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4 leaders across 4 countries this week.

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2026-07-10 Roosevelt Skerrit

Dominica’s Finance Minister, Dr. Irving McIntyre has assumed the chairmanship of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Monetary Council, pledging to work closely with regional governments and the ECCB to safeguard monetary stability while advancing policies that strengthen economic growth, food security, renewable energy and regional resilience. Speaking at the opening of the Monetary Council Meeting in Dominica, Dr. McIntyre accepted the chairmanship with what he described as “humility, gr…

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Surinamese ports are an essential link for sustainable growth, especially in view of the expected offshore oil development. President Jennifer Simons emphasized this on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at the opening of the 29th annual conference of the Port Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC). The meeting in the Ballroom of Hotel Torarica focused, under the theme 'Transitioning in an Era of Global Change', on increasing the efficiency, resilience and safety of ports and strengthening regiona…

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2026-07-08 Wavel Ramkalawan

The President of the Republic, Dr Patrick Herminie, today chaired the third meeting of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council at State House, continuing the Council's strategic deliberations on the future of agriculture and its role in strengthening Seychelles' food security, economic resilience and national well-being. The meeting built on the Council's previous discussions, with particular focus on the policies and investments required to support a modern, productive and sustainable agric…

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2026-07-06 Luis Abinader

Santo Domingo.-President Luis Abinader and Vice President Raquel Peña led the fifty-ninth meeting of the Council of Ministers, in which the Annual Budget Policy corresponding to the year 2027 was approved, in compliance with the provisions of the Organic Budget Law. At the end of the session, the Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza, presented the main guidelines of the spending policy, in his capacity as technical secretary of the Government Council. The 2027 Budget Policy organize…