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VI students heading to Singapore for Int'l Robotics Challenge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Four students from two schools in the Virgin Islands have been selected to participate in the annual international Global Robotics Challenge from October 7 to 10, 2023, to be held in Singapore.
US, North Korean leaders meet for first time in history
VI CONSORTIUM
United States President Donald Trump made history on Tuesday June, 12, 2018 in Singapore, by becoming the first American President, to shake hands and hold direct talks with a sitting North Korean leader, a feat that had eluded his predecessors for seven decades.
‘We don’t want to be a Singapore or a Hong Kong’- Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Retired civil servant and respected talk show host Mr Doug Wheatley recently recalled that the Virgin Islands did not have a lot of money in the 1950s and 60s but there were lots of love among the people and things were going well, “and people were not hungry because we used to share. That happiness continued into the 70s.”
Building a healthy domestic market
By Dickson Igwe
A healthy domestic market is crucial to GDP growth and social stability. A healthy and dynamic local market protects against the vagaries of the global economy. In today’s unpredictable economic environment possessing a strong and robust internal economy is a rendition to wisdom in national governance.
Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies at 91
BBC NEWS
Lee Kuan Yew, the statesman who transformed Singapore from a small port city into a wealthy global hub, has died at the age of 91.
AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 to Singapore missing
BBC NEWS
An AirAsia Indonesia airliner flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board has gone missing.
Singapore haze hits record high from Indonesia fires
BBC NEWS
Pollution levels reached a new record high for a third day in a row in Singapore, as smoky haze from fires in Indonesia shrouded the city state.