Education & Literacy: Macmillan Education Caribbean opens entries for its second “New Branches” Poetry Competition, adding an Upper Secondary category and inviting Caribbean-themed original poems. Youth & Climate Jobs: A UNICEF-commissioned study finds young people across Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia and Antigua and Barbuda want green careers, but lack information, training and reachable opportunities. Disaster Resilience: CDEMA chief Elizabeth Riley praises Antigua and Barbuda’s new five-year resilience framework as a roadmap for protecting lives, livelihoods and development gains. Community & Waste: Good Humans 268 is building an ARG CHOGM mural from recycled bottle caps, part of a long-running push to change how people see waste and disability inclusion. Culture on the World Stage: Antigua and Barbuda’s “Deep Blue” screens at UNESCO in Paris, marking a first for an English-speaking Caribbean feature film at the festival. Tourism & Language: Antigua and Barbuda promotes its heritage during Caribbean Week in New York, while commentary highlights the move to adopt Spanish as a second official language. Family Support Reform: Cabinet backs MainCollect, a digital app to modernise child maintenance payments, with options discussed to strengthen enforcement. Local Life: JCI Antigua donates water tanks to Bendals Primary School. Letters & Accountability: Readers question wage deductions for child support defaulters and ask where AGHS graduation money is going.