BERMUDA
+ 'Choices' youth seminars aim at combating community decline
A one week summer intensive community programme, sponsored by the Youth Ministries Department of the Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, named “Choices II”, is targeting teens from 13- to 17-year-old — a vulnerable age for many who may be enticed by or initiated into gangs and related activities.
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
+ 20-year-old faces court for unlawful sex with minor
Twenty-year-old Shawn Williams awaits his fate from the Judicial system as he sits on bail for unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 16.
DOMINICA
+ Four students receive DOMLEC scholarships
Four students who are entering secondary school come September, will do so having copped scholarships from Dominica Electricity Services Ltd.(DOMLEC), as the company expands its scholarship program into its 25th year.
JAMAICA+ 30,000 teens to be trained each year, programme launches tomorrow The National Youth Transformation Programme is set to be launched tomorrow, with an initiative aimed at training and certifying 30,000 teens each year.
+ Young Farmer Reaps Prosperity Though there is no "glitz and glamour" in agriculture, 30-year-old Nickas Porteous says he is extremely happy. Porteous, who runs the Prosperity Producers Farm in Amity Hall, St James, completed his studies at HEART Trust/NTA's boarding school, Ebony Park Academy, in Clarendon in 1999.
+ Juveniles being removed from police lockups
THE Department of Correctional Services will today start to remove juveniles from police lockups.
+ ANANDA ALERT! Seaview Avenue 14-y-o missing
AN Ananda Alert has been activated for 14-year-old Iesha Byfield of a Seaview Avenue address in Kingston, who has been missing since last Saturday.
+ 3 teens, man missing FOURTEEN-year-old Toniann Mullings of Spanish Town Road, Kingston 13, has been reported missing since Tuesday, August 9.
+ Young J'cans cop top awards at Entrepreneurial Conference
Five young entrepreneurs from Jamaica were awarded at the 40th staging of Junior Achievement Next Generation Future Leaders Forum in Ontario, Canada last week.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO + Students pleased with CAPE results Results of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) were officially released yesterday to schools. However, there was a low turnout of students to collect their results, because the results could have been accessed online on Tuesday.
+ TT students talk their way into space history Trinidad and Tobago created history yesterday as Sixth-Form students from the Caribbean were the first people in the region to speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in real time.
+ Students seeking ‘home’ transfers After more than a decade in abeyance, the controversial Biche High School will be re-opened at the start of the new school term in September. And already, students from the community who were previously forced to attend schools in other areas, are seeking transfers so they can get their education closer to home.
US VIRGIN ISLANDS+ Bouncing Back to School A Bit Easier, Thanks to Rotary To ease the burden of back-to-school expenses for parents and help get students off to a good start, members of Rotary Club of St. Croix Mid-Isle gave out free school supplies Saturday.
