BARBADOS+ Linden Foundation teachers faced threats, attacks by studentsAs regional authorities move to address disciplinary problems at the Linden Foundation Secondary School, they learned last week that teachers had been forced to defend themselves during violent confrontations with students.
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2011/news/stories/03/22/linden-foundation-teachers-faced-threats-attacks-by-students/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+stabroeknewsguyana+%28Stabroek+News%29
BERMUDA+ Celebrating our top teenage achieversWhether they excelled in their academic studies, devoted hours of their spare time to serving the community or overcame the most challenging of setbacks, Bermuda’s top achieving teenagers have been recognised.
http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=910&ArticleID=51273
+ Nine in 10 teens want to stay overseas after collegeSchoolkids at annual youth conference do not want to build careers in Bermuda
http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubsectionID=270&ArticleID=51264
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS+ Youths not that important?Hearts are aching once again over the death of another young man, gunned down in a cold-blooded shooting attack. To date, it is the latest and most deadly of a series of four shooting attacks that happened in the space of a single week, according to media reports.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/commentary-youths-not-that-important/
+ HLSCC student wins honour society art competitionMichael Boyd, a first year Mathematics Advanced Level Option student at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, won an art competition at a recent event hosted by the Phi Theta Kappa International Honour Society in the United States.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/hlscc-student-wins-honour-society-art-competition/
+ Moses breaks 18-year-old national youth and scholastic 800m recordTarique Moses became the first under-18 BVI athlete to break the two-minute barrier in the 800 meters on home soil, when he took down Steve Augustine’s 18-year-old National Youth and Scholastic Record on Saturday to win the event during the BVI Athletics Association pre-Carifta Games Trials Development Meet.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/moses-breaks-18-year-old-national-youth-ans-scholastic-800m-record/
+ No passports until age 18 for some children born in the BVI still a sore pointThe fact that some children born in the BVI are not given a passport until they attain the age of 18 years was the source of discontent for caller on a recent edition of the ZBVI radio program ‘Night Talk’ with Donald DeCastro.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/no-passports-until-age-18-for-some-children-born-in-the-bvi-still-a-sore-point/
+ Men who attacked and beat teen face court todayOn Thursday the Magistrate’s Court the case of a teen who is currently in serious condition at the hospital after being beaten with a bat.
http://bvinews.com/bvi/men-who-attacked-and-beat-teen-face-court-today/
CAYMAN ISLANDS+ Law students try out skills In a real courtroom, standing before a panel of formidable judges, relying on research notes and speaking skills to make critical points, flanked by opponents presenting counter-arguments.
http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2011/03/22/Law-students-try-out-skills/
DOMINICA+ CBSS students give helping hand On December 17, 2010 the students of Form 5-2 of the Castle Bruce Secondary School (CBSS), exhibited their value by making a donation of toys to the Roving Caregivers Programme . The RCP is an organization responsible for the education and wholesome development of the youngest of our society.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/dno/cbss-students-give-helping-hand/
+ China grants more scholarships to Dominican students The Chinese government is granting Dominica an additional ten scholarships this year for students wishing to pursue higher education in China, says Chinese ambassador to Dominica, Wang Zonglai.
http://dominicanewsonline.com/dno/china-grants-more-scholarships-to-dominican-students/
JAMAICA+ 19-y-o 'Father' killed, cop injured in ManchesterTHE Bureau of Special Investigations is probing an incident in which a detective corporal of the St Elizabeth Division was shot and injured and a gunman fatally shot in Heartease, Manchester yesterday.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/19-y-o--Father--killed--cop-injured-in-Manchester
+ St James students preparedMost of St James' primary-level students registered for this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) exhibited a general sense of calm and readiness to tackle yesterday's papers.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110325/lead/lead5.html
+ GSAT glitchOfficials of the Ministry of Education have reported a successful first day's sitting of this year's Grade Six Achievement Test, despite a few glitches caused by a limited number of answer sheets at some schools islandwide.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110325/lead/lead1.html
NETHERLAND ANTILLES+ PEGGY, 17, SNATCHEDFor about 30 minutes on Wednesday afternoon, Parvatee Peggy Maharaj, 17, looked on in horror as three gunmen beat, gagged, and assaulted her parents and 12-year-old brother at their Cumuto home.
http://newsday.co.tt/news/0,137741.html