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Blood of ancestors 'still speaking' but are we listening? Premier Fahie asks
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has called on Virgin Islanders to honour the legacy of their ancestors and make moves towards completing their unfinished works started generations ago.
Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre to receive school bus
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre (EHRLC), which currently occupies a space at Althea Scatliffe Primary School since its building was devastated by Hurricane Irma in September 2017, will now have its own school bus.
USVI receives $12M aid funding to help citizens with rent
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The U.S. Virgin Islands has received about $12 million from the Covid-19 aid bill passed by Congress in December to aid the territory's residents with rent payments, announced Senator Marvin Blyden, who chairs the 34th Legislature's Committee on Housing, Transportation & Telecommunications.
World powers have interests, not friends
By Dickson C. Igwe
Before pontificating on independence, look first at the UK national interest.
Embarking on an odyssey that leads to independence requires a cold and hard look at the UK national interest.
Rodney A. Simmonds & Andrew J. Skerritt confirmed as shooting death victims
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Prominent Virgin Islands (VI) businessman and The Boys Service Station co-owner Rodney A. Simmonds along with another man identified as Andrew J. Skerritt have been named as the victims in today’s Friday, February 5, 2021 shooting deaths that have rocked the island of Tortola.
Gov’t looking to vaccinate 'most if not all' of VI – Hon Malone
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has indicated that with the arrival of the first batch of AstraZeneca AZD1222 Vaccines from the United Kingdom, the Government of the Virgin Islands will now begin the mammoth task of vaccinating most to all of the Virgin Islands population.
'Make more time for your children’ – Guidance Counsellor to parents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At least one guidance counsellor has raised the alarm of what she said is a noticeable challenge in the public school system where students are performing below par.
BVIPA & BVIAA to be merged; W&SD & VISR to become statutory bodies
CAPPOON'S BAY, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has indicated that as part of Government’s 2021 agenda, his administration will be looking to merge the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) and the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) into one entity.
‘Control your destiny or someone will’- Josephine Gumbs Conner
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Anguillan Attorney-At-law, Mrs Josephine Gumbs Conner has laid down the gauntlet for Virgin Islanders to start taking control of their destiny, first by recognising their value as a nation.
Saving ourselves from our own corruption
Alred C. Frett
The Lessons we learn at Home & Church:
Life always seems too short with not enough space for the things we would like to cherish being displaced by things we can’t put behind us fast enough – Thus, Natural Disasters, Pandemics and Trumpism, threaten the love for Family… Far too often, we become Trapped as the effects of these experiences are embedded within us like chronic diseases, Cult or Jonestown Religion.
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