BARBADOS: Police making progress breaking up Jamaica gangs. Police in Jamaica have reported success in dismantling gangs across the country, revealing that citizens have played a major role in achieving that progress. Full article

BERMUDA: 'Bored' teenagers go on burgling spree. Four teenagers broke into west end schools, businesses and homes and stole thousands of dollars worth of goods simply because they were bored. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Students prepared for further study, work. Chairman of the Education Committee of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association, Dr. Karl Dawson, has said he is confident that the students who participated in this year’s Right Start Programme learned important principles to help them in the transition to their next phase in life. Full article

CUBA: Cuban Voluntary Work Weekend. Over 1.262 million Cubans attended this weekend a voluntary work day in celebration of May 1st, highlighted Gramma newspaper. Full article

DOMINICA: Calls for development of cultural industries. Executive Chair of the National Reunion Committee, Hubert Charles has reiterated calls for the development of the cultural industries in Dominica. He was speaking at the official launch of the Dominica festivals of Arts Celebration, which is expected to get on the way here next week. Full article

DOMINICA: Education sector gets help for Dean recovery. Dominica’s educational sector is getting assistance in its effort to return to full normalcy following damage caused by Hurricane Dean last year. UNICEF Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean has provided the Ministry of Education with a shipment of school materials, including exercise books, arts supplies and stationery, which ministry officials say will be used in 15 primary schools across the country. Full article

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Human rights groups: Haitian children trafficked to Dominican side of border. Haitian humanitarian and human rights organizations today expressed concern over the alleged trafficking of children across the border to the Dominican Republic, reports newspaper Diario Libre. Full article

JAMAICA: Florida man says 'Ambush' cured him of AIDS. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (10th impression 2007) defines the noun, cure as "a medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away". The example it uses: "There is still no cure for AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)." Full article

JAMAICA: Women's Rights are human rights - Protection from harm or abuse. Despite the passing of the Domestic Violence Act (1995) and its amendment (2004), gender-based violence against women physically, sexually and emotionally is still widespread. Full article

JAMAICA: Standard CSEC syllabus for schools. The Education Transformation Team (ETT) is moving to standardise the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) syllabuses to facilitate a better understanding of the subject matter and, ultimately, improve students' performance in the examination. Full article

JAMAICA: Teens click with IT. Teenagers living in the violence-plagued communities of Spanish Town, St Catherine, who say they have been disappointed by the system, are being given a second chance to transform their lives through the use of information technology. Full article

JAMAICA: Central Kingston gangs locked in round-table talks. Rival gun gangs in the hotbed of central Kingston have called a 'cease-fire' and, over the past week, have been seriously involved in a series of round- table talks, with a view of ending the bloodletting which has transformed the community into a ghost town. Full article

JAMAICA:  Schools at war. FOUR schoolboys have been seriously injured after two days of violent clashes among students of St George's College and Kingston College (KC) in downtown Kingston, which has reportedly spilled over into neighbouring schools. Full article

JAMAICA: Tackling education. EDUCATION consultant Gloria Rose is convinced that Plethora, the mass education programme she and two colleagues designed for troublesome school districts in the United States, could help Jamaica decrease its high school drop-out rate and increase its level of literacy. Full article

JAMAICA: Outlook Youth - When you make it big. Once again, Outlook Youth ventured into the streets to ask persons about what they should or should never do when they are placed in some of the commonest situations. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Youth stabs cousin over a pair of shoes. A twenty-year-old youth was detained by Gendarmes on Friday after he stabbed his 27-year-old cousin in the back with a knife following an argument over a pair of shoes. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: High food prices hit UWI students. SOME students from the University of the West Indies St Augustine campus yesterday said they too are feeling the pinch over high food prices. This is one of the major issues affecting the students which the newly elected Student Guild Council promises to address. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: OAS helps to fight gangs. NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Martin Joseph revealed that Trinidad and Tobago could receive help from the Organisation of American States (OAS) to combat criminal gangs operating in this country. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: NADS: Bliss students welcome. The principal of the National Association of Down Syndrome School (NADS) and Resource Centre at Syndenham Avenue, St Ann’s yesterday said the doors of the school were “wide open” to students from the Bliss Educational Institute. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Teen missing since April 17. FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Abigail Rampersad of Trincity has been missing since April 17. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Through the eyes of special kids. NINETEEN “special” students of Eshe’s Learning Center, ages 12 to 16 years, have mounted a photographic display in the atrium of the Children’s Section at the National Library on Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: NADS ‘evicts’ disabled students. DISABLED students of the Bliss Educational Institute are out in the cold following a decision by the National Association for Down Syndrome (NADS) to accommodate only children registered with their organisation in the building the school has occupied for the past nine years. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: JA students display business acumen at trade fair. Junior Achievement (JA) students demonstrated keen business and marketing skills as they employed innovative selling techniques to woo buyers to their products at their recent annual trade fair at Woodford Square in Port of Spain. Full article

TURKS & CAICOS: Karkarla and Ferguson top 2nd Annual Youth Arts Day Writing Contest. The winners of the 2nd Annual Youth Arts Day Writing Contest were announced and awarded at the British West Indies Collegiate on April 7, 2008. First place winners for the 15 & Under and the 16 & Older categories were Shravani Karkarla and Charvis Ferguson, respectively. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Government House Meets Sexual Abuse Groups for 1st Time. Government House announced on Friday a first-ever meeting between top territorial officials and members of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Council (DVSAC). Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: UVI students address African troubles in Model U.N. forum. A group of University of the Virgin Islands students on Monday addressed a litany of serious issues facing developing African nations from the prevalence of AIDS and civil wars to poverty and hunger. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Innovative Communications Offering Paid Internships to College Students. Innovative Communications is looking for Virgin Islanders close to graduating from college to work as paid summer interns as part of its new Innovative Leadership Development Internship Program. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Earth Day EcoFair Raises Environmental Awareness for Hundreds of Students. Eager public school students went from one display to another Tuesday in an Earth Day EcoFair at St. George Village Botanical Garden, learning how they can protect the environment. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Youngsters wow throngs at parade. Virgin Islands youth again dazzled the territory by dancing, twirling, playing and performing their hearts out at the 2008 Carnival Children's Parade. Full article