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Tickets will be issued to motorists who park on lay-bys in RT- RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– With the Festival Grounds modifications, the Road Town Shuttle Service in place and the reposting of no parking signs, Police will be issuing tickets to motorists in no-parking zones around Road Town.
'Heritage' apologises to Dr the Hon Wheatley on air
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - Tola Radio VI host Floyd Burnett aka 'Heritage' has apologised to Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) for perceived disrespectful comments made about him in the past.
'We have people who should be automatically slotted in' as Deputy CoP- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Talk show host and clergyman Claude O. Skelton-Cline has expressed concern that the vacancy for Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is being advertised, including internationally, when there are qualified locals who could have just been slotted in.
Woman attacked by dog near bank in RT
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There have been reports of dog attacks in the Virgin Islands happening mostly in residential areas; however, a recent dog attack allegedly occurred in a busy commercial area of Road Town, the capital city.
USVI closer to removing visa restrictions for C’bean nationals
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The US Congress House Judiciary Committee has approved The Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act, in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and the bill if further approved, would allow visitors from the Caribbean to receive a non-immigrant visitor visa exemption to enter the US Virgin Islands, for up to 45 days.
Upcoming ‘Think Tank BVI’ initiative to foster VI youth development – Hon Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Speaker in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Neville A. Smith (AL) while providing an update on a number of projects has indicated that his idea to create a local Think Tank in the VI has materialized into a new quasi-independent group called “Think Tank BVI” soon to be realised.
Gov’t, BVITB makes $35K donation towards VI’s 2022 CARIFTA Games athletes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) along with the BVI Tourist Board has collaborated to make a $35K donation to the team heading to the 49th CARIFTA Games to be held in Jamaica from 15-19 April, 2022.
Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers across VI today, April 9, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With moderate to fresh wind speeds persisting across the Caribbean region as a surface high pressure dominates the area, a few passing showers could also develop across the Virgin Islands according to the local Department of Disaster Management (DDM).
Jack the prosperity destroyer
By Dickson C. Igwe
Now, rising inflation diminishes the economic and social well-being of consumers, especially people on fixed incomes: employees, retirees, students on scholarships, small business owners of nonessential products and services, unemployed consumers on social benefits.
Premier justifies calls for business donations towards ESHS redevelopment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has reiterated and justified calls for businesses to make donations to the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) re-building project, while highlighting that the plea for donation comes as the cost of building materials has increased significantly since the original RDA contract.
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