BERMUDA

+ Women play key role in gangs
Some say women have the power to turn the tide against violence
http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=902&ArticleID=49444



BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

+ Youth summit on HIV/AIDS at HLSCC tomorrow
The National AIDS Programme will host its annual BVI National Youth Summit on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections tomorrow at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Auditorium.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/youth-summit-on-hivaids-at-hlscc-tomorrow/

+ DYAS extends deadline for submission of after-school employment programme form
The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports (DYAS) is informing all persons interested in working in their After School Programme that the deadline for submitting the employment application forms has been extended to Tuesday, 7 December, 2010.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/dyas-extends-deadline-for-submission-of-after-school-employment-programme-form/

+ “Make HLSCC Your Goal,” college chairman tells JVD students
Chairman of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College’s Board of Governors Dr. Charles Wheatley has encouraged students of the Jost Van Dyke School to set as one of their main goals to attend the institution, saying this will help prepare them for the future.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/%E2%80%9Cmake-hlscc-your-goal%E2%80%9D-college-chairman-tells-jvd-students/



DOMINICA

+ Teenager in custody for chopping incident
A 17-year-old of St Joseph is in now in policy custody assisting the lawmen in their investigations of a machete attack yesterday in the village of St. Joseph in which another young man lost his hand.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/dno/teenager-in-custody-for-chopping-incident/

+ Expert: HIV-AIDS fight must target racism, poverty
The stigma of HIV-AIDS weighs heaviest on certain communities but it is a global issue, says Clemon George, a professor and HIV-AIDS researcher at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/dno/expert-hiv-aids-fight-must-target-racism-poverty/



JAMAICA

+ NSSC president charges students to take interest in national development
Newly-installed president of the National Secondary Students' Council (NSSC), Daren Miller, has charged his peers to lift their standards of behaviour and be nation-builders
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/NSSC-president-charges-students-to-take-interest-in-national-development_8198494

+ AIDS: Age Ignorance Daring Sexuality
The issue of sexual intercourse has escaped the arena of taboo and is now a controversial topic that has made itself apparent in modern society.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/AIDS-Age-Ignorance-Daring-Sexuality_8198171



NETHERLAND ANTILLES

+ Young man burned by high tension cable
The entire island of St. Eustatius experienced a blackout around 11:30pm on Tuesday, after a young man became entangled in high-tension wires from a low GEBE pole in Tumpie Hill Head.
http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/10962-young-man-burned-by-high-tension-cable.html



US VIRGIN ISLANDS

+ 12-year-old describes terror of gunfire at trial
A 12-year-old boy walked straight and tall into a V.I. Superior courtroom Wednesday afternoon and took the witness stand to testify at the trial of Richie Fontaine and Cuthbertson Thomas.
http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/12-year-old-describes-terror-of-gunfire-at-trial-1.1071711