News
Digicel announces Go Green Initiative Partnership with Road Town Wholesale
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Digicel BVI today announced a new green initiative along with partner Road Town Wholesale.
Local fishermen urged to preserve environment
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - A phase that by now has become a favourite of Dr. the Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering might be like a recurring decimal in the ears of persons assembled at various forums that he addresses.
Another Minister, another swing – Works Minister takes aim at media
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Against the grain of what surely must have been an otherwise uneventful, yet memorable opening ceremony for the ‘Revitalised’ Crafts Alive Village, came the now seemingly familiar chastisement of media practitioners in the Territory for the way news items were being presented by various media houses.
First Miss Earth BVI Pageant set for June 2013
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The importance of preserving the environment through conservation and other means are quickly sweeping through communities of the Virgin Islands with the most recent crafted initiative being a planned first annual Miss Earth British Virgin Islands Pageant.
Air for sale! - Umoja
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Umoja’s hosts, Cromwell Smith and Natalio Wheatley, while on their local talk show, spoke about the sustainability of the Virgin Islands (VI) and added that the rate at which the people of the VI are going, or in this case, treating their environment, can lead to the very worst, as bad as selling the air that we breathe.
VI neck deep in waste crisis- Hon. Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr. Kedrick Pickering believes the management of solid waste is one of the most important issues affecting the environment of the Virgin Islands.
Businesses seen as key element for Greening Economy
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The importance of businesses being actively involved if the Virgin Islands was to realise its objective of achieving a Green Economy was emphasised this morning February 22, 2012 at the opening of a Seminar on “Greening the Economy towards sustainable development for the BVI”.
Mind-set of people needs to change- TB Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting that change, whether positive or negative, has always been difficult for human beings to observe, Chairman of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB)Neil Blyden says it was imperative that the population of the Virgin Islands condition their minds to sustainable tourism and environmental practices.
Second phase of Environmental Profile Programme for VI launched
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI — Island Resources Foundation (IRF), a non-government environmental leader in the Caribbean since 1972, has launched the second phase of its Virgin Islands Environmental Profile Programme. Research activities will commence in October for Virgin Gorda, to be followed in 2012 by similar efforts for Anegada, a press release from the Foundation stated.
This week we feature Young Professional Dr. Cassander Titley- O’ Neal
Moulding the nation and preserving the environment are two of the very pertinent and important objectives of our featured Young Professional this week.