Antigua and Barbuda's Cabinet decides on Wednesday 28 October 2026 whether to ask Social Security for up to $20 million toward a new hotel. The most recent actuarial review the Social Security Board publishes, as at 31 December 2014, records a Fund with no liquid assets.
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said on 25 October 2026 that the government is considering drawing up to $60 million from the Treasury, State Insurance, Social Security and the Airport Authority for two new 150-room hotels. Cabinet takes the proposals on Wednesday 28 October.
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said on 24 October 2026 that Antigua and Barbuda has until 12 November to confirm to the European Commission that it will end its citizenship by investment programme by 1 June 2028. Cabinet discussions favour confirming. No final decision has been made.
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CARICOM's Regional Statistics Programme publishes merchandise trade series running from 1973 to 2024. Its own note states the regional totals cover 13 of 15 member states, excluding The Bahamas and Haiti because they are outside the Common External Tariff.
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IRENA says meeting Caribbean Nationally Determined Contributions needs another US$9 billion and around 4 GW, against a CARICOM target of 47 per cent renewables by 2027. Ember, publishing on 1 October 2026, found four of thirteen countries had weakened or dropped their targets since 2021.
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CARICOM Secretary-General Carla Barnett told a Georgetown trade conference on 20 October 2026 that the region must broaden the base its exports come from. Her figures show a 2025 goods deficit of US$3.3 billion against a 2024 services surplus above US$7.2 billion, of which travel is 82 per cent.
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OFAC issued Venezuela-related General Licence 60A on 16 October 2026, authorising transactions for earthquake relief. Payments under it, including taxes and fees to the Government of Venezuela, need not go into the Foreign Government Deposit Funds Account. Seven other licences keep that requirement.
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The United States announced about US$340.5 million for the Caribbean basin on 15 October 2026, the largest line being US$175 million for undersea cables. A congressional notification reported in July set out a US$175.8 million cable programme naming four Central American countries and Haiti.
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The Procurement (Amendment) Act 2019 created a register of bidders and requires a supplier to apply at least seven days before bidding. On 16 October 2026 the portal for contracts above G$15 million was accepting new accounts. The portal below that figure was not.
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The Dominican Republic drew down 8.64 per cent of its World Bank financing last fiscal year, against 3.30 per cent the year before. Finance Minister Magin Diaz said one of the three reasons the rate rose was that part of the financing was cancelled.
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The CARICOM Secretariat said on 9 October 2026 that four assessment teams will meet between 12 and 27 October to examine whether the region can meet its own demand for paints and varnishes, hydraulic cement, glass bottles and petroleum bitumen. Guyana is named on every team.
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Argentina asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on 13 October 2026 to order the United Kingdom to prevent exploitation of the Sea Lion field, one of four provisional measures sought under Article 290(5). That afternoon a British minister told the Commons such orders are binding.
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