CARICOM has suggested there’s a need for enhanced predictability of sargassum influxes. Chairman and Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell says states should know when and where the seaweed will impact. This, he notes, will require investments. Mr. Mitchell’s comments came during a press conference at the close of the 2nd European Union Caribbean Global Gateway Conference on Sargassum.

Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Marsha Caddle says Barbados intends to develop artificial intelligence or AI technology, allowing young people to find different types of jobs. Ms. Caddle says the island is at the very beginning with AI, adding there are plans to set up a Centre for AI Innovation and Governance. She was speaking during last evening’s Parish Speaks held at the Frederick Smith Secondary School.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and St. James Central MP Kerrie Symmonds has called out what he deemed the inadequate notice given to residents of the west coast, pertaining to work undertaken on its beaches. The matter was raised by a St. James resident during last evening’s Parish Speaks at the Frederick Smith Secondary School. Sections of the coast are undergoing beach replenishment and emergency work by private properties, following the damage caused by Hurricane Beryl. Mr. Symmonds says beach users are facing unsatisfactory and unacceptable situations. He says he has raised the issue of beach access with the Minister of the Environment, pointing to the disappearance of original access points.