BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Top students to be honoured for their achievements. The Ministry of Education and Culture will honour approximately 200 top achievers of the public primary schools for the school year 2008/2009 at the second annual Top Achievers Award Ceremony to be held at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College on Sunday, October 18. Full article
http://www.bvinews.com/all_news/education-youth/7997.html

DOMINICA: Intellectual Property Rights advocate says student plagiarism is illegal. Consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) McCarthy Marie has condemned plagiarism amongst students. Marie is aware that this is rampant in schools here. Full article
http://www.dominicanewsonline.com/all_news/general/7809.html

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Altagracia Shelter turns 25 helping young girls. The La Altagracia Young Girls Shelter celebrated its 25 anniversary with a mass officiated by monsignor Freddy Bretón, bishop of the diocese of Baní, Peravia province (south). Full article
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/this-and-that/2009/10/13/33536/La-Altagracia-Shelter-turns-25-helping-young-girls

JAMAICA: Police youth clubs bridge the gap. With recent reports of friction between the police and communities across the island, it would seem that the gap between the police and the community is becoming wider and wider each day. Full article
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091014/news/news2.html

NETHERLAND ANTILLES: Gynaecologists given FC2 female condoms. Gynaecologists Dr. Randall Friday and Dr. Tjon Kon-Fat have been given a supply of female condoms to distribute free to their clients. Full article
http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/m128/condomsm128.html

ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES: Youth charged with shooting. The merry-go-round involving the use of firearms continues to turn.  Yet another youth has been brought before the courts on a shooting charge. Full article
http://www.thevincentian.com/dcmain.aspx?p=0&i=3416&skin=75&tID=198

ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES: Young tennis players busy. Four young tennis players were earlier this week, testing their skills in the Dutch Antilles in the Curacao Juniors Open 2009, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) sanctioned event. Full article
http://www.thevincentian.com/dcmain.aspx?p=0&i=3445&skin=38&tID=198

ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES: Youth Freed. After ten months on remand at Her Majesty’s Prisons Kingstown on charges of murder and wounding with intent, Ottley Hall youth Kamal Moore was told that he had no case to answer on both charges. Full article
http://www.thevincentian.com/dcmain.aspx?p=0&i=3409&skin=75&tID=198

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Parents should have been called in. PETER O’NEIL, Chief Educa-tion Officer at the Education Ministry yesterday said the principal of St Joseph College in St Joseph “may have mis stepped” when he decided to call in the police who strip-searched pupils after a student claimed money was missing from her book bag. Full article
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,109109.html

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: V.I. plans local events for National Latino AIDS Awareness Day. Thursday is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, and a number of groups in the Virgin Islands will be offering information, support and free testing. Full article
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17640152

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: V.I. students get fired up at Kids Jamboree. A large fire took center stage at Lionel Roberts Stadium on Friday as Fire Prevention Week ended with a Kids Jamboree. Full article
http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17640115

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Education Committee Hears from Parents, Teachers. The Committee on Education, Youth and Culture met Tuesday evening in Frederiksted to get input from parents, school workers, teachers and others -- not the high-level officials who appear regularly before the Senate -- to try to get practical input toward improving results on the ground. Full article
http://stjohnsource.com/content/news/local-news/2009/10/14/education-committee-hears-parents-teachers

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: CAHS Launches School Within a School. Officials at Charlotte Amalie High School announced Tuesday that their finance career academy is working with a nationwide network of other similar academies as part of the National Academy Foundation. Full article
http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2009/10/13/cahs-launches-school-within-school