Teachers and students at the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre dressed in brightly coloured socks yesterday March 21, to raise awareness for Down syndrome.

Teachers of grades four and five and Physical Education teachers are meeting this week to develop age-appropriate lessons for the Healthy Lifestyle School Intervention Programme.

The Government of the Virgin Islands will host a Salt Breaking and Gifting Ceremony, to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 90^th Birthday Celebrations.

Teachers and students were encouraged to write and teach poetry in observance of World Poetry Day today, March 21.

Local taxi driver, Mr. Keithley Liburd, is the recipient of an Aquila’s Tour Guide Excellence Training Award. 

Residents who attended the Health Estate Planning Lecture are said to have gained a new perspective of death and dying and the provisions that are to be made in advance of these eventualities.

A debate competition discussing whether foreign investors should be given citizenship based on major investments made in the Territory will be held on Wednesday, March 23.

The Government of the Virgin Islands, through the Immigration Department, will be introducing a new customs and immigration form from Friday, April 1.

A two-day job fair has been organised to assist employees of Rosewood Little Dix Bay who will be affected when the hotel temporarily closes in May for renovations.

More than 4,600 persons in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) evacuated buildings and made their way to high points as part of the annual tsunami simulation exercise, on Thursday, March 17, titled ‘CARIBE WAVE 16’.