KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union Oswald Robinson is accusing the Unity Labour Party (ULP) government of using the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to “assassinate” teachers economically.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Nearly four years after Ross University left Dominica for Barbados under controversial circumstances after having been on the island for the past 40 years, Dominica on Tuesday announced it has entered into an agreement for the establishment of an off-shore medical school here.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it has entered into a partnership with the Jamaica-based technology company, TechBeach to expand access to the business curriculum for entrepreneurs and start-ups across the region.

MIAMI, Florida – A bold, new initiative is under way across the U.S. to create a pathway for Black and Hispanic students to become future leaders in hospitality, one of the world’s largest industries.

Comcast announced today it has awarded a $100,000 grant to Miami Dade College (MDC) as part of its Digital Adoption Initiative, aiming to bridge the digital divide and increase digital equity in South Florida communities.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says that rising gang crime in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is limiting access to education and is preventing thousands of children from going to school. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has been elected to serve on the governing Council for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Qatar-based Education Above All (EAA) have signed an agreement to formalize joint efforts to support and improve access to quality basic education in Haiti.

WASHINGTON, DC – Four in five sixth-graders in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are expected to lack basic reading comprehension proficiency, according to a report issued Thursday by the World Bank and UNICEF, in collaboration with UNESCO.

BELMOPAN, Belize –Belize has formally launched the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) that it says will guide the transition to competency-based education in the country.

3t EnerMech has signed a four-year exclusivity agreement with the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) to become the sole provider of its licensed training in Angola and Guyana.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has won the 2022 Volcanic Surveillance and Crisis Management Award presented by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI).