Stores start charging for plastic bags

Just a few days after many supermarkets in the territory started charging 15 cents for plastic grocery bags, shoppers seem to be getting used to the idea.

VI marks beginning of secondary education

A red mini-curtain was mounted on the front of the building that houses the Diabetes Association and the BVI Cancer Society Tuesday evening.

Education Week under way

After an opening ceremony on Sunday, Education Week activities are ongoing under the theme, “Creating a Culture of Excellence through Prevention and Intervention.”

Festival of Arts continues

Decades ago, the Saturday lunch menu in a Virgin Islands home was not complete without fungi and fish, according to Elaine Blyden, a resident of Fahie Hill.

Inmate stabbed at HMP

Wakima Lettsome, who was stabbed with an ice pick at Her Majesty’s Prison last Thursday, was treated at Peebles Hospital and later released, according to police.

BVITB to attend Berlin travel expo

Representatives of the BVI Tourist Board will attend a leading travel show in Berlin, Germany this week.

Waking Tortola’s ‘sleeping giants’

Not surprisingly, most of the tourists who disembarked from the 3,192-passenger cruise ship Ventura on Tuesday morning seemed to have one goal in mind: getting to a beach.

Destination: the past

Inspired by the success of the Lower Estate 1780 Sugar Works Museum, government has plans to promote some of the territory’s other historic locations to visitors and residents alike.