KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaicans now have free access to an online course designed to educate them about human trafficking and equip them with the tools to recognize and report the crime while protecting themselves and others from falling victim.

WASHINGTON, DC – A Barbadian scientist has been honored by the Organisation of American States (OAS) as one of seven of the hemisphere’s top minds.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Finance Minister Colm Imbert Friday said that the government will not allow taxpayers to fund salary increases to lecturers at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) that would result in more than TT$700 million in backpay to the workers.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has distanced itself from the disruptions in examination by Barbadian students this week, saying that the matter rests with the Ministry of Education here.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Fifty-six high schools are being targeted under a tactical program being implemented by the Ministry of Education to significantly enhance student performance in Mathematics and English language in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Natalio Wheatley says educators in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) now rank among the highest-paid in the region following a recent compensation review.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United Nations says it hopes that many Venezuelan children like 11-year-old refugee, Astrid Saavedra, will be able to walk into classrooms in Trinidad and Tobago to start the 2025-2026 academic year.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, Wednesday urged school children and other young people to refrain from getting involved in sexting, after education officials say they have noticed an increase in reports of many teenagers being caught up in sharing private photos of themselves on social media.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The UWI has formalized a new global partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) from the Netherlands.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  The corporate area based Jessie Ripoll Primary School is mourning the loss of its principal, O’neil Stevens, and his wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, who died in a motor vehicle crash on a highway in the United States on Friday.

Washington, DC, November 25, 2024: Five students of Jamaican heritage, who are attending colleges and universities in the United States, have been awarded the 2024 Jamaican Nationals Association (JNA) College Student Scholarships.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaicans with unpaid student loans who migrate to the United States will face significant challenges when they seek to update or renew their immigration status.