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Festivals will happen ‘in some shape or form’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Now that the Virgin Islands is learning to live and work in this COVID-19 era, efforts are being put in certain events that had to be postponed or reduced to a virtual experience. This includes the VG Easter Festival and VI Emancipation Festival.
3 persons who escaped Immigration detention last week recaptured
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three detainees who escaped the Department of Immigration detention facility on Friday, March 11, 2022, have reportedly been recaptured.
13 RVIPF officers promoted
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has promoted 13 of its officers, some to sergeants, inspectors and one to the chief inspector rank, as a result of the promotional exercise process that was held in 2021.
Covid, Inflation, War
Dickson C. Igwe
From the Great Recession of 2008 to today, the world has stumbled from crisis to crisis without cease. For the Virgin Islands, add the devastating storms of 2017 to the list.
‘I am black, I am a woman and I am a lesbian’- USVI Senator Janelle K. Sarauw
LAMBERT BEACH RESORT, Tortola, VI- Rosemary Cindy Rosan declaring her candidacy for the next general elections of the Virgin Islands was not the only revelation at the International Women’s Day Dinner themed ‘Break the Bias’ at Lambert Beach Resort last evening, March 8, 2022.
'Don’t live your life like a fry in the sea'- Hon Turnbull to young people
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Opposition Member Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) has called on the young people of the Virgin Islands (VI) to lead respectful lives as opposed to one where they are in constant fear of being caught by the police or killed.
Hon Malone recognises ‘Unsung Heroes’ on International Women’s Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On International Women’s Day being observed today, March 8, 2022, persons in the Virgin Islands (VI) have been challenged on the women, who in our early years, molded the persons and characters that we have become.
‘Serious accident’ involving scooter rider reported near The Moorings
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI- While details remain sketchy, information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that a ‘serious accident’ involving a scooter rider has occurred tonight Sunday, March 6, 2022.
Local A. Hermia Tench-Donovan becomes first female Maritime Barrister in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islander Mrs Allison Hermia Tench- Donovan, at attorney at O'Neal Webster, was called to practice as a Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) in the Virgin Islands on March 1, 2022, becoming one of the newest members of the local bar and the first female Barrister focusing on Maritime Law.
'Homage' to be paid to H. Lavity Stoutt on Monday, March 7, 2022
CAPPOON'S BAY, Tortola, VI- Focus will be given to the year that resulted in a new direction in the development of the Virgin Islands during the ceremony in observation of the visionary leader, the late Honourable Hamilton Lavity Stoutt.
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