Minister for Education and Culture, Honourable Myron V. Walwyn, has announced that the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Celebrations will be held from Saturday March 31 to April 2.

The book Irma Diaries: Compelling Survivor Stories from The Virgin Islands was launched earlier this week. 

The public is invited to the book launch ceremony for, ‘The Irma Diaries’, a book which takes readers through the impact of the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Atlantic history,  through compelling and very personal survivor stories from the Virgin Islands.

‘The Irma Diaries’, a book produced by local author, Ms. Angela Burnett, will officially be launched at the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre, on Tuesday, December 19 at 5:00 p.m.

The public is notified that a storytelling series by cultural icon, Mr. Elmore Stoutt, OBE will air on ZBVI 780 at 7:00 p.m. today, tomorrow and Thursday, November 23.

The Department of Culture will observe its annual Virgin Islands Culture and Heritage Week under the theme, “Reflections of Our Virgin Islands Culture: Then & Now” with the subtheme, “Living the Culture”.

This morning I was hit with some sad news when I learnt of the passing of Business Entrepreneur Mr. Aubrey Levons, owner of Big Bamboo Restaurant on Anegada.

The public is informed that the Local Authors’ Book Fair scheduled for Friday, September 8, has been postponed due to the expectancy of Hurricane Irma.

All booth owners are asked to remove all erected booths, dismantled structures and/or materials from the Festival Grounds in Road Town.

The public is notified that the ceremony for the launch of the book, ‘Twice She Struck: A Story of the RMS Rhone’ is now available online for viewing.