AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAI Governance: Minister Andrew Wheatley is pushing CARICOM to coordinate AI rules so the region can shape standards while protecting citizens, speaking at the CPA Caribbean conference in Ocho Rios. Digital Parliaments: Nevis leaders are also weighing how to keep parliamentary decorum in the digital age, with youth parliamentarians set to discuss AI’s impact. Road Safety Tragedy: An engineer, Clifton James, was killed after being run over by a truck while working on the Montego Bay bypass; police are investigating. Adolescent Health Data: Health Minister Christopher Tufton urged Jamaica to use the 2026 Global School-based Student Health Survey to guide policy, after surveying 3,058 students nationwide. Emergency Services Funding: Queens’ EMS and firefighters received $568,000 for a new command vehicle and gear shed to improve response and reduce contamination exposure. Tourism Tech & Policy: Edmund Bartlett says Parliament must stay a trusted, fact-based institution online, and he’s backing safeguards for tourism workers’ housing and longer-term financing. Education Results: Jamaican students posted strong City & Guilds Stage 3 results—81% in English and 66% in Maths. Health Philanthropy: Supreme Ventures Foundation donated $2.1 million to Chain of Hope Jamaica to help cover paediatric heart surgery costs.
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