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Ms V. Inez Archibald to deliver keynote address to 2018 HLSCC graduating class
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - Approximately 100 students will graduate when the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), holds its 25th commencement exercise on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 4:00 PM, under the Tent on the lawns of the Paraquita Bay Campus.
HLSCC puts ‘hiring-freeze’ in place to cope with annual $2M shortfall
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - All is not well at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) since, not only has the College seen a shortfall of about $2 million every year for the past four years, there is now in place an ‘unofficial’ freeze in the hiring of persons at the educational institution.
VI’s legal luminaries for ‘rap-session’ on ‘public registers’ woes
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - The United Kingdom’s (UK) Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering (S/AML) Bill, has been met with a defiant Virgin Islands (VI)—a UK Overseas Territory (OT)—but many residents are unclear on the specific implications and consequences of the decision.
7 women sign up for free construction courses to help rebuild VI
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - Who said the rebuilding of the Territory after the devastation of Hurricane is a man's job? Seven women signed up for the free construction recovery training programme at the orientation held at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) in Paraquita Bay on Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
Clive Petrovic In again! @ HLSCC; Locals pushed out!
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- It was around the first term of the National Democratic Party Government [2003-2007] when they made an attempt to restructure the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC).
Dr Cassander P. Titley-O’Neal Out! Abruptly resigns from HLSCC
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) continues to be in the news for not only the lack of government funding, late faculty and staff payments, and mold in its buildings, but also locals seem to want out while others can’t get in.
Another late payment hits HLSCC
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- It was this news site that first and accurately reported on November 15, 2016 that the state owned H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) was having financial challenges paying its staff and faculty on time.
HLSCC struggles to pay staff!
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The local media, the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP), civil society, and talk show hosts have continued to claim that the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) regime of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith raided the Treasury, leaving the country broke to win the 2015 snap election.
Building HLSCC on farm lands was a plan to sideline agricultre- Ulric Scatliffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Host of the radio programme A look at the Community on ZBVI 780 AM, Mr Ulric Scatliffe said the decision to build the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on prime agricultural land in Paraquita Bay, was a “deliberate” attempt by Government to put agriculture on the back burner.
'Driver' shot @ Paraquita Bay
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information reaching our newsroom is that there was a shooting incident in Paraquita Bay early this morning, September 20, 2016 and at least one person was injured.