BERMUDA: BEC launches workplace skills programme for students. Students going straight from school into the workforce simply don't have the skills necessary to cope in their new environment. Full article

BERMUDA: Music and tennis bring me so much joy. Berkeley Institute student Daniella-Jade Lowe spent several weeks in the Bermuda Sun's newsroom over the summer. Full article

BERMUDA: Education should give a vision beyond Bermuda. The world is so much bigger than Bermuda. It must be understood that unless the children of Bermuda receive a viable education, the world will close in on them and Bermuda will become their world. Full article

BERMUDA: Teenager charged in double murder. A second suspect was brought to court yesterday in connection with last month's double murder in St. David's. Full article

BERMUDA: Some media messages in songs and games could corrupt our youth. Last week we saw the four styles of parenting and the importance of being a mature parent. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Education Minister thanks Appleby for scholarship award. Minister for Education and Culture the Honourable Andrew Fahie, on behalf of the Government of the Virgin Islands, (UK) thanked Appleby for its donation of a scholarship award for $150,000 for prospective law students. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 16-year-old sentenced to 2 months in prison. A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to two months in prison when he appeared in the Virgin Gorda Youth Court on the 25th September 2008. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: REVISED: Mr. & Miss Fifth Form takes place on Oct. 18. The Elmore Stoutt High School once again presents its much anticipated talent showcase. This year five young ladies will compete for the title of Miss Fifth Form 2008. They are Zubida O'Neal, Rogelle Edmonson, Riiah Durante, Vianela Garcia and Channiece Mathavious.  Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Hundreds gathered at church service to bless a new school year. Hundreds gathered at the New Testament Church of God International Worship Centre on Sunday to bless the 2008/2009 school year in one accord at the Back to School Church Service. Full article

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Dominican Republic provides eco-friendly tourism. Since 1962, the Dominican Republic has been dedicated to providing eco-friendly tourism by preserving sensitive inland and coastal eco-systems through partnerships with leaders like the Nature Conservancy, the United Nations and the Smithsonian. Full article

JAMAICA: Acting Children's Advocate calls for urgent meeting. ACTING Children's Advocate, Justice Henderson Downer, has called for an urgent meeting tomorrow with officials from the Department of Correctional Services and the Child Development Agency (CDA), in the aftermath of last week's report that a 21-year-old man allegedly sodomised his 9-month-old baby brother. Full article

JAMAICA:  GlenMills says some songs encourage young people to be lazy. Lead coach of Jamaica's successful Olympic track and field team, Glen Mills, has called upon the nation to fight against the lyrics of some popular music, which he says encourages laziness in young people. Full article

JAMAICA: Have you seen my childhood? NEW, DARING and brazen rules of engagement within the island's criminal gangs are costing the nation's children their lives. Since 2003, a total of 398 children have been killed by violent means either due to gang warfare or personal attacks, including abductions, rape and murder. Full article

JAMAICA: Outlook Youth - Most regrettable thing I've done. Full article

ST LUCIA: TEEN KIDNAPPING AND RAPE. A 37-year-old Gros Islet bus driver was arrested Monday, at 9 p.m. at his home in Marigot for allegedly kidnapping and repeatedly raping a 14-year-old Form 2 student. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Students locked out of school. STUDENTS attending a school along the East/West corridor are being locked out of the school compound for frivolous reasons, one parent said yesterday, describing it as “unfair punishment.” Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Braithwaite: Stop knocking youths. RICHARD BRAITHWAITE, a former manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team has come to the defence of the nation’s youth who have been dismissed as “delinquents, violent and useless”. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: University Group Meets at UVI, Strengthening Ties. Building the relationship between universities in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in both sports and academics was the goal Friday of a meeting at UVI of the Interuniversity Athletic League (LAI) board of directors. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: School Boards Meet to Keep It Real. In the good ol' days it was reading, writing and arithmetic that told the story of a student's learning. These days, says national education expert Brian K. Perkins, it's far more complex, and educators need to evaluate learning through a new lens if they truly want students to achieve. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: After-School Programs Will Provide Reading and Math Help for Select Students. The Department of Education will begin a free after-school program that is designed to provide assistance to students in the second through ninth grades in the areas of reading and math. Students who did not perform at the necessary achievement levels on the Virgin Islands Territorial Assessment of Learning (VITAL) or those who have a specific need, as identified by their principal, are eligible for participation in the program, according to a press release from Education. Full article