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Hon Sharie B. de Castro attending Commonwealth meeting in London
LONDON, United Kingdom- Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) is attending the 10th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting (10CYMM) in London this week.
New homicide reported in USVI as killings rise to 29 territory-wide
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI — The U.S. Virgin Islands has experienced its 29th homicide of the year, after a 25-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in St. Thomas.
Esther N. Fraser reportedly fired from BVITB
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The sometimes-controversial Ms. Esther N. Fraser, an Administrative Manager for the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), has reportedly been terminated from the job, according to information reaching our newsroom.
Gov’t hands over another Housing Recovery Assistance Home
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands Ministry of Health and Social Development has handed over the keys to another new home, this time to the daughter of housing recipient Miss Casandra Sutton as part of its Housing Recovery Assistance Programme.
VI seeing ‘Robust Recovery’ of Cruise Tourism industry post-pandemic– Hon Rymer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following a downturn in cruise passenger arrivals since the start of the pandemic in 2019, Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has informed that the industry has made a robust recovery with more passengers arrival in the VI for the upcoming 2023-2024 season.
VI youths challenged to read as part of International Literacy Day 2023 campaign
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Students in the Virgin Islands (VI) will get an opportunity to engage with local authors and Miss BVI 2023 Anika M. Christopher from September 18-29, 2023, as part of the promotion of Literacy for UNIECO's International Literacy Day 2023.
UK inks £2.7M MoU with C’bean Community Climate Change Centre
LONDON, UK - The United Kingdom Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the amount of £2.7M with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC/5Cs) for work to be done under the Small Island Developing States Capacity and Resilience (SIDAR) Programme.
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Bodies still being transported from St. Croix to STT for autopsies in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Lawmakers in the USV learned during Wednesday’s September 6, 2023, Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance meeting that bodies from St. Croix are still being transported to St. Thomas for autopsies due to inadequate staffing.
NSC drafting plan that includes ‘non-traditional’ crime-fighting tactics – Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Whatley (R7) says in an effort to tackle crime in the VI, non-tradition crime-fighting strategies will be taken on in the VI.
VG Airport reopening delayed until Tue, Sept 12, 2023
TADDY BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Managing Director of the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA), Mr. Kurt A.G. Menal has issued a notice stating that the scheduled reopening of the Virgin Gorda (VG) International Airport has been delayed to Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
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