CARIBEAN REAGION--Several Caribbean governments are continuing to move ahead with the development and implementation of regulated cannabis industries, with countries including Saint Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, The Bahamas and St. Kitts and Nevis advancing legislation, regulatory authorities, licensing systems and technology designed to govern the sector.

GREAT BAY--As the world focuses on lietracy this month, Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs, as she has on numerous previous occasions, reiterated her concerns about literacy levels among some of St. Maarten’s young people, warning that weaknesses in basic reading, writing, spelling, grammar and comprehension are not only showing up in schools, but are following young people into the workplace and limiting how far they can advance professionally.