Regional Finance Watch: CIBC Caribbean says it arranged over US$3.5bn in financing transactions across the Caribbean in 2025, with a headline US$1.6bn syndicated term facilities deal for Suriname’s state oil firm Staatsolie—plus major mandates tied to utilities, governments, and even a US$120m facility for Health City Cayman Islands. Diplomacy & Health Links: In the latest India–Netherlands push, PM Narendra Modi says his visit added momentum to ties with a strategic roadmap spanning water, innovation, defence, sustainability, and mobility—areas that often feed into health systems through infrastructure and technology partnerships. Suriname Health Communication: Doctors in Suriname are urging media to be more careful when reporting on HIV/AIDS, warning that a recent HIV testing campaign story contained “serious factual inaccuracies” that could harm public health. Public Health Signals: CARPHA has launched Mosquito Awareness Week 2026 in Trinidad, stressing source reduction ahead of the rainy season as dengue, chikungunya, zika and malaria keep straining regional health services. Local Safety Alert: Suriname police report two students assisting investigations after a 17-year-old was hospitalized after eating drug-laced cookies.