The art that is BVI was honestly worth any obstacle we faced to be approved for travel. The very nature of the British Virgin Islands should be considered a wonder of the world. Before the sun could rise, we were on our way to the airport to catch an early flight. It was all we […]
Music is the language we speak, the sway of our bodies, and the sound of the waves. Our Territory’s rich history and culture are rooted in music. Fungi Music (folk music), the Virgin Islands’ official music, dates back to slavery. It is the music of our Annual Emancipation and every holiday celebration. Due to exposure […]
Write your story. There’s power in that story. Share your own experience! Newly published local author Marva Titley-Smith didn’t have the time or interest in writing before 2015, but she found solace in blogging with her father’s passing. “I started this blog really to process through the pain,” she recalls. “I literally had gotten tired […]
In the eyes of nature, January 1st, 2021 was…well, ‘just another day’. In fact, every New Years Day, Christmas Day, anniversary, birthday, and all other specially recognized dates are ‘just another day’ as far as the creation and the unceasing march of time is concerned. It is we humans who mark, recognize, remember and celebrate […]
With a connection to the BVI High School, the pathway to sitting in the cockpit of an American Airlines Airbus on November 19, 2020, for a trio of BVI pilots from Purcell Estate, Baughers Bay, and East End, while making the Territory’s aviation history, is as diverse in their interests in becoming pilots. Airbus […]
Walden Benjamin has been drawing ever since he can remember. His work speaks volumes about the impressions that cartoons and comics made on him as a child and still make on him today as an adult artist. From his sketches to his finished pieces, the fantastical world of his characters and the surrounding narrative are […]
Wouldn’t it be great if you could make a single call for all your renovation and construction needs? Just imagine it. One call to one company, and in no time at all, you’re well on your way to a successfully completed project. Well, I am here to tell you; a company like this does exist! […]
Cane Garden Bay can be dubbed the ‘Dining Mecca’ of the Virgin Islands with a string of bars and restaurants along the beach from the western end to the east and a few others along the roadside and inland. Some may say that there isn’t room for another, but not Valerie and Kareem Rhymer, who […]
BVIslander Dr. Richard Georges, 38, has spent more than half his life working for the Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Community College HLSCC. 21years, in fact! In fact, from studying Natural Sciences in High School and then getting interested in Graphic Design while on job-training, Richard quickly switched to Computer Science at the college before acquiescing to […]
