BARBADOS: Jamaica National Security Minister vows to drive out criminal gangs. Jamaica's Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has promised a more aggressive approach to removing criminal "dons" and their armed gangs from communities. Full article
http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2009/05/22/NEWS0000007527.html

BERMUDA: Gang fued behind three shooting incidents. Police say a feud between rival gangs are behind a shooting spree that killed one man and wounded four others, including two innocent bystanders. Full article
http://www.bermudasun.org/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=41573&SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Learning and Resource Centre opens to serve teachers. The Ministry of Education and Culture through the office of the National Curriculum Redesign Project (NCRP) today opened a learning and resource centre to serve teachers in the Territory. Full article
http://www.bvinews.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=3395

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Top students for Anegada tour. The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Hon. Andrew Fahie, Minister for Education has invited the top three students of each class in all public primary schools to a tour of Anegada. Full article
http://www.bvinews.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=35&ArticleID=3365

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Address by Minister of Education and Culture Andrew Fahie on International Museums Day. Today I join the Department of Culture and the entire Territory to celebrate International Museum Day. Several countries across the world are celebrating today the historical content within museums and the important role that their museums play in their culture and for the people. Full article
http://www.bvinews.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=30&ArticleID=3351

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Leeward Islands Youth athletes invited to practices. The BVI Athletics Association announces that all athletes who have received a letter regarding representing the BVI on the Leeward Islands Youth Championships team are invited to practice sessions, at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 22 and at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 23. Full article
http://www.bvinews.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=33&ArticleID=3406

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Tourist Board talks tourism careers with students. Finding your place in the field of tourism was the topic of discussion for some students at the recent Seventh Day Adventist School's Open Day on May 13. Full article
http://www.bvinews.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=36&ArticleID=3423

DOMINICA: Library hosts Career Day. Students from various schools around the island are becoming better familiarized about different professions. Full article
http://www.dominicanewsonline.com/all_news/education_youth/5971.html

DOMINICA: Calls to revisit the laws governing young offenders. Minister responsible for Economic Development and Urban Renewal Julius Timothy says there is a need to revisit the laws governing the sentencing of young offenders in Dominica. Full article
http://www.dominicanewsonline.com/all_news/crime_police/5978.html

DOMINICA: Dominican students graduate with honours. Ten Dominican students have graduated with honours, from the Grambling State University in Louisiana. The students were among the group who, with the assistance of the Government of Dominica, secured scholarships to attend the institution. Full article
http://www.dominicanewsonline.com/all_news/education_youth/5998.html

JAMAICA: Fire claims 5, 10 in hospital as fire destroys sections of Armadale Juvenile Centre. Some say the rains broke too soon and could have helped put out the fire. Some say it might not have made a difference. In the end, it never really mattered. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090524/lead/lead1.html

JAMAICA: High school dropout named best JDF recruit in 100th intake. THE passing-out parade of the Jamaica Defence Force's 100th intake on Saturday may well have been the best day of Roland Gray's life. Full article
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20090519T000000-0500_151757_OBS_HIGH_SCHOOL_DROPOUT_NAMED_BEST_JDF_RECRUIT_IN____TH_INTAKE.asp

JAMAICA: Please apply now! - Execs warn youths to get competitive for scarce summer jobs - Early applicants have best chances, says Scotiabank official. Jamaica's top human resource and business executives are warning students that jobs this summer will be much scarcer than before, and those that are available will be going to the youths who are most competitive. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090521/lead/lead1.html

JAMAICA: Youth not lost. The youth of today, a generation often described as 'lost', is not, says Dr Herbert Gayle, social anthropologist, while speaking at the forum, Generation Lost: I want to grow up, at the Institute of Jamaica on Wednesday. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090522/news/news3.html

JAMAICA: Youth to showcase talent at 'An Evening of the Classics'. Overseas performers will join Jamaican youth performers for the two-day series, An Evening of the Classics, scheduled for Montego Bay and Kingston this weekend. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090522/social/social6.html

JAMAICA: 'A deal with the devil' Student speaks of students' loan ordeal. STACI-ANN regrets going to the Students' Loan Bureau for assistance to finance her tertiary education. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090524/lead/lead3.html

JAMAICA: 'I'm not waiting on the dream job' - Science student ventures into own business. THE BAUXITE mining industry would be the likely employer of many natural science graduates like Allison Pearson, final year biology and chemistry major at the Mandeville-based Northern Caribbean University. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090524/lead/lead4.html

JAMAICA: Youth unemployment rapidly on the rise. No one should be surprised that the results of Jamaica's first-quarter economic performance have confirmed that local production is declining at an accelerated pace. The lag period between the onset of recession in the United States economy and when its effects were felt here is now clearly ended. While we have not been hit by financial sector crises and housing foreclosures, we will, like the USA, suffer job losses as the local economy contracts; and this has begun. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090524/cleisure/cleisure4.html

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Student cheats on CXC maths. Students of San Juan Government Secondary School who wrote Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Mathematics Paper I (multiple choice) on Wednesday do not have to re-sit the exam after one student was caught cheating with notes, Education Minister Esther Le Gendre said yesterday. Full article
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,100610.html

US VIRGIN ISLANDS:  Complex students to vie for spot on culinary team. Three students from the St. Croix Educational Complex will compete this morning for a chance to join distinguished culinary artists as a member of the V.I. Culinary Team at the Taste of the Caribbean Competition in Puerto Rico this summer. Full article
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17636020

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: UVI confers degrees on 96 St. Croix students. The 96 members of the daring, determined and dedicated University of the Virgin Islands Class of 2009 were beaming with pride Tuesday evening as they received degrees during the 45th annual commencement ceremony on the St. Croix campus. Full article
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17635967

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Special Education Sponsors Youth Self-Determination Summits. The Virgin Islands Department of Education's State Office of Special Education will host its first Youth Self-Determination Summit on Wednesday, May 20, at the Palms Court Harbourview Hotel on St. Thomas. It will host another summit on Friday, May 22, at the Carambola Beach Resort on St. Croix. Both summits will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 1 p.m. Full article
http://www.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/?v=d&i=&s=Community%3ASchools&p=1223618755

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Summer Camps and Programs for Young People 2009. Full article
http://www.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/?v=d&i=&s=Community%3AOther+stuff&p=1223618726

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Da Vinci To Gun Violence, Student Artists Get The Picture. The stage walls at Gladys A. Abraham Elementary School abound with art -- fanciful, imaginative and some quite sophisticated -- from the students.  Full article
http://www.onepaper.com/stthomasvi/?v=d&i=&s=News:Local&p=1223618864

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Good Hope student wins contest. The winners of the 2009 Congressional Art Competition, "An Artistic Discovery," were announced Friday afternoon at the Estate Whim Museum on St. Croix. Full article
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17636099