Education
Dr Derry Hodge & Dr Christine D. Hodge out of HLSCC!
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – It is Official! President of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) Dr. Karl Dawson has confirmed with this news site that two of his key members of staff have tendered their resignations which will see a void in the tertiary education system at the college but is confident those positions will be filled following a period of advertising.
‘There are troubling trends in Education!’ – PEP Pres. Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –The People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) believes that education at an early age must go hand in hand with the development needs of the Territory and that persons must be channeled into the areas most needed in order to build the economy.
‘Voter education should start in school’ – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Radio Talk Show 'Speak Out BVI' Doug Wheatley has suggested that the Territory starts teaching its children from an early age about its Governmental structure, its Cabinet, Legislature and the various political parties and their philosophies and ideologies.
‘Pregnant girls should not be @ school!’ – Talk Show hears
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A listener of the 'Speak Your Mind' show texted the host to voice his disagreement with the administration in allowing pregnant schoolgirls to continue their education in the same institution.
‘No question is foolish’ – PP Mrs Lorna G. Smith
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – “The only question that is foolish is the one that is not asked,” said First Lady and Past President (PP) of the Rotary Club of Tortola Mrs Lorna G. Smith to students of the Bregado Flax and Claudia Creque Educational Centres earlier today October 3, 2014.
‘Challenge people but be respectful’ – says Mrs Karia J. Christopher
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The issue of gender balance continues to be one of debates among the masses of society and when a group of local professionals met with young ladies drawn from the fourth and fifth forms of Secondary Schools they will hear that ‘Yes they too can play with the tanker trucks, wear blue and yes they can wear pants.’
‘It’s time to write your own story’ – Mot. Speaker Rashad Jones
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Four things to remember – lead your life, make great choices, have no more excuses and go get what you want out of this life.” This was the ultimate challenge internationally acclaimed motivational speaker Mr Rashad Jones gave hundreds of High School students.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Monogamy Mystery’ - Bishop John I. Cline's 1st book
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Shortly after his book hit the market he has become a writer that is on high demand with requests to appear on shows internationally to discuss the ‘Hot Topic’ stirred in the book ‘The Monogamy Mystery – Natural/Unnatural’.
FTM’s ‘I am a lady’ programme launched
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Mr. Craig A. Lake, President of Follow The Movement (FTM) and key sponsor Rotary Club of Road Town are very upbeat about the opportunity that will soon be afforded young women of the Fourth and Fifth Forms of Secondary Schools across the Territory as the ‘I am a Lady’ workshop programme is set to get going.
Corporate teams bowl off to ‘Strike Out Illiteracy’
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The hype and energy in the Save the Seed Energy Centre was positively charged by the five teams who showed up on Friday September 26, 2014 with an eagerness to Strike Out Illiteracy: National Bank of the Virgin Islands – NBVI Defenders, Harney’s Strikers, Tourist Board Bulldozers, Infinite Pin Snappers and Appleby Aces.