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Parents protest ‘deplorable’ condition of JvD Primary School
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – Parents of the Jost van Dyke Primary School were this morning, October 31, 2023, forced to protest the “deplorable” condition of the school.
ESHS teachers reached ‘point of a rock & a hard place’- Union President
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- President of the BVI Teachers Union Sean Henry says following a meeting with Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), the next step following Friday’s sit-in by teachers at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) is to compile a report and have it sent to the Premier for action.
ESHS teachers stage ‘sit-in’ protest over working conditions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the fifth day of the new school year, teachers of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) are protesting working conditions at the school.
1FirstBank ‘denies the allegations of Betteto Frett’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Amidst public protests against 1FirstBank by local businessman Betteto Frett, 1FirstBank has finally broken its silence.
Betteto Frett takes protest against 1FirstBank to the streets!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Local businessman Betteto Frett, in taking his protest against 1FirstBank to the streets, has stated he is preparing to head to the court once again to challenge the selling of his restaurant and entertainment centre, which he alleges the bank should have no right to sell.
Petition against open burning @ Pockwood Pond nears 600 signatures
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- A petition initiated by residents of the First District to demand a speedy solution to the almost daily landfill fires at Pockwood Pond has garnered close to 600 signatures.
Mini incinerators for waste management are 'nonsense'- Hon Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A proposed plan by former Health Minister Hon Carvin Malone (AL) for mini incinerators to tackle the current waste management issues being experienced in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) was recently shut down by Minister for Health Hon Marlon Penn (R8).
‘I apologise to the people of the First District’- Hon Penn on landfill fires
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After a handful of residents of the First District decided to turn up at the House of Assembly (HoA) this morning, April 17, 2023, to protest the frequent open burning at Pockwood Pond, Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) responded with an apology and a promise to resolve the issues promptly.
D1 residents plan protest outside HoA today over open burning @ Pockwood Pond
WEST END, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching our newsroom is that residents of the First District have had enough of being affected by the almost daily landfill fires at Pockwood Pond and are planning to stage a peaceful protest outside of the House of Assembly in Road Town this morning, April 17, 2023.
Trio protests ‘UK overstepping authority’ in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Convinced that the Governor has been overstepping his authority and that there is a transfer of power to the United Kingdom (UK) despite the local constitution not being suspended, three Virgin Islanders decided to protest outside of the RJT Edifice ahead of a press conference this morning, July 1, 2022.

