Regional Tech & Governance: Tax administrators from across CARICOM will meet in Georgetown, Guyana (27–31 July) for the 27th COTA General Assembly and Technical Conference, focused on “smart, data-driven and AI-enabled” tax administration—covering analytics, compliance, and better taxpayer services, with support from the OECD and partners. Health Infrastructure: Grenada’s Project Polaris is pushing ahead with a new US$250M, 250-bed climate-resilient teaching hospital in Calivigny, aiming for completion in 2029, plus a planned partnership with Mount Sinai to strengthen training, systems, and clinical models across the tri-island state. Science & Society (Martinique roots): A look back at Frantz Fanon highlights how the Fort-de-France-born thinker framed decolonization as a material restructuring of economic and social power, not just cultural change. Culture & Myth: A feature revisits the Soucouyant legend across the French-speaking Caribbean, including Martinique, tracing its blended roots and why the shape-shifting fireball figure still lingers in local identity. Sports Development: Canada Soccer’s sporting director Kenneth Heiner-Moller is planning for the next cycle after the World Cup, with a focus on youth pathways ahead of the CONCACAF U-20 championship in Mexico (July 24–Aug. 9).