BAHAMAS: CB Moss laments student violence. Less than two hours before another school boy was stabbed, the chairman of Bahamas Against Crime (BAC) called on Bahamians to respond to the rising levels of violence in the nation's schools. Full article

BAHAMAS: Slight increase in HIV/AIDS cases. There was a slight increase in the number of new HIV cases recorded in 2007, according to Managing Director of the AIDS Centre, Nurse RosaMae Bain. Full article

BARBADOS: CARICOM gets more HIV/AIDS funds from Germany. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has signed a Financing Agreement worth eight million euros to fund its HIV/AIDS fight. Full article

BERMUDA: U.K. students to do their fieldwork in Bermuda's ocean. Students from a U.K university will have the opportunity to delve into the depths of Bermuda's coral reefs and ocean environment. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Gov't signs agreement to fund student loan scheme. On Thursday Government officials signed a $5 million loan agreement with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to fund a student loan scheme for BVIslanders/Belongers. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Teenagers arrested for burglarising Sea Cow's Bay schools. Police have arrested and charged three teenagers in connection with the burglary of the Seventh Day Adventist School and Ebenezer Thomas Primary School in Sea Cow’s Bay on Feb. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Education Week ceremony. The Department of Education and Culture is inviting the general public to the opening ceremony of Education Week on Sunday, March 9 at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall at 3:30 p.m.  The week is being observed under the theme “Building Collaborative Teams for Teaching and Learning”. Full article

CUBA: Fidel Thanks Young Cuban Writer for Book on his Father's Life. Comrade Fidel Castro on Sunday sent a message to the Round Table prime-time radio and television program thanking young writer Katiuska Blanco for the love and respect with which she wrote a book on his father, Angel Castro, which was presented during the last day of the Havana segment of the Cuba 2008 International Book Fair. Full article

CUBA: Cuba VP Values Women's Role. Cuba´s First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura highlighted Cuban women's role during the plenary session of the National Committee of Cuban Women's Federation (FMC). Full article

CUBA: UN Urges Respect for HIV Patients. Two UN agencies issued a joint press release Thursday expressing their concern over reports of human rights violations based on sexual orientation or HIV status. Full article

DOMINICA: UNESCO helps to advance Dominica culture. Former head of the UNESCO Africa office, Dominican-born Hubert Charles, has called on local financial institutions to contribute towards the country’s cultural industries as a major cultural symposium gets on the way here this week. Full article

JAMAICA: Sex in schools a growing problem. Amid several incidents of violence and sexual perversion in the island's educational institutions, another videotape has surfaced which shows two students at a Jamaican high school involved in a sexual act. Full article
 
JAMAICA: Teachers endorse newspapers as educational tool. High school teachers from the Corporate Area, participating in a Newspaper in Education (NIE) training seminar held at The Gleaner Company's North Street offices yesterday, were very receptive to the idea of using such media as an aid to teaching in the classroom. Full article

JAMAICA:  Abuse at home forces kids into child labour, says trade unionist. President of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), Kavan Gayle, says that the abuse of children in their homes was among the primary factors forcing them onto the streets and into child labour. Full article

JAMAICA: 69 students arrested for truancy. OLD HARBOUR, St Catherine - Sixty-nine students from various schools in Old Harbour were arrested for truancy last Friday, after they were found loitering in two game shops in Old Harbour while their schools were in session. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Ujima may be forced to close centre for delinquent youths. Ujima Foundation may have to close its centre for delinquent youth as early as the end of this month, unless government steps in right away with promised help, foundation president Dr. Judith Arndell has been reported as saying. Full article

STA LUCIA: RISE aims to teach youth life skills. After a series of consultations island-wide, RISE (Respect Initiative Social Health Education) Inc will be host a two-day conference starting today until Wednesday to finalize the proposal to the government of St Lucia. Full article

STA LUCIA: RISE chairman says Youth Service plan urgent ‘We don’t have time or youth to waste,’ King warns. Youth support organizations like the Boys Training Center have seen their share of problems. For other institutions, the toughest problems stem from insufficient financing, staff or support and sometimes all of the above. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Youth talent impresses Prof Hurst. MUSIC Festival adjudicator Prof Melvin J Hurst yesterday complimented competitors participating in the festival thus far. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Sex, violence, drugs in schools. SEX, drug abuse, violence and deviant behaviour in several schools, all perpetrated by the students themselves, have left officials of both the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) and the National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA), expressing disappointment and major concern. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: CCTV for 35 schools. CLOSED-CIRCUIT television (CCTV) cameras are set to be introduced to 35 high-risk schools, said Minister of Education, Esther Le Gendre, at yesterday’s post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall. Full article

TURKS & CAICOS: SPECIAL VISITORS FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS. A Government delegation has visited various colleges and universities in Jamacia where students from the Turks and Caicos Islands are studying. Representatives from the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture made the visit in an effort to foster closer working relationships with the academic institutions. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Sea-At-School Program Offers Students Lessons in Sailing, Life. A seagoing school program has drawn praise from Gov. John deJongh Jr., who spoke recently at a ceremony marking a partnership between the V.I. Department of Education and the schooner Roseway, operated by the World Ocean School. Full article