AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoJunior Pan Am buzz: Arielle Greaves touched down at Grantley Adams after record-breaking rides in Veracruz, smashing her own flying 200m mark (11.319s) and her 1km time trial national best (1:12.011), with medals still ahead at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo and the Junior Worlds in Belgium. Nursing pipeline: Three Barbados Community College students—plus the first nursing assistant recipient—received Ramona Mascoll/CIBC Caribbean scholarships, each getting $2,000 to cover registration, books and uniforms. Airport wage standoff: NUPW workers staged a protest at GAIA Inc., demanding a 20% wage increase after months of delays and no counter-proposal. Regional business leadership: David Gibbons is set to become CEO of the PwC Caribbean network from 1 July 2026, succeeding Frazer Lindsay. Public safety upgrade: The Barbados Fire Service commissioned a new 45-metre aerial ladder, restoring high-rise firefighting capacity. Crime warning: The RSS says transnational crime is spreading faster than regional law enforcement can adapt, pushing for joint investigative teams. Tax receipts up: ECLAC reports tax revenue rose across much of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, with Barbados among the biggest gainers.
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