BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: BVIslanders urged to apply for special UNFPA programme. The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports encourages young BVIslanders between the ages of 20 - 24 to apply online to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) which is currently recruiting a group of six fellows to start their fellowships in April/May 2009. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Students at ESHS participate in Career Expo this week. Students at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) were dressed to impress in their professional wear as the school opened their third Career Expo yesterday under the theme "Pursuing Purposeful and Profitable Productivity: Transferable Skills, the road to Survival". Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: ZKING radio hosts entertain students from the Seventh Day Adventist School. This morning students from the Seventh Day Adventist School toured the studio of radio station ZKING 100.9 FM. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Elmore Stoutt High School kicks off 2009 Career Expo. Students at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) are now seeking to make use of the 2009 Career Expo which is focusing on small business and technical sectors of the economy. Full article

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Junior scientists learn more about territory's environment. The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports (DYAS) through its Junior Scientists Programme is raising awareness among the Territory's youth about the number of natural resources available in the Virgin Islands (UK). Full article

DOMINICA: Convent High wins teen pageant. Kelcia Righton of the Convent High School outdid six other contestants and walked away with seven out of eight awards to win Miss Teen Dominica 2009. Full article

DOMINICA: Youth weeps after being slapped with six years for wounding. High Court Judge Davidson Baptiste has stated that the court is not happy with the crusade of violence taking place in the community and has to send a clear message to those thinking of committing such crimes. Full article

DOMINICA: NYC stimulates literacy amongst youth. The National Youth Council is coordinating Keira's Book Club as a programme to encourage literacy among students and reading as an extra-curricular activity by supporting or initiation book clubs and reading programs at various primary schools around Dominica. Full article

DOMINICA: Mahaut youth fined $1000 for marijauna. Brian George, 21, of Mahaut was fined $1,000 for possession of cannabis and cultivation of cannabis before he was warned by Senior Magistrate Ossie Lewis not to return for drug offenses. Full article

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Government agencies join to teach youngsters technology. Four Government agencies today announced a strategic alliance to develop a "entrepreneurial technology" program, combining efforts and resources to offer short technology courses to more than 5,000 youngsters across the country. Full article

JAMAICA: Letter. A teen's take on daggerin'. Full article

JAMAICA: Teen killer of schoolgirl returns to court. The 17 year old boy charged for the murder of a York Castle High School girl is expected back in court today. Full article
 

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Crisis of the confined: Sex, prison and HIV. Part I This is the first instalment of a four-part series examining the factors that fuel the risk of HIV/AIDS infection within the prison system of the Netherlands Antilles: The Pointe Blanche prison in St. Maarten; Bon Futuro Prison in Curaçao and Huis Van Bewaring (short-term detention facility) in Bonaire. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Students and teachers parade to promote Catholic education. Philipsburg was transformed into a sea of colours when hundreds of pupils of the seven Catholic schools in St. Maarten participated in a parade from the Festival Village through Front Street and Back Street as part of the celebration of more than 100 years of Catholic education in St. Maarten. Full article

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Sundial gets tough on student delinquency. Sundial School has had enough of the raucous behaviour of some of its first form students and has issued a stern warning that those who fail to abide by the school regulations will be sent home immediately or will be sent to the school board “to face harsh measures.” Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: alth Commissioner Resigns After AIDS Drugs Run Out. Health Commissioner Vivian I. Ebbesen-Fludd has resigned her post at the request of the governor days after it became public that, once again, HIV drugs supplied by the department had run out due to paperwork failures. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Human Services and Stop the Bleeding Inc. Work Together to Help Youth. Andrew Soliz, founder of Sacred Ways Native American teaching center in California, returns to the territory Wednesday and Thursday to help in a program promoting non-violence among young adults. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Forums slated on student tests. The Department of Education is hosting a series of public forums to educate and prepare parents and the larger community for the upcoming V.I. Territorial Assessment of Learning tests used to chart the progress of public schools and students in the Virgin Islands. Full article

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: eJongh fires Health commissioner HIV/AIDS medication crisis spurs Ebbesen-Fludd's dismissal. Health Commissioner Vivian Ebbesen-Fludd resigned at the governor's request on Tuesday, just days after The Daily News published reports on the Health Department's failure to keep HIV-fighting drugs in stock, forcing patients on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to go without the life-sustaining medications. Full article