BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
+ BVI youth participate in Duke of Edinburgh Awards Programme
A total of 19 youth leaders, representing approximately eight youth related organizations, attended and participated in the internationally renowned, Duke of Edinburgh Awards Programme (DEAP), New Leaders Training course at the UWI Open Campus Centre, Paraquita Bay.
+ HLSCC graduates urged to become leaders Two hundred and twenty one individuals graduated from the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College on Thursday, one with 4.0 GPA and others with Summa and Magma Cum Laude honours.
DOMINICA
+ Embassy gives thumbs up to Jamaica students Jamaican students travelling to the United States to study have generally done the nation proud by sticking to the terms of their visas.
NETHERLAND ANTILLES+ Injustices towards young St. Maarteners Please permit me to exercise my right as a young St. Maartener to express my feelings about the injustices towards other young St. Maarteners.
ST LUCIA
+ Bois-Patat Youth dies after being Shot Police are currently investigating the death of 22-year-old, Dwayne Mason aka “Ala” of Bois Patat, Castries, who was shot about 2:45pm on Sunday the 5th of June, 2011 at Bois Patat.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO+ Youth Council’s issues with Youth Centre ALTHOUGH Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education Fazal Karim has sought to allay fears regarding the future of the El Dorado Youth Development and Apprenticeship Centre, which will be transferred to his ministry from the Sports Ministry, the Trinidad Youth Council (TYC) still have concerns about this move.
+ School violence prevalent EDUCATION Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh yesterday admitted that violence among children at the nation’s schools is prevalent and the recent incident in which one female student of the Barataria North Secondary School mercilessly beat another female student in a drain as “disturbing.”
US VIRGIN ISLANDS
+ UVI Gets $1.5M Grant to Help Ph.D. Students UVI has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help spur minority students on to careers in research.
+ FYI: Delegate Congratulates V.I. Students Headed to Military Academies Delegate to Congress Donna M. Christensen today extended her congratulations to Matthew Franco Car on his admittance to West Point Military Academy in New York. Car graduated from Country Day School on Sunday.
