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Education Minister announces 'strategic upgrades' for VG & Anegada schools
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL), has announced that, starting in September, the ministry will implement several strategic upgrades to schools in the Ninth District to better accommodate students.
BVIHSA: Funding, staffing & global impacts are the major challenges
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Funding, staffing and global impacts are the three major challenges facing the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA), according to Financial Comptroller Mr Errol Jones.
Education budget rose by ‘$20M in 2 budget cycles’- Hon Sharie B. de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL), has debunked rumours that education in the Virgin Islands is not primarily funded by the public sector.
$101M allocated to Ministry of Communications & Works in 2026 budget
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Ministry of Communications and Works, headed by Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5), is set to receive approximately one hundred and one million, three hundred thousand dollars ($101.3M) to support its programmes and projects set out in the historic 2026 budget of five hundred fifty million, five hundred ninety thousand and fifty-one dollars ($550,590,051).
USVI senators rebuke each other 'in Jesus name' during horse track funding debate
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Tensions flared in the US Virgin Islands Legislature on Thursday, October 30, 2025, after Senator Carla J. Joseph and Novelle A. Francis clashed over Senator Joseph's intention to assess the economic viability of horse racing on St Croix.
The VI funds its operations 100%; UK offers no 'budgetary aid'- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said the Virgin Islands (VI) has been responsible for its own operations for decades.
UK OTs Minister remains 'deeply concerned' about issues identified in policing & customs
LONDON, United Kingdom- Minister of State for Europe, North America and UK Overseas Territories, Stephen J. Doughty has said he remains deeply concerned about a number of issues identified in policing and customs, including the urgent need for the vetting of law enforcement officers to be completed, and has called for more funding for law enforcement agencies.
Sports facility @Diamond Estate still incomplete due to lack of funding- Hon de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI— The Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL), has revealed that her ministry has not yet secured funding for the completion of the basketball and sports facility at Diamond Estate on Tortola.
'We stand firmly behind our athletes in Tokyo'- Hon Sharie B. de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has stated that it is a proud and historic moment for the Virgin Islands to field six athletes at the World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from September 13 to 21, 2026.
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'We will fight for additional funding' for Education- Hon Sharie B. de Castro
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Despite a significant investment of approximately 16 million dollars into the education system of the Virgin Islands, the Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL), has indicated there may be a need to request additional funding from the government.
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