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No fear of God? Carrot Bay Methodist Church broken into!
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- With reports of break and entry on the rise in the Virgin Islands, it seems not even the churches are being spared.
Junior ballers get into action Saturday in Hon Fraser Save the Seed League
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- It will be time for the junior basketball players to exhibit their skills and knowledge of the game when the Junior Division of the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League tips off this Saturday September 12, 2015.
Civics in school will benefit the territory- Elton Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “I do think that proper course in civic education and Civics beginning in our schools at a very early stage and continuing through will redound to the benefit of the country, in fact it will begin to produce citizens who are more conscious of civic responsibility,” said former Commissioner of Complaints Mr Elton Georges, CMG, OBE.
More Than Ball delivers on programme goals
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The More than Ball Basketball Skill and Personal Development Clinic, which concluded just before the Easter weekend at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, was hailed as a great success by the Organisation’s Director, Keith “88” Malone.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Chantel E. Malone
By Nikolai J. Earle
This week, our Young Professional is Virgin Islands’ star athlete Chantel E. Malone, a recent gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games held in Mexico, a volunteer and an aspiring pediatrician.
Indiscipline will not be tolerated @ Hon. Julian Fraser STS B/Ball League
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI –“In building character we insist that players be discipline in order to play in the league, we have also established a low threshold for rudeness and misbehavior of any sort, thus [is] our commitment to a programme prepared to implement and execute rules that adhere to a policy built on and around the principles of zero tolerance.”
Hon. Fraser happy with teams’ response to B'ball League
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Third District Representative Honourable Julian Fraser RA is happy with the response to his basketball league tournament which gets underway on August 15, 2014, noting that some 18 teams have signed up and that there were valuable lessons learnt from the inaugural staging of the tournament in 2013.
Students & parents fear retaliation from expelled ESHS students
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With seven students recently expelled from the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), there have now been fears of angry retaliation by some of the expelled (one name called) as parents and students said there have been talks in circles about plots to get at some teachers and students.
ESHS mould problem resolved – Acting Principal Tobin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The issue of mould at the Elmore Stoutt High school (ESHS) is said to have been dealt with and the affected sections of the school have returned to normalcy.
More than Ball- saving lives & improving skills!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The usual youthful wisecracks and nervous laughter soon died down as members of the More Than Ball Basketball Programme were given a serious lesson on life saving techniques yesterday, June 6, 2013 at the Multi Purpose Sports Complex.