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BVIEC & HLSCC advance hands-on technical training through MOU
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- The British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) and the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) are continuing to strengthen technical education and workforce development through their ongoing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with the first cohort of students expected to begin hands-on training next fall semester on Diesel Engine 11 at BVIEC’s Long Bush facility.
More than 300 USVI-based vessels gone or set to leave- Project Fair Waters
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Project Fair Waters is calling for a coordinated US-UK framework for the regional charter market after the Office of the United States Trade Representative identified the Virgin Islands’ (VI) vessel licensing fee structure as a foreign trade barrier to the US Virgin Islands (USVI).
Junior Ministers to get new title; To be called ‘Minister of State’- HoA Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - When the Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7)-led delegation travels to London to negotiate a new constitution, it will seek a new title change for Junior Ministers.
June 30, 2026 a public holiday; 250th Anniversary of freedom of Long Look people
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands is this year commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the freedom of the people of Long Look Estate, celebrated from 1776 to 2026, with a public holiday.
Phase 1 of Derelict Vessel Project @ SCB Harbour complete
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- The first phase of the Derelict Vessels Removal and Disposal Project was completed in March 2026, when the final vessel of the 33 derelict vessels identified was removed from Sea Cows Bay Harbour.
'Wisdom did not prevail' @NDP elections- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said the membership of the National Democratic Party (NDP) made the second-best decision during their internal elections last weekend.
Constitutional Negotiating Committee members named; No place for Walwyn!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands has disclosed the names of the persons appointed to the Constitutional Negotiating Committee, which is expected to travel to London this year to hammer out a new constitution on behalf of the Virgin Islands.
‘No!’ to same-sex marriage in VI- HoA Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Any same-sex couples living in or travelling to the Virgin Islands (VI) with any ideas of marrying, better look elsewhere.
Premier Wheatley expresses frustration with UK over delay of airport expansion
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has expressed frustration over the delay in the expansion of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, attributed to a request from the United Kingdom (UK) government for additional studies.
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Kamla broadsides CARICOM’s management as 'dysfunctional, dishonest & incompetent'
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The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar has slammed the management of the CARICOM Secretariat as “dysfunctional, dishonest and incompetent”.
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