Think BVI and you’re most likely already thinking sunshine, white sandy beaches and sailing adventures. But there’s more to the group of islands known as “Nature’s Little Secrets.” And some of those secrets are stories told via the Virgin Islands’ historical sites. The Territory’s dynamic past includes stories about the earliest known settlers, to European […]
What is Arrowroot? Arrowroot is a food starch that has been cultivated for thousands of years. The Arawak who were native to the Caribbean originally named it aru-aru meaning the ‘meal of meals’. These native Caribbean islanders put the plant to great use in cooking and various other applications. The common name ‘Arrowroot’ is derived […]
“Sing a song Full of Faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song Full of the hope that the present has brought us” James Weldon Johnson Ethnobotany is the study of how people and cultures interact with plants. It intersects culture, medicine, and mythology. In this article, we continue the discussion […]
With glow sticks around their necks, in the form of glasses, on shoes or anywhere they felt fitting, many adults and children from across the island of Tortola, Virgin Islands came together on the evening of April 6th where they took to the streets from Pasea Estate towards Waterfront Drive in support of a worthy […]
After planning for several weeks on just what business venture that they would get into, students of the Smart Mart Tutorial Academy’s Discovery Camp got a taste of being real entrepreneurs. The Academy’s walls were bursting at the seams with activity as customers from far and near came to its Lower Estate’s location on Wednesday […]
Media censorship happens in many major countries like the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Ethiopia. Should it also be done in the democratic British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands too? But just what is media censorship? In a nutshell, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) […]
Tackling the topic “Gay marriage harms the institution of traditional marriage” on the opposing end, the St. Georges Secondary School, represented by three dynamic female students swept home the win in the Ministry of Education and Culture Inter-Secondary Schools’ Debate 2017 preliminary round which got underway at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium at the H. […]
The hyped, humid interiors of the Sir Breircliffe Hall rose to a crescendo when history was made with the first crowning of the Mister and Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) on January 21, 2017. 17-year-old Mya A. Walwyn and 18-year-old Calden K.A. James were victorious in the close to four-hour long battle for […]
For one week, the general public will get a chance to be up close and personal with the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Service as it relates to fire safety awareness. Chief Fire Officer Zebalon A. McLean said the Fire Safety Week was conceptualized 20, out of the 30 years that the Virgin Islands Fire […]
