AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoSTEP CC2026 in St. Lucia: More than 150 delegates are in town for the STEP Caribbean Conference, focused on “Legacy in Transition: Governance, Technology and the Next Generation of World Wealth,” with Nevis Premier Mark Brantley urging resilient wealth structures and pointing to Nevis’s financial legacy. Travel Watch: American Airlines is gearing up for its biggest summer ever—75 million travellers and 750,000 flights—while JetBlue passengers from St Lucia faced an overnight scramble after a bird strike cancelled a JFK departure. Public Health Tech: CARPHA has rolled out Molbio rapid PCR testing across 10 countries, and St Lucia’s new multi-disease platform can return results in under two hours to speed outbreak detection. Tourism Signals: Curaçao is being flagged as a model for stable year-round tourism and as a strong draw for Millennials and Gen X, with couples and longer-stay travellers leading the demand. Regional Policy: The ECCB has reportedly suspended DCash 2.0 development, signalling a pivot toward more practical payment strategy as the fintech reset continues.
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