Education
Daniel F. Davies elected first VIslander Law Society Pres. of UWI, Cave Hill
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- History was created on March 14, 2013 when 21-year-old Daniel F. Davies was elected President of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill’s Law Society in a landslide victory, becoming the first Virgin Islander to be elected to the position.
How can VIslanders prevent ‘immigrants’ from 'stealing' other half?!
ROAD TOWN,Tortola, VI- It was established on the ‘Relationship Rescue’ television programme recently that Virgin Islanders’ relationships, whether marriage or committed, do face a threat of being jeopardised by other persons of different cultures and backgrounds coming into the Territory.
Bregado Flax defeats Claudia Creque in debate finals
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – Bregado Flax Educational Centre of Virgin Gorda have emerged victorious over the Claudia Creque Educational Centre in the finals of the 2013 Secondary School Debate competition.
The level of hypocrisy in the VI 'is my biggest struggle'- Ayana S. Hull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “The level of hypocrisy that we pretend to be normal, it’s the biggest struggle that I have. Most of the people that know you know what you are going through but they try to pretend that it’s only something you know and I am not a hypocrite, I cannot live life like that.”
Spirited races highlight Ivan Dawson Commonwealth Day celebrations
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – Parents, teachers and students set out to have fun outside of the classroom during Commonwealth Day celebrations held at the Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay yesterday, March 11, 2013.
Adequate training, guidance urged in Education Week Launch
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – Celebrations for Education Week 2013 were launched yesterday, March 10, 2013 in a ceremony filled with speeches and cultural performances at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC).
Food tasting fair attracts maximum tourists’ participation!
LOWER ESTATE, Tortola, VI - The lawns of the 1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum became the setting for an array of foods common to the Virgin Islands and other Caribbean countries such as Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and St. Vincent, when the Virgin Islands Festival of Arts’ Culinary Arts food tasting Fair was held on Thursday March 7, 2013.
Claudia Creque trumps ESHS in debate semi-finals
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – An overwhelming sense of joy ran through the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall even as sheer excitement engulfed the Claudia Creque Educational Centre (CCEC) camp when they were declared winners of the semi-finals in the Secondary School Debate 2013 competition last evening, March 6, 2013.
Paul A. Hewlett in! Patrick O. Harrigan out!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Yet another indigenous Virgin Islander has experienced the demeaning, insulting and undignified treatment of being in today’s civil servant under a National Democratic Party (NDP) Government.
H.L. Stoutt's success was owed to good people around him - Premier Smith [Photos added]
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – In offering memories of Former Chief Minister of the Virgin Islands Hon. H. Lavity Stoutt on March 4, 2013, Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith recalled that Former Chief Minister Stoutt’s time was characterized by persistence and described the period that Stoutt took office as a time of learning for himself and other Ministers.