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BAHAMAS + Debate of the day
What other programs need to implemented to provide more opportunities for teenage employment?
http://www.thenassauguardian.net/Debate-of-the-day-7-13 BARBADOS + Cops fear gangs regrouping
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JC F) remains on high alert amidst intelligence that the gangs police displace during recent operations in West Kingston are getting themselves together again.
http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/31485.html BERMUDA + Hundreds of young men turn up to Youth Culture Festival
Hundreds of youngsters turned up to Bull’s Head car park on Saturday to watch and, perhaps more importantly, take part in the Youth Culture Festival.
http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=230&ArticleID=47109 DOMINICA + Too many “shake our booty contests”, not enough help for youth – Bahamian pastor cries
Pastor Dave Burrows of the Bahamas is in Dominica currently conducting a youth parliament in Portsmouth.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/too-many-shake-our-booty-contests-not-enough-help-for-youth-bahamian-pastor-cries/ + Young man to magistrate: “When I drink my rum I mad”
Thirty-six-year-old Glenroy Joseph of Canefield has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for contravening a restraining order filed by his mother Olivia Phillip, by threatening to kill her on July 7, 2010.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/young-man-to-magistrate-when-i-drink-my-rum-i-mad/ + 2 young Haitian women get hope to walk again
The Junior Chamber International of Pointe-a-Pitre came to the aid of two young Haitian women by providing them with prosthesis after they lost a leg in the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/2-young-haitian-women-get-hope-to-walk-again/ + Young cricketers fly to Barbados for cricket festival
Dominica’s team to the Sir Garfield Sobers International School’s Cricket Tournament left the state on Monday, July 5, 2010 to participate the International Schools Cricket Festival in Barbados.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/young-cricketers-fly-to-barbados-for-cricket-festival/
JAMAICA
+ Young male designers find success at Styleweek
Saint International's, International Mens Collection, kept on the lavish south lawns of Devon House proved to be one of the most successful stagings to date.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100712/ent/ent4.html + The future for youth
EVEN though it is a cliché, the saying "young people are a critical part of a nation's resources" is quite true. Jamaica's youth are indeed the future and as such, need an enabling environment that will help to shape them into the informed citizens and leaders of tomorrow.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/The-future-for-youth_7793407 + Scholarships available to high-school students
Horace Daley was raised by his mother, Esmie Walters, to value education, always remembering the poem she used to recite: Labour for learning before you grow old, for learning is better than silver and gold. Silver and gold will vanish away, but a good education will never decay.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100714/news/news3.html NETHERLAND ANTILLES + St. Maarten students do well at Aruban college
Three St. Maarten study-financing recipients recently won a number of accolades for outstanding performance at College of Professional Intermediate Education EIP in Aruba.
http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-news/5726-st-maarten-students-do-well-at-aruban-college-.html TRINIDAD & TOBAGO + TT student makes on-line education history
KELLY Caracciolo, 26, made Trinidad and Tobago proud when she walked across a grand stage last May as the only Caribbean girl to receive her Associate Science Degree in Business Administration at the Genesee’s Community College in the United States.
http://newsday.co.tt/features/0,123908.html + TT and Indian students in cultural exchange
THE SWAHA Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago recently facilitated an exchange programme with the Delhi Public School, RK Param, of New Delhi, India.
http://newsday.co.tt/features/0,123910.html + Steer youngsters away from crime
MINISTER OF National Security, Brigadier John Sandy, yesterday urged police officers to talk and guide the youngsters in order to steer them away from crime.
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,123918.html + Dead teen’s siblings fear fever
EVEN as relatives of a 14-year-old boy, suspected to have contracted the dengue fever, awaited autopsy results yesterday they appealed for help to assist them with arrangements for his funeral.
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,123924.html US VIRGIN ISLANDS + Health Kicks Off Pilot Teen Clinic
Teens in the U.S. Virgin Islands will soon have the convenience of seeing a doctor on Saturday, thanks to a pilot program to make health care services more accessible.
http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-government/2010/07/09/health-kicks-pilot-teen-clinic + St. Croix Young Professionals’ Network Formed
The St. Croix Chamber of Commerce has announced the establishment of the St. Croix Young Professionals’ Network.
http://stcroixsource.com/content/business/st-croix-business/2010/06/16/st-croix-young-professionals-network-formed + Youth Conservation Corps Giving Their All for V.I. National Park
This summer eight youths from St. Thomas and St. John are earning money and helping V.I. National Park in so many ways through the park’s Youth Conservation Corps.
http://stjohnsource.com/content/news/local-news/2010/07/14/youth-conservation-corps-giving-their-all-vi-national-park |
