HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Department of National Drug Control (DNDC) says alcohol and tobacco use among young people appears to be declining, but that cannabis use is more common among school pupils than smoking regular cigarettes.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Attorney General Anil Nandlall Friday said that the government would be filing an appeal against a High Court ruling that it acted “arbitrarily and illegally” when it stopped deducting the union dues from the salaries of teachers represented by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU).

Film producer Andrea Iervolino (“Ferrari”) is in talks with the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus to introduce a new program for students interested in pursuing a career in the film industry.

The Prime Minister of The Bahamas and the University of The Bahamas (UB) are nurturing the next wave of AI specialists in the Caribbean by partnering with climate tech company Partanna Global and Saudi Arabia-based King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), to launch a new training program aimed at bridging the gap between academic excellence and empowering students to develop practical solutions to climate change challenges. The program, which commences Spring 2024, features a multi-step process that begins with a 10-day course at The University of The Bahamas, where 50 selected students will receive training from KAUST’s top faculty members. Upon completion of this phase, the top five performing students will travel to KAUST’s campus in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia and spend 8 weeks this summer receiving comprehensive hands-on training as well as preparatory online courses through Coursera, an online learning platform.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus has stoutly defended its law program after Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham questioned the quality of the program and the lawyers it was producing .

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A student at the University of Guyana , Josiah Cossiah, who designed and built an American Sign Language translator glove, recently received the Best Innovative Project award from the institution.

ST.JOHN’s, Antigua - The University of the West Indies (UWI), has announced the appointment of Dodridge D. Miller, as the institutions seventh Chancellor—the highest office-holder in The UWI.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali Wednesday said the University of Guyana (UG) would serve as the seat of the National Defence Institute (NDI), which he says is intended to play a major role in Caribbean security.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has called on educators to end their protest action as he expressed confidence that the High Court will rule in favor of the government’s decision to deduct monies from the salaries of striking teachers.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Fifteen young Jamaicans received scholarships to pursue tertiary training in medicine, nursing and civil engineering in  Cuba, under the Jamaica-Cuba Bilateral Scholarship Programme.

WASHINGTON, DC – Policymakers, stakeholders, and communities across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are being urged to take immediate action to overcome one of the region’s greatest education crises in the last 100 years, to ensure sustainable growth and the youth’s future.

NEW JERSEY – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Foundation, says it will provide a scholarship to a Caribbean national in honor of the memory of the late Jean Holder,  who served as the first secretary general of the Barbados-based regional tourism body.