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Week from September 13th to 19th |
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BERMUDA
+ Casting call for top student debaters The Health Insurance Department is seeking Bermuda’s top student debaters to participate in a Health Financing Summit in November. http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=137&SubSectionID=804&ArticleID=48014
CUBA
+ Cuban Students Hold Online Peace Forum The Federation of University Students called on its members and students worldwide to join in an online forum on Thursday in defense of peace and for the freedom of five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned in the United States. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=220735&Itemid=1
DOMINICA
+ DSC students excel in Guilds Int’l Exams Thirty percent distinction, 32 percent credit and 37 percent passes were the results brought home by students from the Faculty Applied Arts and Technology (FAAT) of the Dominica State College as they sat this year’s City and Guilds International Exams – reflecting an 85 percent overall pass rate. http://dominicanewsonline.com/dno/30-percent-distinction-for-dsc-students-at-gills-int%E2%80%99l-exams/
JAMAICA
+ 16-year-old uncomfortable at school My 16-year-old daughter has started school and is very uncomfortable. She is now at a technical school and there are a lot of students in her class, who are way below her academically. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100913/news/news4.html
+ It's her call At only five feet three inches tall, 24-year-old Stacy-Ann Greyson is extremely fit. She has to be, for her job. In January, Greyson received her FIFA assistant badge making her the third of only three female referees in Jamaica. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100913/flair/flair1.html
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
+ PM delivers buses for UWI students Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar on Thursday fulfilled a manifesto promise of the People’s Partnership by commissioning two buses of the Public Transportation Service Corporation (PTSC) to transport students of the University of the West Indies (UWI) between the St Augustine campus, San Fernando and Sangre Grande. http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,127740.html
US VIRGIN ISLANDS
+ AARP Members Give Vocational Students "Tools" for Success Senior citizens recently reached into their pockets and helped the younger generation, buying non-traditional school supplies for students and teachers at the St. Croix Career and Technical Education Center. http://stcroixsource.com/content/news/local-news/2010/09/14/aarp-members-give-vocational-students-tools-success
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 September 2010 )
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