AI Policy Talks: The IDB convened high-level regional discussions on safe, responsible AI adoption across Latin America and the Caribbean, with Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, Nvidia and Meta among the participants, focusing on regulation, digital infrastructure, data systems and workforce training. Clean Energy for Women: The Caribbean Development Bank launched the SheTrades Caribbean Tech It Up Facility (2026–2028), a US$550,000 initiative supporting women-led businesses in Suriname and across the region to commercialise clean energy solutions from prototypes to early market. Connectivity & Subsea Cables: EllaLink advanced its Caribbean Gateway into the development stage, targeting service by end-2029, with a Cayenne–Martinique/Guadeloupe trunk and a western leg to Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, plus planned interconnection toward Suriname and other markets. Public Health & Labs: A regional CARPHA–PAHO workshop in Trinidad and Tobago strengthened respiratory virus surveillance and lab diagnostics across 11 Caribbean countries, improving how threats like influenza and RSV are detected and acted on. Suriname Tech/Science Spotlight: Miata Metals reported new high-grade gold drill results from its Sela Creek project in Suriname, adding long intercepts at Jons Trend. Education in Heat: Suriname’s Ministry of Education, Science and Culture announced primary and secondary schools will close at noon in October due to extreme classroom temperatures.