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Expect a ‘fun-filled’ VG Easter Festival weekend 2022 – Dirk L. Walters
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Held annually during the Easter weekend, the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival 2022 is named after Raul “Jougo” Sprauve and is currently off to a full swing with a number of events, including family-focused activities and entertainment.
Politics, Representative Democracy and Virgin Islands
Edgar Leonard
The next VI General Election is constitutionally due no later than February 2023 unless the incumbent government decides to call the election sooner.
Queen's Baton Relay to tour VI ahead of 2022 Commonwealth Games
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC) in its capacity as the Commonwealth Games Association (BVICGA) will host the upcoming Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in the Virgin Islands (UK) on Tuesday, May 3 and Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
VI’s rebirth a constant source of excitement- Hon Flax-Charles
GUN CREEK, Virgin Gorda, VI- Jr Minister for Trade and Economic Development, Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) says seeing the VI return to normalcy has been a constant source of excitement, as a representative of the people whose first love is for the country.
Premier Fahie announces more tax cuts on cement, propane gas imports
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced further tax reduction on the price of cement and gas to mitigate the effects of rising global costs on prices in the VI, as a result of COVID-19 and the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
UK still holding everyone to a different set of rules– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has once again called out the double standards of the United Kingdom (UK) Government of Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson for having one set of rules for its officials and another for everyone else.
Tortola, Sister Islands to each get ‘Talent Extravaganza’– Hon Smith
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Deputy Speaker in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Neville A. Smith (AL) has announced the launch of a series of Talent Extravaganzas throughout the Virgin Islands, with the first held on Virgin Gorda.
Captain Owen G. Harrigan Visitor Center re-opens on VG
GUN CREEK, Virgin Gorda, VI- Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has declared re-opened, the Captain Owen G. Harrigan Visitor Centre in Gun Creek, Virgin Gorda.
CoI was public & report should be public in its entirety– Hon Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Opposition Leader in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has called out the Governor John J. Rankin’s withholding of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Report while underscoring that the CoI was public and so should be its report.
‘It’s anybody's democratic right to run’- Dr Wheatley on Dr Pickering contesting D7
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley said with regards to Dr. Kedrick D. Pickering contesting District 7 once more, he said the former Deputy Premier has a democratic right to run for office again.