Infrastructure & Traffic: Major works on All Saints Road near Post Millennial Academy and LICS Limited will start Saturday 11 July, with single-lane traffic from 3:00 pm, flag persons on site, and local access maintained. Central Banking & Cost Outlook: The ECCB Monetary Council kept savings and discount rates unchanged and reiterated the EC dollar’s fixed-rate stability, while warning global uncertainty could weigh on tourism and growth. Public Safety & Policing: Former Assistant Commissioner Nuffield Burnette says official crime statistics understate Antigua’s crime problem, while police officers renew calls for a risk allowance after years of unanswered requests. Regional Resilience & Finance: CARICOM leaders agreed to explore a regional insurance and reinsurance strategy to protect hotels, hospitals and other critical infrastructure from disasters, and discussed instant cross-border payments across the Caribbean. CHOGM & Regional Politics: Antigua will host CARIFESTA 2029, and CARICOM is pushing reparations to the centre of CHOGM in Antigua; meanwhile, Senator Chester Hughes criticized leaders for not presenting a united CARICOM front on the US deportee proposal. Tourism & Culture: Windstar launched a “More Reasons to Say Yes” offer, and Weatherills Hotel earned a World Culinary Awards nomination for Caribbean’s Best Brunch Venue. Community & Training: The Fisheries Division announced safety-at-sea and fisheries-laws training sessions for local fishers, and the Social Transformation Ministry provided EC$10,000 burial assistance grants to two centenarians’ families.