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The true importance of history
Dickson C. Igwe
Learn and teach history for the right context: not emotion. History should teach fact: not act as a crutch for patriotism and nationalism
UK Foreign Office reports 'serious’ cyber attack on FCDO website
LONDON, UK – The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) was the target of a "serious cyber-security incident", according to reports from the BBC.
HoA returns today with Speech from the Throne & new legislation
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands' House of Assembly (HoA) will return today, January 18, 2022, at the Save the Seed Energy Centre with the highly anticipated Speech from the Throne written by the Government and delivered by the Governor.
The age of COVID
Dickson C. Igwe
Much of humanity has not woken up to the reality of a more complex, much more interconnected, and digitally-driven era. When men and women began to get ill with the Covid 19 virus in early 2020, little did the world know the length, depth, and scope of change to be visited upon humanity, in the following years.
War Veteran Jaimez A. J. Stoutt laid to rest with military honour
GREENLAND, Tortola, VI - Hundreds physically present at the New Testament Church of God International Worship Center at Baughers Bay and at the Greenland Cemetery, witnessed War Veteran Jaimez A. J. Stoutt being laid to rest with military honour, today, Saturday, January 8, 2022.
No charges, fines issued over large New Year's Eve parties– Top CoP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police, Mr Mark Collins says the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is currently probing breaches of noise permits, regarding social events and parties hosted over the New Year’s Weekend 2022.
Cloudiness with chance for showers across VI today, Jan 1, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With relatively dry and stable conditions persisting across the Leeward Islands and the Virgin Islands, the territory today January 1, 2022, can expect a low chance for cloudiness and showers over the next twenty-four hours.
VI Gov’t hosting annual ‘A Time of Praise and Prayer’ on Jan 1, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Government of the Virgin Islands led by Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) is hosting the second annual ‘ A Time of Praise and Prayer’ event on January 1, 2022.
Natalie Jervis wins 2022 Hyundai Tucson in Rotary Grand Raffle
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Natalie Jervis of McNamara, Tortola in the Virgin Islands (VI) has walked away the grand prize winner of a brand-new 2022 Hyundai Tucson as part of the Rotary Club of Central Tortola Grand Raffle.
Johnson says UK Gov’t parties will go on amidst surging COVID cases
LONDON, UK - The UK has recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 78,610 reported on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, alone.
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