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HLSCC Financial Services Institute to be renamed after Dr Mathavious
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - The Financial Services Institute at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) will be renamed the HLSCC Robert Mathavious Institute of Financial Services in honour of financial services stalwart, Dr. Robert A. Mathavious, OBE.
Local taxi driver celebrates son becoming pilot @ age 23
EAST END, Tortola, VI – A local taxi driver, Mr Bob A. Henry, is elated at seeing his son Dillon A. Henry, 23, becoming one of the youngest pilots to fly in the VI.
Gov’t establishing ‘Teacher Education Institute’ by September 2022
DUFF’S Bottom, Tortola, VI – As part of more moves to improve the local education sector, Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced the establishment of a local training institute for VI teachers.
Budget 2022: $8.5M allocated to education infrastructure upgrades
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced a large injection of monies into the local education sector, as part of the Government’s mandate to address the outstanding upgrade needs and other concerns raised by local teachers.
VI ‘now feels like a pressure cooker’- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– ‘Honestly Speaking’ talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said the Virgin Islands (VI) now has several social, political, and business challenges compounded, which he says have now made the territory feel like a "pressure cooker".
Hon de Castro vows to stand with teachers & demand change
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Junior Minister for Tourism and At-Large Representative, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) says she stands with the collective cries of educators across the VI, following recent strike action by some teachers of the Elmore Stoutt High School and other schools over working conditions.
26th Season of Mourant HLSCC College Classic a success
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - The Mourant HLSCC College Classic Series kicked off its 26th year on Saturday, September 25, 2012, at the College’s Paraquita Bay campus with 41 participants in the Open 2 Mile race.
Education Minister sponsoring teachers' ‘Happy Hour’ on Friday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced the hosting of a ‘Happy Hour’ for teachers as part of Teachers' Week 2021.
Walwyn denies knowing wall project scaled back to 'avoid procurement procedures'
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI – Former Legislator and Education Minister under the National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration, Myron V. Walwyn said he continues to struggle to understand how work on an initially estimated $150,000 for 180ft of wall at Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) was scaled back to fall below $100,000, yet the work was still able to be completed at the previous scale for less cash.
CoI: Walwyn grilled on controversial ESHS wall project
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI - Former embattled Minister of Education, Myron V. Walwyn has denied knowledge of some alleged financially irregular sub-projects that fell under the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Wall project led at a cost of $1.6M in 2015. Auditor General Ms Sonia M. Webster in a 2018 report had flagged several irregularities with the project.