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• Barbados joins other Caribbean countries that are using Cat DDOs to build financial buffers and institutional capacity to handle increasing disaster risk, including Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, and Saint Lucia. World Bank
• China supports Grenada in enhancing its capacity in climate change response and disaster prevention and mitigation, and will continue to raise international awareness of small island countries' concerns over climate change and their demands. Ghana News Agency
• Intense and unpredictable rainfall patterns have led to severe flooding across several Caribbean countries, including Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. ReliefWeb
• In Grenada, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic there is the Resilient Islands project which is a four-year initiative to protect islands against the impacts of climate change by promoting the use of coastal habitats to reduce risks. ReliefWeb
• Caribbean: As investors adjust to new CBI programme pricing, demand for Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, St Kitts and St Lucia are expected to remain strong in 2025. Golden Visas
• UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination teams are in Jamaica, as well as in Barbados, from where they will deploy to Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. ReliefWeb
• Residents in Grenada, the Grenadine Islands, and Carriacou Island should not leave their shelter as destructive winds and life-threatening storm surge are expected during the next few hours. Zoom Earth
• Residents have been warned to take shelter and make emergency preparations as the 'powerful and potentially deadly' Category 3 storm moves towards the islands of Barbados, Dominica, Grenada and Martinique. Mail Online
• There are fears for the safety of two people who were on board a yacht that was hijacked by escaped prisoners from the Caribbean island of Grenada. Sky News
• The oil spill from an overturned and abandoned barge that has stained Tobago's coastline along with entering Grenada's water could affect Venezuela. Platform for Peace and Humanity
• An oil spill that has stained Tobago's coastline in the Caribbean is entering Grenada's waters and could affect neighboring Venezuela. The Guardian
• The coalition, including small island developing states such as Tuvalu and Grenada along with France, Kenya, Colombia and New Zealand, said technologies to abate emissions only exist at a limited scale and will have a minor role to play. Eco-business
• Chinese assessments of the fight in Ukraine might color Beijing's decisions with regard to Taiwan just as the Soviet / Syrian debacle in Lebanon gave President Ronald Reagan to roll back Soviet proxies in Grenada and elsewhere. 19FortyFive: Military, Defense, Politics, Economics and
• The threat of water scarcity is increased in islands such as Grenada, Jamaica, St. Frontiers
• HardCORE - Global Affairs Canada, in partnership with the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund, will contribute C$8 mln to the Caribbean Organizations for a Resilient Environment project, which seeks to increase climate change resilience across Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. the weekly ledger
• The Government of Grenada will prosecute persons who breach the COVID 19 regulations, including persons who break quarantine. CANdiLab
• The aristocratic British Trevelyan family will make history paying reparations to the people of Grenada, where it owned six sugar plantations, and publicly apologizing for its ownership of more than 1,000 enslaved people. EnergiesNet - Latin America news and information web si
• Chocoholics will be in their element in the Caribbean island of Grenada, which is home to five chocolate factories. Independent.ie
• In Grenada, the enforcing and implementing agency will be the Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions. CNW Network
• The Government of Grenada is emphasising the inclusion of youth perspectives on climate action and prioritising education efforts that will support effective and sustainable climate action. UNDP Climate Promise
• Presuming rejection rates and per-applicant investments close to the historical average, Grenada can expect to raise (through a mix of donations, real estate investment, and government fees) about EC $213 million (US$79m) from the 462 applications it received in Q3. Investment Migration Insider
• The COVID-19 pandemic caused massive socio-economic impacts, which are expected to exacerbate the pre-existing vulnerabilities of Grenada as a small island developing state. Geospatial World

Last updated: 14 June 2025