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April 1st, 2023
Jehovah’s Witnesses hosting conference to combat 'pessimism' in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –The Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization is hosting a conference targeting persons in the Virgin Islands (VI) who may be facing uncertainty about the future or may be experiencing pessimism it according to the organization.

April 1st, 2023
New VI asphalt plant to significantly reduce road paving costs

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The new Asphalt plant of the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is now on schedule to be commissioned by the end of the second quarter of 2023 according to the Director of the Public Works Department, Mr. Jeremy W. Hodge.

April 1st, 2023
The 800-pound gorilla in the room

Dickson C. Igwe

In the heat of the Virgin Islands General Election Campaign, the one matter that appears overlooked, amidst the thrusts, hustings, and rhetorical shuffling of electioneering, is how politicians intend to fulfill the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry.

March 31st, 2023
VI must 'sit around table with UK' on borrowing money– Hon Penn

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - Leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has indicated that should the National Democratic Party (NDP) be elected into office, his team will be seeking to borrow money at better terms to build the local economy.

March 30th, 2023
Mariners given ‘tool’ to report suspicious activity to police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) today, Thursday, March 30, 2023, launched the Operation Island Watch, which is intended to offer mariners a tool for reporting suspicious behaviour in and around the Territory’s borders and shorelines.

March 29th, 2023
‘Beginning next week, I will share winner of 2023 Elections’ – Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Clergyman and social commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has promised to release, in due time, the names of who will win the 2023 elections in the Virgin Islands.

March 28th, 2023
Radio host slams Deputy Governor as an ‘embarrassing failure’

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Tola Radio VI 100.5 FM radio host Floyd Burnett aka 'Heritage' has slammed the Deputy Governor of the Virgin Islands, Mr David D. Archer Jr, as a failure in his job.

March 28th, 2023
Virgin Islander Dr Haldane F. Davies officially installed as UCC President

KINGSTON, Jamaica- [British] Virgin Islander Dr Haldane Floyd Davies, Ph.D. has been officially installed as President of the Jamaica-based University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), less than a year after his appointment to the post.

March 28th, 2023
Hon Maduro-Caines accuses Walwyn of 'stifling' her plans for D6

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Sixth District Representative Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines has been drawn into an exchange of words with the man labeled as one of the most divisive legislators to ever enter the Virgin Islands House of Assembly, Myron V. Walwyn.

March 28th, 2023
Premier vows to repeal HoA Retirement Act & consult independent body

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has vowed to repeal the House of Assembly’s Retiring Allowances Legislative Service Amendment Act 2021, and even suggested that an independent body should be tasked with creating a pension plan.

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