BAHAMAS: Students urged to plug design gap. Thinking about a career in architecture or interior design? You've picked the right time to do so. According to some Bermudian design/consulting companies, there is a shortage of local talent on the island. Full article

BARBADOS: Care of region's HIV/AIDS child sufferers inadequate. Despite making advancements in expanding care to adults with HIV/AIDS, Latin America and the Caribbean has not made sufficient progress in the care of children with the disease and preventing mother to child transmission. Full article

BARBADOS: Not enough AIDS funds and not always well spent. Developing countries, like those in the Caribbean, are in need of large sums of money to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS, but international aid will not entirely cover their needs. Full article

BERMUDA: 18-year-old murdered on Coral Beach. An 18 year-old man was stabbed to death last night at 11:28pm near Coral Beach Tennis Club in Paget. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Former BVI High School student receives national scholarship honours in the US. K-Sean Thomas Donovan of Upper Marlboro, Maryland a one-time resident of the British Virgin Islands and student of both the Isabella Morris Primary School and the British Virgin Island High School was recently named to the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Full article

CUBA: AIDS Focuses Mexico Debates. A masterly lecture on the current state of AIDS focuses Monday the 17th International Conference on this issue taking place in this capital. Full article

CUBA: Cuba Carnival: Rhythm, Tradition and Youth. Every night, the Componedores de Batea dance group gets a standing ovation from the audience at the Havana carnival, with a masterly performance that keeps a 100 year-old tradition alive. Full article

JAMAICA: Keeping youngsters away from the drug lords. Tamara Foster admits that she once had a nasty temper. In fact, the 16-year-old doesn't hide the fact that she was quick to throw a punch whenever she was aggravated. Full article

JAMAICA: LatAm, Caribbean request three times more for AIDS fight. Latin America and the Caribbean have tripled the amount of money requested from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Full article

JAMAICA: HIV discrimination reporting system coming. An HIV-discrimination reporting system, expected to be given national recognition when it is put before Parliament this year, should see more persons filing complaints if they believe they have been victims of discrimination. Full article

JAMAICA: International AIDS conference opens in Mexico City. Approximately 23,000 people from around the world on Sunday converged on the Auditorio Nacional here for the opening session of the International AIDS Society (IAS) XVII International AIDS Conference, to call for universal action now in combating the deadly disease. Full article

JAMAICA:  Study highlights worrying HIV prevalence in J'can homosexuals. Jamaica's Ministry of Health is yet to release a near one-year-old study it commissioned on the impact of men who have sex with men (MSMs) and HIV/AIDS. Full article

JAMAICA: St Kitts PM says regulations on prostitution, buggery hindering fight against HIV/AIDS. A Caribbean Community (Caricom) prime minister has called for the laws governing buggery and prostitution in the region to be reviewed, claiming they are hindering the fight against the deadly HIV/AIDS disease. Full article

JAMAICA: Cheating students get lenient sentences. Magistrate Adrian Darmanie has sentenced two students in Trinidad to community service after they pleaded guilty to having previous knowledge of the Communication Studies exam paper set by the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Full article

JAMAICA: HIV discrimination reporting system coming. An HIV-discrimination reporting system, expected to be given national recognition when it is put before Parliament this year, should see more persons filing complaints if they believe they have been victims of discrimination. Full article

JAMAICA: Bill Clinton lauds HIV/AIDS project. An ambitious plan by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PAN-CAP) to achieve universal access to AIDS prevention, care and treatment by 2010 is being lauded by former United States president Bill Clinton. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Students well received in the Netherlands. Loud clapping and cheers sounded as the 81 students from St. Maarten and three from St. Eustatius entered the reception area at Hotel Schiphol A4 in the Netherlands Saturday afternoon. Accompanied by Education Commissioner Sarah Wescot-Williams, the students left St. Maarten on Friday to further their studies here. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: WIB took its Talk RED HIV,AIDS campaign to Anguilla. A war of words erupted outside the Philipsburg Mutual Improvement Association (PMIA) Hall last night as a group of taxi drivers engaged in a loud verbal exchange debating the decision to call elections for a new board of the Dutch St. Maarten Taxi Association (DSTA). Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Trini teen wins big in Hollywood. TALENTED young musician Darnell–Brandon Thomas has just returned from the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Hollywood, California, with four gold medals and the Grand Champion of the World Trophy (Instrumental Category). Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: CAPE students tell parents sorry. Two teenagers guilty of cheating at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) Communication Studies exam publicly apologised to their parents just moments before they were each sentenced to 100-hours of community service for the crime. Full article

ST LUCIA: St. Lucian representation at 17th International AIDS Conference. St. Lucia civil society working in HIV/AIDS is being represented at the 17th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) currently underway in Mexico City Mexico until August 8th 2008. The St. Lucia delegation comprises Dr. Marcus Day of the Caribbean Drug Abuse Institute, Ms. Veronica Cenac, and Ms. Joan Didier of the AIDS Action Foundation. Full article