Housing affordability pressure: Habitat for Humanity’s new global report, Home at What Cost?, says 3 in 4 people worldwide are cutting back on essentials to afford housing, with many delaying medical care or dipping into savings. Caribbean energy policy: Ember’s analysis finds the Caribbean installed solar faster than official figures suggest, but renewables still lag because policy and regulation bottlenecks slow the shift away from imported fossil fuels. Health & prevention at ports: Barbados has stepped up monitoring at entry points after Suriname reported an H5 avian influenza outbreak, while stressing existing quarantine and import controls keep the poultry risk low. Digital transformation debate in Barbados: Youth parliamentarians pushed for digital literacy, coding and AI education, but warned the plan must not leave elderly and people with disabilities behind, and called out outdated school platforms and device access gaps. Clean energy support for women: The Caribbean Development Bank launched a US$500,000 initiative to back women-led businesses developing clean energy solutions across the region. Cricket infrastructure push: Cricket West Indies welcomed Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s call for sustained investment, including a proposed Barbados high-performance centre to complement regional facilities. History online for descendants: Nearly 4 million enslavement records from former British colonies have been digitized and made free to search on Ancestry.