CARICOM has long promised a borderless Caribbean, yet implementation deadlines keep slipping. However, a recent pact between Barbados and Guyana allowing national IDs for travel is changing the game. Could this be the future of regional integration? We discuss.
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Similar to most Small Island Developing States, Jamaica faces unique challenges, including climate change, natural disasters, economic vulnerability, and resource constraints. Science and technology can play a critical role in addressing these challenges. In this conversation with Dr the Honourable Andrew Wheatley, Jamaica’s Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, we discuss the role of science, technology, and innovation in shaping the country’s future, including what it will take for Jamaica to “build forward”; the role AI will play in the Government and across the wider society; the ‘House of Innovation’ that is being created; and what the Minister would like to achieve before he demits his current tenure.
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A roundup of the latest ICT/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday, 25 May to Sunday, 31 May 2026.
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We ask AI to draft our emails, curate our feeds, summarise reports and complex papers, and propose strategies for our organisation. But what happens when we stop doing the heavy lifting ourselves? In this article, we discuss cognitive sovereignty in our increasingly AI-driven world, how we can gauge the loss in ourselves and things we can do to reclaim our minds.
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In our May 2026 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Tamira La Cruz, an Economic Development Advisor and Private Sector Specialist based in Curaçao, and Natalie Maharaj, a Digital Transformation Consultant and Responsible Technology Advocate based in Trinidad and Tobago, the panel discusses: AI literacy in the Caribbean; SIDS investing in tech development; and privacy and consent in AI.
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