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J.R. O’Neal Botanical Garden blooms again
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As part of Arbour Day celebrations on Friday, November 30, 2018, The J. R. O’Neal Botanical Garden was formally re-opened, having been destroyed by the hurricanes of 2017 which ravaged the Virgin Islands (VI).
‘Irma Diaries’ brings perspective to Climate Change for Asian Business Leaders
BANGKOK, Thailand, - The Irma Diaries and its message of the dangers of Climate Change, was presented with a ‘human perspective’ on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, to members of the Task Force on Green Business of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Report: 59% USVI children lived in single-parent homes in 2014
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - According to the 2016 USVI Kids Count Data Book published by the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (C.F.V.I) on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, as of 2014, more than half of the territory’s children — 59 percent— were living in single-parent homes, even as the number of children in married-parent families increased to 39 percent.
Oops! SUV hits curb @ Joes Hill
JOES HILL, Tortola, VI – Within the last hour, our roving camera discovered a small Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), that ran up on the side in the area of Joes Hill, on the main island of Tortola.
Oops! Is it a car deal?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: A SUV seems to have ran through a steel fence at Tortola Auto Group (TAG), in the area of Prospect Reef/Fisher's Lane in Road Town, Tortola.
‘Santa’ fetes VI youths for ‘Christmas on DeCastro Street’
ROAD TOWN Tortola VI – 'Santa Claus' proved once again to be the main attraction of the 2018 edition of ‘Christmas on DeCastro Street’ last evening, December 1, 2018, as throngs of youths and adults flooded DeCastro Street, in the heart of Road Town, Tortola, for the close of the two-day event to usher in the 'festive season.'
Poor Governance and Jack the Investor
By Dickson C. Igwe
Investors place their nest egg where there is stability, safety, security, transparency, and predictability. Good governance is critical to Jack the Investor.
Nagico sponsors HLSCC’s 'A Jam for a Cause'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As part of its mandate to support the rebuilding of the Virgin Islands (VI) – following the devastating hurricanes of 2017 – Nagico Insurances presented a sponsorship cheque to the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), to aid in hosting a fundraising musical showcase at its Paraquita Bay Campus, today, Saturday, December 1, 2018.
Christmas on DeCastro Street turns 20
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The 2018 edition of Christmas on ‘DeCastro’ Street marked its 20th anniversary today, November 30, 2018, and will be celebrated in reverence of the late Honourable Delores Lettsome-Christopher, the former District Five Representative.
BVI cops two individual awards ahead of Mrs Globe finals
SHENZHEN, China, Asia – Mrs British Virgin Islands (BVI), Zoe J. Walcott, has copped two individual prizes ahead of the Saturday, December 1, 2018, finals of the Mrs Globe Pageant, venued in Shenzhen, China.
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