The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting opens in St John's on 1 November. More than 400 drivers have registered to move 5,000 delegates, against a national school bus fleet of about 40, and no transport occupational standard has been issued under the region's own qualification framework.
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd reported its US$3.0 billion purchase of half of Sandals and Beaches Resorts in a Form 8-K of four sentences on 23 September 2026, under Item 8.01 Other Events. The agreements are not among the exhibits. Its earnings call is set for Tuesday 27 October 2026.
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Brazil's Superior Electoral Court totalled all 499,248 sections on 25 October 2026, giving President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 51.79 per cent against 48.21 per cent for Flávio Bolsonaro. The term begins 5 January 2027. What carries across that date is a tariff schedule, not a declaration.
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The Ministry of Agriculture accounts for 29 of the 39 tenders on the Government of Guyana Procurement Opportunities portal on 25 October 2026, through four procuring entities. Two drainage advertisements price 20 lots at G$1,091,013,262. Five fall below G$15 million, where the register is shut.
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President Irfaan Ali discussed US support for developing Guyana into a regional data centre hub with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington on 21 October 2026. The statement named no megawatts, no company and no date. Guyana's recorded peak demand is 244 megawatts.
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Karpowership wrote to Guyana's Minister of Public Utilities on 25 May 2026 that aligning pricing across all its country operations was an essential requirement for continuing. Kaieteur News reported on 25 October, citing unnamed sources, that the renegotiated arrangement runs multi-year.
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The Office of the Prime Minister settled two disputes with Lindsayca Guyana Inc on 14 May 2026, raising the Wales contract 12.8 per cent on US$759 million. The contractor committed to first power by the end of 2026, and the government kept the right to reinstate penalties if that date is missed.
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ExxonMobil Guyana scheduled repairs from 14 October 2026 to a near-shore section of the 220-kilometre Gas-to-Energy pipeline, running to about 1 December. Guyana's gas task force head put repayment at US$55 million a year for twenty years. Exxon has never stated the final cost.
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Prime Minister Mark Phillips commissioned solar mini-grids at Katoonarib, Potarinau and Shulinab on 23 October 2026: 129 kW and 582 kWh of storage for about G$110 million, routed to public buildings. The Guyana Energy Agency puts diesel in off-grid villages at up to three times the Georgetown price.
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The Guyana Police Force told a symposium on 21 October 2026 that cyber-attacks on the country passed a million in the first half of the year, on a figure from a security vendor. The Commissioner of Police separately gave 2025 prosecution figures: 50 cases instituted, 15 convictions, none for fraud.
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The National Computer Incident Response Team of The Bahamas issued an Akira ransomware alert on 22 October 2026, naming no confirmed attack at home. The FBI and three other agencies put the group's proceeds at US$244.17 million, and record its victims in North America, Europe and Australia. The Cari
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The Caribbean Tourism Organization elected its officers at its Annual General Meeting in Georgetown in October 2026. Antigua and Barbuda took the chairmanship and the Board chair, two CARICOM vice-chairmanships went to St Kitts and Nevis and The Bahamas, and the Dutch-speaking seat was deferred.
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