblower Names Insider
The Office of Procurement Regulation suspended Trinidad and Tobago's $3.4 billion HDC public-private partnership housing programme after a whistleblower alleged an HDC official colluded with two contractors. PM Persad-Bissessar opens National Prosthetics Centre with India's Jaishankar.
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Roseau Links Nature Isle Eco-Tourism Into Multi-Island Visa Circuits
Dominica is inside the new shared Caribbean visa coalition. Roseau is targeting eco-tourism linkages — folding Nature Isle into multi-island circuits with Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Barbados, T&T, Antigua and Barbuda, and the Bahamas.
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St George's Spice and Cocoa Exporters Track EU Sustainability Reporting Deadline
Grenada's spice and cocoa exporters are tracking the next EU sustainability reporting deadline as Brussels tightens disclosure rules on imported agricultural goods. A quiet domestic news day otherwise.
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St John's Positions for Cruise-and-Stay Growth Inside Shared Visa Coalition
Antigua and Barbuda sits inside the new shared Caribbean visa regime, with St John's positioning for cruise-and-stay package growth alongside Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Barbados, T&T, Dominica, and the Bahamas.
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Venezuela Closes ICJ Rebuttal as Caracas Pre-Rejects Any Ruling for Guyana
Venezuela delivers its final oral argument at The Hague today, having signalled it will not accept an ICJ ruling that favours Guyana. President Ali rules out Exxon renegotiation.
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