BARBADOS: UN advocate: Jamaican children need help overcoming violence. A former child soldier and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Advocate for Children Affected by War has asserted that Jamaican children need more opportunities, support and hope to resist and rise above the violence plaguing their communities. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Education Minister Hon Andrew Fahie's remarks at press conference on Ministry of Education initiatives. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. The Ministry of Education and Culture is informing the general public that application forms for scholarships offered by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, for the academic year 2008, are now available in the Ministry. These scholarships are for postgraduate study in the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Social Science, Engineering, Humanities and Education, Institute of International Relations and the Institute of Business. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 52 youth participate in Rights of Passage. Amidst parents, loved ones and peers 52 young persons participated in a Rights of Passage ceremony last Saturday. Facilitated by the community group, Divine Productions, the Rights of Passage reinstates a tradition of preparing youth of varying ages to move from one stage of their youth to the next and eventually, adulthood. Students ranged from ages 8 through 27. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 38th annual Hal Jackson Talented Teens Int'l scholarship competition to be held in Tortola. Young women from around the world who are gifted in the fields of music, dance, stage performance, or acting will come together and participate in the 38th Annual Hal Jackson’s Talented Teens International (HJTTI) Scholarship Competition sponsored by the Youth Development Foundation. Full article

CUBA: Cuban Youth to Open and Close May Day Parade. Around 50,000 youths are expected to file across Havana’s Revolution Square on May Day in a mass march led by some 10,000 students and workers from the computer sciences faculty. Full article

CUBA: UNESCO Official Admires Use of IT in Education. UNESCO’s representative in Cuba Herman Van Hoof, says the use of informatics in Cuba is admirable, speaking at a round table during the International Congress on Information underway in Havana. Full article

JAMAICA: Call to fire up youth for Christ. Dr Luis Palau, an international Christian evangelist, has charged religious leaders to stage fun-filled functions to attract more young people. Full article

JAMAICA: Educate them for export - Hill. Financial guru Aubyn Hill yesterday challenged tertiary education heads and instructors to train their charges to the standard where they can compete on the global market. Full article

JAMAICA: Police line do not cross - Fearing for the students. With the continuing wave of gang feuds in sections of Kingston and St Andrew, several schools are worried about the safety of their students. Full article

JAMAICA: Students stone police, principal at Marcus Garvey Technical. A near riot erupted yesterday as students of Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann's Bay, reportedly spurred on by teachers, hurled stones and other missiles at the police and school principal Leslie Riley, in protest against Riley's return as head teacher after vacation leave. Full article

STA LUCIA: CARE students show off their skills. Those who got an opportunity to check out the work by the youngsters from the Center for Adolescent Renewal and Education, (CARE) got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday at the schools annual exhibition. The intention of the exhibit held at the Castries City Hall was to showcase the work of the CARE trainees. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Int’l youth forum on climate change. DELEGATES from several countries including Turkey, Suriname, Argentina and Japan yesterday gathered at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre for the launch of the Natural Youth Summit where they engaged in discussions on Climate Change and Disaster Reduction. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Youths, FITUN discuss food prices. WITH the current issue of increasing food prices, youths from all over the country got a chance to express their views and concern as the TT Youth Council (TTYC) held a forum in conjunction with the Federation of Independent Trade Unions (FITUN) at Paramount Building in San Fernando. Full article

TURKS & CAICOS: Ashcroft students make paper for Earth Day. The focus on the environment has begun to catch on world wide. Governments have now caught on and this is beginning to filter down through its organisations to the people. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Students sharpening persuasive skills for Moot Court competition this week. After months of preparation, dozens of students from nine schools across the territory are gearing up for the 14th annual V.I. High School Appellate Moot Court Competition, which begins Thursday on St. Croix. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Well Versed: St. Thomas Student Wins National Poetry Competition. Charlotte Amalie High School's Shawntay Henry trumped her peers nationwide Tuesday night with an eloquence that catapulted her to first place in the 2008 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, held in Washington, D.C. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Lack of Proper ID Hinders Student Voter Registration. At a school voter-registration drive Tuesday at Country Day School, only two students approached the registrars -- and they didn't have proper ID. Full article