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February 24, 2025

Education ministry took nine trips last year

With a budget of $157,837.94, the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports went on nine overseas trips in 2024, according to EYAS Minister Sharie de Castro. Ms. de Castro …

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by Allison Vaughn
February 6, 2025

Opposition trio launches ‘alliance’

In a cramped room last Thursday morning at Maria’s by the Sea, three opposition members pitched a new solution to the stagnation they said has bogged down both sides of …

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by Rushton Skinner
August 23, 2024

A $13 million mistake

In the 2024 Budget Address last November, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced a Cabinet decision to include about $10 million in this year’s budget to ensure that all public …

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by Allison Vaughn
August 2, 2024

HOA limits Cabinet’s power over contracts

Despite dissent from five opposition members, the House of Assembly narrowly voted on Tuesday to dramatically limit Cabinet’s discretion over contract awards in keeping with recommendations from the 2022 Commission …

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by Allison Vaughn
April 9, 2024

EDITORIAL: Yes to YEP

At a time when too many young people in the Virgin Islands are being left behind, the Youth Empowerment Project’s new centre in Virgin Gorda will mark a major accomplishment …

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by BVI Beacon
March 15, 2024

QEII Park roadwork at standstill

The Public Works Department spent $180,743 on roadwork alongside the Queen Elizabeth II Park before workers discovered shallow utility lines and a high water table that have stalled the project, …

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by Rushton Skinner
March 11, 2024

Long-delayed rights watchdog in the works

For more than 15 years, successive governments have been promising to establish the Human Rights Commission provided for in the 2007 Constitution. But the initiative has been delayed again and …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 6, 2023

Opposition comes out swinging

The new opposition members presented a united front while making their first public appearance together on April 27 during a press conference. Expressing collective frustration, they gave a blow-by-blow account …

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by Dana Kampa
March 22, 2021

Members appointed to education board

As community members debate issues like incorporating more Virgin Islands history into school curriculums, a new group of advisors will be there to provide guidance on the future of education …

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by Dana Kampa
December 19, 2018

Youth Empowerment Project seeks to expand with help of Boys & Girls Clubs of America

In the next few years, there could be a crisis among some of the youths of Virgin Gorda, according to Glenn Permuy, senior vice president of the Boys & Girls …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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