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Police Sergeant O’Neal Bakker called to the Bar of England & Wales
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Juggling police work, family commitments and legal studies was quite a challenge for Sergeant O’Neal Bakker but his determination of achieving his dream has resulted in him being called to the Bar of England and Wales.
Local law firm adopts Enis Adams Primary School
MEYERS ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Local law firm Kobre & Kim (BVI) LP has joined the Adopt-A-School fraternity and is the new parent of the Enis Adams Primary School located in Meyers Estate.
3ft distancing in classrooms to be proposed to Cabinet- Dr the Hon Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- School children in the Virgin Islands could be allowed to sit 3 feet apart instead of 6 feet in classrooms if Cabinet gives the green light on the proposal, according to Deputy Premier and Education Minister, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
VI’s Rikkoi A. R. Brathwaite named Big Ten Men’s Track Athlete of the Year!
ROSEMONT, Illinois, USA – Virgin Islands’ speedster Rikkoi A. R. Brathwaite was named the Men’s Track Athlete of the Year when the Big Ten Conference announced the 2021 Big Ten Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field postseason award recipients on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, as selected by the conference’s head coaches.
Agriculture & Fisheries Marketing Authority Bill being drafted – Dr the Hon Wheatley
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The final drafting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Marketing Authority Bill is underway.
‘Is UK morally superior to the people of the VI?’– Dr Wheatley asks
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – While questioning the moral authority of the United Kingdom (UK) to call a Commission of Inquiry on the Virgin Islands (VI), Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said he does not fear a transparent Inquiry.
VI will be ‘shining example’ of how to manage a pandemic – Dr the Hon Wheatley
CAPPOON'S BAY, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honorable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), while celebrating the legacy of H.L. Stoutt, shone the spotlight on the Virgin Islands' successful fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘We have to get our children back in school’– Hon Penn
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has called on the Fahie administration to now transition the territory’s educational system to full-time schooling and away from the hybrid learning initiative which he says has served its time.
Stalwart educator Claudia Creque passes
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- Word just reaching our newsroom is that one of the Virgin Islands stalwart educators, Mrs Claudia Creque, whom the government school in Anegada is named after, has died.
VI encouraged to fully embrace Black History Month
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Quoting the legendary political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator Marcus M. Garvey, who said a people without knowledge of the past history and their origin and their culture is like a tree without roots and that it cannot stand, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has encouraged the Virgin Islands to
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