BERMUDA: Education in BDA: The hard facts. In May, government agreed a fix in public education. Since then we've had part of a round of musical chairmen and a flip-flop-flip of Education Ministers. Full article
http://www.bermudasun.org/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=135&ArticleID=42981

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Labor, Education to teach, arrange jobs for young and old. The Labor and Education ministries will join efforts to teach and arrange jobs for youngsters and adults, through a program integrate them to the National Jobs Service. Full article
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/poverty/2009/9/28/33390/Labor-Education-to-teach-arrange-jobs-for-young-and-old

JAMAICA: Signs of suicidal tendency among Jamaican teens - Part II. This is the third instalment from the soon-to-be-released second edition of Dr Donovan Thomas' book, Confronting Suicide: Helping Teens at Risk. Last week, we presented three of the 10 signs of suicidal tendencies among Jamaican teenagers. See numbers four to 10 below: Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090928/news/news6.html

JAMAICA: From TEEN Queen to the Entertainment Scene. There are few persons who can truly be called accomplished at the youthful age of 21, but former Miss TEEN Jamaica (third in Miss TEEN World), RE-TV TVJ and commercial model, Naomi Cowan easily fits in such a category. Full article
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20090928T190000-0500_160677_OBS_FROM_TEEN_QUEEN_TO_THE_ENTERTAINMENT_SCENE.asp

JAMAICA: New youth information centre to be built in Mandeville. If everything goes according to plan, Manchester's youths will soon have complete access to free information technology facilities as well as professional information in career guidance and educational opportunities at a new youth information centre (YIC) scheduled to open here in October 2010. Full article
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20091001T210000-0500_160926_OBS_NEW_YOUTH_INFORMATION_CENTRE_TO_BE_BUILT_IN_MANDEVILLE_.asp

JAMAICA: 7 signs you're in a toxic friendship. As TEENagers, we have to be in contact with all 'characters' at school. And sometimes you happen to make friends with a few of them. Full article
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/TeenAge/html/20090928T190000-0500_160661_OBS___SIGNS_YOU_RE_IN_A_TOXIC_FRIENDSHIP.asp

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: TEEN HACKED TO DEATH. The killers of 18-year-old Mikel Dowell, whose head was almost severed in the brutal attack, realised they had made a mistake while fleeing the scene at King Street in St Joseph on Tuesday night. Full article
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,108312.html

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: CHOGM blocks finals of RBTT’s Young Leaders debate. The finals of the RBTT Young Leaders Debate Competition scheduled for November 26, will not take place this year at the Crowne Plaza, Wrightson Road because of the hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the nearby Hyatt Regency. Full article
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,108400.html

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Teen recovering after boat accident. THE PIROGUE involved in the boating accident in August, in which 13-year-old American citizen Paige Welch lost her left forearm, has been released to its rightful owner. Full article
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,108405.html

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Teen killed for cellphone. A 17-YEAR-OLD YTEPP student was stabbed to death after refusing to hand over a cellphone to his killer. Fareed Hosein, 17, of Zion Street, Arima was walking along the Arima Old Road at about 6.30 pm on Wednesday when he was approached by a man who demanded his cellphone. Full article
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,108410.html

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: AIDS activist shares personal journey with students. AIDS activist Rae Lewis-Thornton told a group of students at a conference Friday that she did not come to speak to them with the "grand idea" that she would somehow save their lives. Full article
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17639919