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BERMUDA: Let my child go back to school. A teenage schoolgirl has been left in limbo after being suspended for allegedly fighting in public. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 65 ESHS students inducted into honour society. 65 students were inducted, for the first time, to the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Honour Society. Full article
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: HLSCC president urges students to strive for excellence. Acting President of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, Dr. Karl Dawson, has called on students of the institution to always strive for excellence in their endeavours, saying this is an important criterion for success in life, both during and after college. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 3rd Inter secondary schools Basket tourney kicks off Saturday evening. At least once a year for the last three years, there will be a BVI Inter-Secondary Schools Basketball Tournament, thanks to the vision and persistence of Jason Rubaine, a youth officer at the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports. Full article BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: YEP puts award-winning educational software in the hands of BVI youth. As part of its ongoing mission to help BVI young people achieve success in school and in life, the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) today announced that it will be providing the award winning Tubula Digita educational software in the computer lab. Full article DOMINICA: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Recommendations for imprisoned youths. Full article DOMINICA: Female student ingests poison. A Grand Bay teenage girl is now a patient at the Princess Margaret Hospital after ingesting a toxic substance this morning. Full article DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Women's Day is a reminder of enduring inequities. Nearly 100 years old, International Women's Day on March 8 marks an ongoing worldwide battle to ensure equal rights for half the globe's population on issues such as work, voting and abortion. Full article JAMAICA: Heart Trust Student Shot dead on Bus. A 24 year-old student of Heart Trust N.T.A was shot dead on a passenger bus at Spanish Town Road in Kingston on yesterday. Full article JAMAICA: Teenager held with Illegal Gun. An 18-year-old man of Sarah Street, Allman Town, Kingston 4 is now in police custody after being found in possession of an illegal firearm at Sarah Street yesterday. Full article
JAMAICA: Blind passion - Good Samaritan assists visually impaired students. Diana Ferguson slips a school handout beneath a computer screen and flicks a button. The text appears on the screen, magnified to enable her to read her notes. Full article
JAMAICA: Help me! My 16-y-o son is smoking! Full article JAMAICA: Letter. The school to the rescue. Full article
JAMAICA: Wanted: young, able men! JAMAICA has been losing some of its ablest young men in the most productive phase of their life. An average of 667 men between the ages of 25 and 39 are murdered annually, leaving children fatherless, families broken and an economy that needs their input, wanting. Full article NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Youths dominate 2008 Culture Time Awards. St. Maarten’s youth dominated the 2008 Culture Time Awards (CTA) announced during yesterday’s broadcast of the long-running programme on PJD-2 1300 AM. Full article NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Chippie rewards students who excel. Maintaining good grades paid off for 45 students who won a number of prizes such as electronic gadgets, internet service and trips to several destinations as part of the first drawing of United Telecommunications Services (UTS) Chippie Student Challenge on Friday. Full article NETHERLAND ANTILLES: 119 out of school students registered. A total of 119 out-of-school/undocumented children ages four to six years had been registered at the Education Department up to the end of the registration period at the end of February, reports Interim Sector Director for Welfare Claudette Forsythe-Labega. Full article TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: UNC Youth: Expel Ramesh, Jack. THE INTERNAL war within the Opposition UNC intensified yesterday with its Youth Congress unanimously passing a motion to expel Chief Whip Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj and Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner from the party. Full article US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Local student musicians to perform territorywide during March. March is Virgin Islands History Month and Music in Our Schools Month and to celebrate, the public is invited to a monthlong music series showcasing the territory's youngest performers. Full article |