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December 2nd, 2012
SwagCrew unveils trendy urban menswear store

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Clothing trendsetters now have more variety on offer in the way of cool menswear with the opening of the new SwagCrew Male Urban Clothing store at Botanic Station in Road Town today, December 1, 2012.

November 30th, 2012
Scotiabank named Global Bank of the Year

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Scotiabank yesterday November 29, 2012 received recognition as Global Bank of the Year from The Banker magazine, a Financial Times publication. The Bank was also recognized in seven other categories, including Bank of the Year for the Americas. This is the first time a Canadian bank has been recognized in either category.

November 26th, 2012
Biras Creek records an Award Winning year

NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI - Biras Creek Resort, the luxury property located in North Sound, Virgin Gorda, has received a record-setting number of accolades in 2012 in recognition of its excellence in global travel and tourism. The most recent award from the world renowned Condé Nast Johansens brings to eight the number of awards received by the resort this year.

November 25th, 2012
UPDATE: Opening ceremony for NBVI new location still a few weeks off- NBVI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Bank of the Virgin Islands (NBVI) has moved to its new home in the Norbert ‘Fix it’ Wheatley Building effective today, Monday November 26, 2012, a story firstly and accurately reported some three months ago by Virgin Islands News Online.

November 24th, 2012
UPDATE: Claude Skelton-Cline approved to head BVI Ports Authority!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As was firstly and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online some two weeks ago, Claude Skelton-Cline has been earlier this week approved by the Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith’s Cabinet to become the Managing Director of the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority.

November 24th, 2012
Dangers for small West Indian States

By Dickson Igwe

Sir Ronald Sanders, Caribbean Diplomat and Journalist, made a crucial assertion in a November 16, 2012, Op ED piece, in the social news media, Caribdirect. The story was titled: ‘’CARIBBEAN IN GREATEST CRISIS SINCE INDEPENDENCE.’’

November 23rd, 2012
Letter to the Editor

By M. Anna Nimos

Change is never without its casualties. Check how many items of personal effects get broken, misplaced or dumped when you are moving from one place to another. No matter how hard you may try to keep things intact, something will not make it to the new destination. Sometimes things are sitting in one place for so long without any ‘disturbance’, only being held together by the law of gravity, that as soon as you touch them they fall apart, and all you can do is discard the crumbled bits and

November 23rd, 2012
Funds deposited without having been verified- VIF&F Report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: The lightning rod report presented by Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&F), Mr. Marvin Blyden, continues to strike.

November 22nd, 2012
Green Global project will reposition VI in international marketplace - BVITB

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Going green and becoming probably the first destination in the Caribbean to have a complete sustainable tourism programme is going to be a fantastic opportunity for repositioning the Virgin Islands (VI) in the international marketplace.

November 21st, 2012
Scotiabank Gets Onboard ‘BVI Business Outlook” 2013

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Scotiabank has announced its sponsorship of the 2013 BVI Business Outlook Conference. The event which is an A-rated business conference attracts the top economists, local and international business leaders as well as several high ranking government officials.

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