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 …
August 23, 2024
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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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 …
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, …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
