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BERMUDA: Thugs target schoolboy, tourists. A 17-year-old Saltus student was pulled from his bike, robbed and assaulted. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: "Moving our education system from good to great with technology" - Education Minister's speech. In the ongoing journey of moving our Education System from Good to Great, we have seen our community, teachers, education officials, administrators and all education stakeholders achieve and strive for new heights and goals that were previously perceived to be unheard of and unreachable. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: CFD donates aquarium to ESHS Environmental Club. Members of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Environmental Club now have an opportunity to learn more about ecology following receipt of a 55-gallon aquarium from the Conservation and Fisheries Department (CFD). Full article
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: INTERESTING STORY: Student chased, stabbed to death over cellphone. Blood flowed yesterday at Dunoon Technical High School after a schoolboy was chased and stabbed by another student with whom he had a dispute over a cellular phone, ironically, just minutes before the students were to attend a class on conflict resolution. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Softball Association Youth and Jr. League opens Saturday. The BVI Softball Association Youth and Jr. League is set to begin with 16 teams from Tortola and Virgin Gorda on Saturday, with an opening ceremony on the Old Recreation Grounds starting at 10 a.m. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Young Professionals broaden horizons thanks to Rotary exchange. A team of four young professionals has returned to the British Virgin Islands with a broader outlook and better understanding of the world as a result of a successful Rotary Group Study Exchange visit to Virginia, in the USA. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: A young entrepreneur speaks his mind. In this article/interview, a young entrepreneur shares his experiences pertaining to business ownership and encourages youth to start their own companies. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Youth court matters decrease - court officials. There has been a significant reduction in the number youths coming before the Youth Court. Full article CUBA: Peruvian Youth Raps APEC Neoliberals. More than 30 organizations of Peruvian young people strongly criticized the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum because of its neoliberal character at the service of economic powers. Full article DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Imploring God, young etrepreneurs say they can’t lower prices. The president of the young etreprenerus grouped in ANJE said Wednesday that some sectors have yet to post lower prices for their products because they bought them when oil cost around 80 to 120 dollars, and won’t do so until their inventory runs out, but asked God to “shed his light on the country.” Full article
JAMAICA: Choose careers that will help in nation building, Seaga tells JC boys. Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga has urged Jamaica College (JC) students to choose subject areas that will enable them to play more integral roles in nation building. Full article
JAMAICA: Former gang member urges criminals to stop the killings. ORLANDO Hamilton, a former gang member who has shrugged off the temptation of criminality, is urging gangsters to change their ways. Full article JAMAICA: Hampton principal lauds students' success. PRINCIPAL of the Hampton High School in St Elizabeth, Heather Murray, has lauded the students of the all-girls institution for their outstanding performance in the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Full article JAMAICA: Jamaican students to have art exhibited in Canada. TWO Jamaican students — Oshin Gregory and Rasheeda Williams — will have their artwork on exhibition in Ontario Canada, to mark the commemoration of Human Rights Day and the 60th anniversary celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Full article JAMAICA: Grange encourages students to be torch bearers for education. MINISTER of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports Olivia Grange says students will be the ones to take the message of positive change for the future throughout the corners of Jamaica. Full article NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Dutch commit to education, care, safety on BES islands. The Dutch Government and the BES islands Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius during a political consultation in The Hague on Thursday came to a number of concrete decisions in the area of public health, safety, education and youth affairs in preparation of the islands’ new status as “public entity” of the Netherlands in 2010 or 2011. Full article ST LUCIA: Bullet shattered spine of teen in shooting death. A specific cause of death has yet to be determined in the case of fifteen-year-old shooting victim, Travis Eugene, although preliminary medical examinations suggest that a bullet to his spine may have been to blame. Full article TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Young golfers get RightStart at Chag. A TOTAL of 94 young golfers successfully completed the third Republic Bank RightStart Chaguaramas Junior Golf Clinic for 2008 which was held at the Chaguaramas Golf Club, Chaguaramas on Sunday, November 9. Full article
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Beaten Tranquil student pleads for a transfer. SHAQUILLE Antoine, 14, Form Three student of the Tranquillity Government Secondary School in Port-of- Spain who was beaten unconscious by six schoolmates last Thursday is begging the Ministry of Education to have him transferred to another school, because he fears for his life. Full article TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Teen boy shot. BANDITS shot a 15-year-old boy early yesterday morning hours after they abducted him a short distance away from his Freeport home on Friday night. Full article US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Healthy Scene At UVI As Ag Fair Gets Under Way. The sloping green grounds of the University of the Virgin Islands Reichhold Center for the Arts fairly pulsed with life, color and energy Saturday, the first day of the 26th annual Agriculture and Food Fair. Full article |