On Monday afternoon at Elmore Stoutt High School, three students and two teachers watched closely as a three-foot-tall robot named Odin manoeuvred a blue rubber ball across the electronics room. …
September 23, 2024
April 12, 2024
Light wind tests sailors at regatta
Light winds put sailors’ skills to the test during the 51st year of the BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival. But they didn’t let that stop them from racing. “Everyone …
April 4, 2024
60-plus boats to face off at regatta
The 51st BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival is under way, and everyone is invited. “We’re aware we’re known for sailing, and we’re famous for that, and now we want …
March 9, 2024
In a first, surfers rep VI abroad
Alongside surfing greats like Gabriel Medina and John John Florence, three young men from the Virgin Islands faced off against some of the world’s best surfers last month in Puerto …
February 22, 2024
VI surfers to compete in Puerto Rico
After the hasty formation of the territory’s first national surfing organisation, three Virgin Islands surfers are headed to Puerto Rico today for a contest that could give them a shot …
February 19, 2024
BFEC wins first round of debate competition
Bregado Flax Educational Centre emerged victorious in the preliminary round of the 2024 Inter-Secondary School Debates on Friday at the New Testament Church of God International Worship Centre Activity Hall, …
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December 18, 2023
Virgin Gorda gets in holiday spirit
Vendors lined Lee Road in Spanish Town on Friday and Saturday to give Virgin Gorda residents their counterpart to Road Town’s Christmas in the City the previous weekend. As fungi …
October 9, 2023
Students to compete in robotics contest, team to travel to Singapore
A team of four students from the Virgin Islands will compete in an Olympic-style robotics competition from Saturday through Tuesday in Singapore. Amani Brown, Denae Scatliffe-Chalwell and Jayron Gibson of …
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August 19, 2021
EDITORIAL: Kudos to Virgin Islands Olympians
This month, Virgin Islands Olympians brought a ray of sunshine to the territory during a dark time. For the first time in VI history, athletes from here qualified for the …
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