CARICOM Tax Tech Push: CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett opened the 27th COTA General Assembly in Georgetown, urging Caribbean tax systems to become more “smart, data-driven and AI-enabled” as outside funding gets less certain. Regional Conference Focus: The five-day meeting (27–31 July) will tackle how technology and advanced analytics can boost compliance, improve taxpayer services, and strengthen revenue collection, with CARICOM and Guyana’s tax authorities leading sessions. Local Climate Waste Action (Grenada): Flow partnered with Grenada Green Group and the Liberty Caribbean Foundation to install recycling bins at St John’s Christian Secondary School, with 10 bins planned across Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique to cut plastic pollution. Food Safety Debate: A commentary challenges a pesticide-use headline for Saint Lucia, arguing that one statistic can’t capture which chemicals, crops, and farming conditions drive public health concerns. Science & Society (Martinique link): A feature revisits Frantz Fanon’s anti-colonial legacy, stressing his view of decolonization as a material fight over economic and social power.