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Ground breaks for YEP building @ Handsome Bay on VG
HANDSOME BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- It was labelled a “Red Letter Day” in Virgin Gorda yesterday, March 23, 2024, when ground was broken for a building to house the Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) at Handsome Bay on Virgin Gorda.
NEOC building expected to be completed within 4th quarter of 2024
McNAMARA, Tortola, VI- The construction of the new National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) in McNamara, Tortola is progressing, with the concrete roof pour now complete.
After 5 yrs & 1 term, Senior ESHS students return to main campus tomorrow
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After 5 years and 1 term, senior students of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), along with their teachers, will return to the main campus tomorrow, January 4, 2023, and officially end the shift system that has been in place since 2017, when the school was devasted by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Change of plans: New JvD Primary to be located on the ‘hillside’– Dr the Hon Wheatley
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Minister for Education Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries, and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (D7) has announced that there has been a change of plans which will see the new Jost van Dyke Primary school constructed on the hillside.
Carrot Bay SDA Church breaks ground for ‘modern’ church building
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- Several months after the iconic church building, which was damaged by Hurricane Irma in September 2017, was torn down; members of the Carrot Bay Seventh-day Adventist Church broke ground for a new church building on Sunday, August 16, 2020.
BFEC in dire need of another building as numbers increase
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Despite the fact that school opens this year with the Bregado Flax Educational Centre- Secondary Division being housed in a new and fully furnished building, an appeal has been launched for the speedy refurbishing of a second building that was damaged by the hurricanes of September 2017.