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VG sees 'youthful' Easter Monday Parade
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The 2025 edition of the Virgin Gorda Easter Monday Parade appeared to be the changing of the guards, as it was more of a youthful parade on April 21, 2025.
Bring back ‘the village’ to help our children- Hon de Castro
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has said bringing back the village mentality in the community is an important element to raising the children of the Virgin Islands (VI).
Losing our ambition, freedom, youth & country
Alred C. Frett
Turning Bad Conclusions into Good Solutions:
We are in the last days of the 1st Month in a New Year, and those who survived the past year may give thanks and praise to their leaders and Gods of mercy, while those who did not, may have a totally different opinion... It may be nice to be optimistic, but we live in a real World, and we should reason according to the evidence... Our failure to make it what it could be, means that others will make it what it shouldn’t be.
Youth gunned down in Purcell Estate
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- A 20-year-old male was shot to death in Purcell Estate around 1:40 AM on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
Hon Mather assures YEP’s expansion to VG won’t compete with existing programmes
THE VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Honourable Stacy M. Mather (AL) has given the assurance that the expansion of the Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) to Virgin Gorda is not to compete with existing programmes there.
Future Fund application now open through Governor's Office
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI-Applications for the Future Fund is now being accepted by the Governor’s Office until September 20, 2024.
High migration, child poverty & crime threaten future of USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- “If there were ever a moment for us to stop and pivot, this is the moment.” That was the warning from Deanna James, president of the St. Croix Foundation, who recently apprised lawmakers of findings from the 2023 Kids Count Data Book.
225 youngsters employed in territory-wide beautification project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- 225 youngsters between the ages of 11 and 17 are being engaged in a beautification project across the Territory.
Youth & Capital
Dickson C. Igwe
The story of capital and social inequality offers the assertion that in a world ruled by capital, it is imperative young Virgin Islanders and residents understand economics and finance.
UPDATE: Bakimba George is youth who died in Anegada boat accident
SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI- With next of kin adequately notified, our news centre can now disclose that the young man who died in a boat accident at Anegada last evening, May 17, 2023, is Bakimba George.

