BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: CFD provides environmental education to territory's students. Students from three of the Territory's primary schools are more knowledgeable about the environment as the Conservation and Fisheries Department (CFD) promoted their Environmental Awareness Programme (EAP) during the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports (DYAS) after school programme. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: JVD students represent the BVI at environmental workshop addressing climate change. Two students and a teacher from the Jost Van Dyke Primary School represented the BVI at a 3 day workshop entitled "Mobilizing Caribbean Youth to Adapt to Climate Change" from November 5-7 in Barbados. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 2008 bMobile BVI Schools Regatta. On Saturday, November 8th, 28 sailors representing six different schools set out to compete in the annual BVI Schools Regatta. Sailors would battle it out in light winds ranging from 3-7 knots, as well as deal with a very short race course which made for some very close finishes. Full article

CUBA: Over 800,000 Fight Illiteracy in Bolivia. Over 800,000 people over 15 years old in Bolivia have learned how to read and write thanks to the Cuban Teaching Method "Yo si Puedo". Full article

DOMINICA: Planned Parenthood recognised internationally. The Dominica Planned Parenthood Association (DPPA) is a recipient of the West Wind award from the International Planned Parenthood Federation for Excellence in the area of HIV/AIDS. Full article

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 160 women killed so far in Dominican Republic. This year more than 160 women have been killed so far compared to 128 for the same period last year, revealed the Attorney General of the Dominican Republic, Radhames Jimenez Peña. Full article

JAMAICA: Letter. Teens need better nurturing. Full article

JAMAICA: Pressureon House to reject HIV pretesting. PARLIAMENTARIANS REVIEWING the Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS are being encouraged not to allow organisations to pretest potential employees for HIV. Full article

JAMAICA: 2 shot dead in Granville, St. James. A teenager and another man were murdered in Granville St. James last night. Full article

JAMAICA:  More from the poorer class attending UWI. MORE students from the poorer class are enrolling at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus than in previous years, but this is not affecting the quality of graduates from the institution, according to the university's chancellor, Sir George Alleyne. Full article

JAMAICA: Students held for weed, weapons seized. Fifteen students who attend schools in Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine were arrested in October for possession of, dealing in and smoking marijuana. Full article

JAMAICA:  Hell Friday. Jamaica yesterday experienced one of its most hellish days ever with the brutal gang rape of a mute woman, the slaying of three other women and the shooting of a fifth who was yesterday in hospital battling for life. Full article

JAMAICA: Needed: Stronger national AIDS plan. ANCIL HENRY, of the TT Network for People living with Human Immune Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Defi-ciency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is calling for a stronger national HIV plan. Full article

JAMAICA: Students flock int'l college fair. MORE than 6,000 students from 150 secondary level schools attended an exposition showcasing 30 local and international tertiary institutions last week, according to the organisers' estimates. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Cop kills boy, 16. A-16-YEAR-OLD boy was shot and killed by police in Chaguanas on Saturday night and his parents are calling for an investigation into what they believe was a senseless act of police brutality. Full article

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Community police for schools. PRESIDENT of the TT Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) Rouston Job yesterday called for a return of the community policing system to help deal with indiscipline and gang activity in schools. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Not for Profit: American Red Cross Youth Volunteers. St. Croix high school students can learn much about community service and contribute to one of the oldest relief organizations in the world as American Red Cross Youth Volunteers (ARCYV). Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: UVI honor students headed to inauguration. The University of the Virgin Islands is planning to send seven students, all Golden Key Honour Society members, to Washington in January for the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Obama. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Hope, Inc. holds HIV education events. In an effort to reduce the incidence of HIV in the territory, HOPE, Inc., has scheduled outreach activities this month. Full article