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March 26th, 2022
Anika Christopher selected to represent VI @ 2022 Commonwealth Games

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Virgin Islands (VI) writer, poet, and publisher, Ms Anika Christopher has been chosen to represent the VI at the Commonwealth Games in May 2022.

March 26th, 2022
VI looking to identify & revive old water sources – Perline R. Scatliffe-Leonard

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Director of the Water and Sewerage Department in the Virgin Islands (VI), Mrs Perline R. Scatliffe-Leonard has said that efforts must be made to identify, and in some cases revive water sources to include wells, catchments and natural areas such as ponds to mitigate the impact of Climate Change.

March 26th, 2022
The return of the inflation beast

Dickson C. Igwe

Investors are wary recession may be on the horizon. Recession is never good for investors or business, as recession means a fall in profits and revenues, which in turn impacts dividends and share prices. Recession means business contraction and job loss.

March 25th, 2022
No EU Blacklisted country have predominately ‘white’ population - T&T Economist

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Following Bermuda and British Virgin Islands (BVI) inclusion in the grey list of European Union non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, analysis from Caribbean Economist Marla Dukharan has found problematic methodologies with how exactly countries make these EU lists.

March 25th, 2022
'People with guns don’t want to give them up' – Bishop Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Pastor at the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline has questioned what effectiveness a recently announced gun amnesty would have to rid the Virgin Islands of illegal guns.

March 24th, 2022
‘I cry for those who are colonised around the world’- Dr the Hon Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries, and Agriculture, Dr The Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has reiterated calls for the end to colonialism around the world, especially for places like the [British] Virgin Islands.

March 24th, 2022
Fire And Rescue Service Receive 16 Heart Defibrillators

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Service is the recipient of 16 much needed lifesaving defibrillators. The devices, which are used to revive the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest, were handed over by His Excellency the Governor, Mr. John Rankin, CMG who was joined by the Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities, Honourable Kye M. Rymer.

March 24th, 2022
Virgin Islanders are the 'greatest impediment' to own advancement– Skelton-Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called out the people of the territory for, according to him, hindering their own advancements as a people.

March 24th, 2022
Frenchman’s Cay Bridge construction actively underway

FRENCHMAN’S CAY, VI- Construction of the new Frenchman’s Cay Bridge is in progress and in a few months residents and visitors will be able to use a stronger and safer bridge.

March 24th, 2022
Mentally ill woman caught on camera pulling hair of tourist

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The issue of mentally ill persons roaming the streets of the [British] Virgin Islands has come to the forefront, following an incident on March 23, 2022, when a female tourist was assaulted by a mentally ill woman on Waterfront Drive.

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