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Business bureau to offer loans for cruise ship pier stores
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islanders who are eligible to control and operate a business on their own and who are interested in a future investment in a store that will be located at the new Road Town Cruise ship pier in the next couple of years, would be eligible to receive help from the National Business Bureau (NBB).
VI communities lost in time - Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As time rolls on and the world evolves, new technologies are created, new machinery is introduced, changing everything of the past and making it better, faster and more appealing to the human eye. Just like objects, people change as time goes on, some for the better, while others for the worst.
VI school system needs to be revised & enhanced - Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - For a student to be academically successful in their years attending high school, there are certain key factors that has to be on-point for the learning process to be effective for that student. Factors such as how the subject is being taught and if the person teaching that subject is aware of the ‘knicks and knacks’ of that specific subject.
VI History curriculum needs improvement - Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Many people around the Caribbean including students and teachers alike, when speaking on the topic of ‘Black History’ or History in general, often refer only to the fact that the Tainos and Kalinagos were once inhabitants here, along with details about producing Sugar Cane and having an ancestral background unforgettably linked to slavery.
Historian: We need to take pride in our culture
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islanders should value their culture more before its lost, since it brings dignity and individuality to the Territory, declared historian Dr. Quincy Lettsome on Umoja last evening, May 3, 2012.
Too many young men are turning to criminality – talk show host
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One talk show host is very worried that the young men in the Virgin Islands society is turning more and more to criminality, which could lead to a downward spiral in the community.
How long will contracts be under review? Natalio Wheatley asks
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Talk show hosts Cromwell Smith and Natalio Wheatley are disappointed that Government has still not disclosed anything to the public about the Biwater contract and whether it would be able to get out of the agreement even while work on the project is proceeding at break neck pace.
Disappointment at no statement from elected reps on Black History Month!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Talk show host and public activist Cromwell Smith is disappointed with the absence of elected representatives from the 3rd Annual Tossing of the Wreath Ceremony held on Sunday February 5, 2012 in the vicinity of the cruise ship dock and that no statement has been forthcoming from them.
Mainstream perspective is to disrespect elders & ancestors- Natalio Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While speaking on Black History Month, which is currently being observed in the United States, co-host of last evening February 2, 2012 radio talk show “Umoja” Natalio ‘Sowande Uhuru’ Wheatley said there was a need to honour our elders and ancestors rather than ridicule them.
Is the expat worker being taken advantaged of?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The question of the work ethic of the Virgin Islander came to the forefront on Umoja on Thursday January 26, 2012 where one caller was of the opinion that the issue of locals not getting jobs was not one to do with a bad work ethic but that employers were not keen on employing them because they were comfortable with taking advantage of the expat worker.
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