Regulatory perspective and priorities for 2025
Speaker: Lucy Castledine, Director, Consumer Investments Event: PIMFA Compliance Conference 2025 Delivered: 25 September 2025 Key messages: We want to challenge ourselves to be a smarter regulator and engage with you so we can raise standards together. Input into our proposals on targeted support and simplified advice – these will define the future for decades to come. […]
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The African Development Bank’s support for the project will help reduce unemployment and underemployment, improving economic inclusion and driving social stability, particularly in Bioko Sur and Welé-Nzas ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €73.27 million loan to Equatorial Guinea for the first phase of […]
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GuyExpo 2025 officially launched
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – GuyExpo 2025 was officially launched on Monday, with a clarion call for large and small-scale businesses and entrepreneurs to take the opportunity to showcase their products to local and international customers. The most sought-after event is scheduled for November 13 to 16, at the Sophia Exhibition Centre under the theme “Transformation […]
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Lives and economies at risk from weak primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank–PAHO Lancet Regional Health – Americas Commission report – New report outlines a five-point plan to build resilient, people-centered systems that protect health during, and after crises WASHINGTON, USA, (PAHO/World Bank) – A landmark report released today by the World Bank–Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Lancet Regional Health Americas Commission warns that the failure to build resilience […]
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UK unveils reforms to transform further and higher education
Young people to benefit from prestigious, world-class further education system aligned with future jobs market New target introduced: two-thirds of young people participating in higher-level learning – academic, technical or apprenticeships – by age 25 Part of the Plan for Change, reforms will ensure the country’s education system delivers opportunity for all LONDON, England – […]
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Top US political satirist draws attention to plight of Christians in Nigeria
By Kate Quiñones Political satirist Bill Maher, who has often been a vocal critic of Christianity, recently called attention to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, calling the ongoing violence a “genocide attempt.” “I’m not a Christian, but they are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria,” he said during the September 26 episode of his HBO […]
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IMF executive board concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Colombia
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2025 Article IV consultation with Colombia on September 29, 2025. Colombia enters a pre-electoral year amid a mixed economic backdrop. Growth has strengthened somewhat, while inflation is gradually easing, aided by appropriately tight monetary policy. Reserves have remained adequate. A widening fiscal deficit and […]
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Safer nicotine alternatives are transforming public health – new report
International experts urge policymakers to embrace harm reduction ahead of WHO tobacco summit STOCKHOLM – A landmark new report by international health experts reveals how safer nicotine alternatives are slashing smoking rates, preventing disease and saving lives across the world – and calls on policymakers at the WHO’s forthcoming global tobacco summit to embrace harm […]
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FDA Commissioner encouraging retailers to stop selling illegal vapes
Statement from Martin A Makary, M.D., M.P.H. Commissioner of Food and Drugs – Food and Drug Administration WASHINGTON, USA – As part of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broader strategy to combat the crisis of youth vaping, we are launching an initiative to increase voluntary compliance from retailers—including vape shops, convenience stores and gas […]
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By Tony Deyal I had to do “Macbeth” at school, and in trying to work out what is happening in the Caribbean among several different players, places, politicians, and protectors, I had to change Shakespeare to “Who There and Where.” And while the third Witch said that they would meet Macbeth “ere the set of […]
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