Two Virgin Islands police officers recently travelled to Bermuda for an eight-week “train-the-trainer” programme designed to boost armed policing capabilities across the British overseas territories. Now the pair — Sergeant …
July 9, 2025
June 6, 2025
Controlling powers urged to back territories
The United Kingdom and other “administering powers” should set aside their national interest to support self-determination for the Virgin Islands and the 16 other non-independent territories they control, according to …
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February 18, 2025
Public officers trained to assess water quality
As part of ongoing efforts to assess the territory’s marine environment, more than 20 of the government’s environmental and technical officers recently completed training in water-quality monitoring, data analysis and …
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June 3, 2024
Premier, health minister at SIDS conference
Can small island developing states like the Virgin Islands meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? This question is among the main discussion topics on the agenda this …
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April 29, 2024
Girlguiding saved in overseas territories
On a recent Saturday morning at the West End Community Centre, about a dozen girls danced and sang karaoke while their peers coloured quietly or chatted. Sleeping bags, pillows and …
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March 20, 2020
Tortola travellers took flight linked to COVID-19 cases
Though no cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Virgin Islands, government officials here were working early this week to track down passengers who shared a plane from London …
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July 30, 2019
LETTER — Founder defends Montserrat med school
By DR. ORIEN TULP The University of Science, Arts and Technology Montserrat is a Caribbean-based medical school that has graduated a greater proportion of non-traditional and minority medical doctors …
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July 16, 2019
As Montserrat medical school sanctioned, founder launching another in the VI
SPECIAL REPORT Dr. Orien Tulp, the founder and president of the University of Science, Arts and Technology in Montserrat, has big plans for the Virgin Islands. He and his team …
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