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Seemingly lazy young men just need vocational training – Cromwell Smith
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - ZBVI Radio Host Cromwell Smith aka ‘Edju En Ka’, who hosts the weekly Umoja Talk show, said seemingly lazy youths in the Virgin Islands (VI) who are unproductive may just need to be offered trade opportunities and vocational training to excel.
Farmers & Fishers’ Week 2021 culminates with Exhibition & Market Day
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The curtains came down on the Farmers and Fishers’ Week 2021 with an Exhibition & Market Day at Paraquita Bay, Tortola today, May 1, 2021.
‘Farmers & Fishers week’ 2021 to honour local industry players - Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – 'Farmers & Fishers’ Week 2021 will be centred around honouring local fishers and farmers according to the Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
New fishing complex will be built @ Paraquita Bay- Dr the Hon Wheatley
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said the new fisheries/agricultural complex will be constructed in Paraquita Bay, Tortola, and is in the design phase.
Police Sergeant O’Neal Bakker called to the Bar of England & Wales
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Juggling police work, family commitments and legal studies was quite a challenge for Sergeant O’Neal Bakker but his determination of achieving his dream has resulted in him being called to the Bar of England and Wales.
Local law firm adopts Enis Adams Primary School
MEYERS ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Local law firm Kobre & Kim (BVI) LP has joined the Adopt-A-School fraternity and is the new parent of the Enis Adams Primary School located in Meyers Estate.
3ft distancing in classrooms to be proposed to Cabinet- Dr the Hon Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- School children in the Virgin Islands could be allowed to sit 3 feet apart instead of 6 feet in classrooms if Cabinet gives the green light on the proposal, according to Deputy Premier and Education Minister, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
VI’s Rikkoi A. R. Brathwaite named Big Ten Men’s Track Athlete of the Year!
ROSEMONT, Illinois, USA – Virgin Islands’ speedster Rikkoi A. R. Brathwaite was named the Men’s Track Athlete of the Year when the Big Ten Conference announced the 2021 Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field postseason award recipients on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, as selected by the conference’s head coaches.
Agriculture & Fisheries Marketing Authority Bill being drafted – Dr the Hon Wheatley
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The final drafting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Marketing Authority Bill is underway.
‘Is UK morally superior to the people of the VI?’– Dr Wheatley asks
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – While questioning the moral authority of the United Kingdom (UK) to call a Commission of Inquiry on the Virgin Islands (VI), Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said he does not fear a transparent Inquiry.
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