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March 14th, 2024
USVI: Teacher struck by student, another followed home

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Following a teacher job action at the Lockhart K-8 School on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, which resulted in the early release of students from grades 4 to 8, the [[US] VI Department of Education has issued a statement addressing the recent disturbances. The job action is attributed to teachers expressing concerns over working conditions and disciplinary issues with students.

April 14th, 2017
This Week We Feature Young Professional Travis M. Walters

He was raised in the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands and now resides in the United States of America. Having experienced both sides of the world he truly testifies, “now that I live abroad, I realise all the qualities that I took for granted.”

March 25th, 2017
This Week We Feature Young Professional Kishelle D. Parsons

This week’s young professional has chosen a career that is important to any society and has made the sacrifice of leaving her comfort zone and home, the Virgin Islands, to get the necessary training and knowledge so that she can return to proudly make her contribution to the territory.

January 30th, 2015
Nikita H. Naval pleads not guilty stealing cellphone

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Nikita H. Naval on January 28, 2015 told the Magistrate’s Court that at the age of 20 years he is a fifth form student of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) and that he was born in St Lucia but could not say how long he has been living in the Territory, as he pleaded not guilty to a charge of theft.

March 30th, 2014
Last-ditch bid to keep student Yashika Bageerathi in UK

BBC News

Lawyers are set to make a last attempt to block the removal of a Mauritian student who is due to be deported.

November 23rd, 2013
UPDATE: Child hit on crosswalk discharged from hospital

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The school child who was hit by a vehicle while attempting to cross the road on Waterfront Drive, Road Town on November 22, 2013 has been discharged from hospital.

April 26th, 2012
Student loses part of a finger in “school accident”

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – This morning April 26, 2012, a student of the Enid Scatliffe Pre-Primary lost a piece of his finger when a door reportedly slammed into it at the school.

February 21st, 2012
Magistrate denies application for Evans’ case to be heard in HC

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After a lengthy submission by Dr. J S Archibald, QC on behalf of Gary Evans, a former high school teacher found guilty of fondling a student in 2010, to have the matter transferred to the High Court for human rights reason – it was denied yesterday afternoon, February 20, 2012 by Magistrate Tamia Richards.

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