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VI’s Lynette L. Harrigan bestowed 2023 MBE Honour
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Ms Lynette L. Harrigan, Marketing Manager of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) and former President of the Rotary Club of Tortola has been conferred with a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) as part of the 2023 New Year Honours Overseas and International list.
It is 2023, not 1823 - Time to stand up!
Thomas C. Famous
Around the world, most colonies, have been fed a steady diet of sanitised history for centuries. Historical inaccuracies that had us believing that Columbus actually discovered the “new world,” that there were no Central American civilizations steeped in sciences, or that Sir Francis Drake was a benevolent soul worthy of adoration.
UPDATE: Missing teen Derrion Jackson found & returned to family– RVIPF
MAJOR BAY, Tortola, VI – Information coming out of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, today, December 31, 2022, is that Missing teen Derrion Jackson has been located and returned to his family.
Customs, Immigration & Police to provide extended services over New Year’s Weekend
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In anticipation of increased visitors to the Virgin Islands over the New Year’s weekend, officials from various Government agencies including Customs, Immigration, Police, Treasury, and the BVI Ports Authority are in high gear to provide extended services to facilitate their clearance according to a missive from the Premier’s office.
BVI Post letter box rental fee to increase in 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - BVI Post is alerting its letterbox holders that starting in 2023, the rental fee for their letterboxes will increase.
'I salute you sir'- Hon Turnbull to Premier Wheatley
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has been saluted by Minister for Natural Resources and Labour and Second District Representative, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull for his leadership of the Virgin Islands over the last several months.
American rock band sponsors free skating @ VISAR’s Winter Wonderland today
WICKHAM'S CAY I, Tortola, VI- For persons who have not experienced skating at VISAR's Winter Wonderland at Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, today, December 30, 2022, is the final day to do so, and for free.
Ground breaks for Nov 2023 expected solar power grid on Anegada
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI – The Anegada Hybrid Renewable Energy and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project, originally slated to be completed by November 2021, is now expected to be completed and commissioned by November 2023.
'I had hoped to see @ least one year’s increment in budget’- Hon Maduro-Caines
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Junior Minister for Culture and Tourism, Honourable Alvera Maduro-Caines (R6) has lamented there was no provision in the 2023 Budget for payment of outstanding increments to civil servants.
Update: Two receive keys to brand new Hyundai cars!
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - The two women whose shopping receipts were pulled from among hundreds on December 24, 2022, have received the keys to their brand-new rides in the OneMart Supermarket Christmas promotion.
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