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‘Who got more witchcraft & Obeah’ than VI?– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Commentator and pastor Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has brought into question the Virgin Islands’ apparent lack of effort to assist Haiti in the wake of a recent major earthquake that left many homeless.
13 Haitians & 6 Brazilians allegedly caught entering VI illegally
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Information just reaching our newsroom is that 19 were caught attempting to enter the Virgin Islands (VI) illegally today, September 22, 2021.
BVI Parliamentary Speaker accuses British judge of judicial activism
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Julian Willock has accused British Judge Adrian Jack of judicial activism over the awarding of court cost in the withdrawn Commission of Inquiry (CoI) injunction against three CoI lawyers.
Make strips clubs legal & tax them accordingly- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Talk show host and local clergyman Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the Government of the Virgin Islands to legalise local underground strip clubs in the territory so the government can begin taxing those businesses.
Photo of the Day: Magnificent rainbow in First District
WEST END, Tortola, VI- Motorists traversing the soon to be renamed Francis Drake Highway pulled over in their vehicles while persons gathered on their porches or near windows to observe, photograph and marvel at a magnificent and clearly defined rainbow in West End in the First District this morning, September 21, 2021.
Mentally ill youth nearly drowns self near RT ferry dock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– A 20-year-old male patient of the Behavioural Ward of Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital was rescued from the waters adjacent to the Road Town Ferry Terminal, thanks to the heroic efforts of officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
UPDATE: Man found dead @ Slaney identified as Trent Harrigan
SLANEY, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands News Online can now confirm that the man found unresponsive and later pronounced dead on Sunday, September 19, 2021, has been identified as Trent Harrigan.
Tropical Storm Peter influencing weather in VI- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Elevated levels of moisture and instability in the atmosphere associated with the movement of Tropical Storm Peter closer to the area will significantly increase the chances for shower and thunderstorm activity over and around the islands during the next 24 hours, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) said today, September 19, 2021.
Can BVI politicians fire our civil servants?
By Alred C. Frett
Not All We See Is All There Is: As always, this Truth is for the Youth because the Elders appear not to care about Facts and Today’s Drain on Tomorrow’s Supplies come from Entitlements and Retirements… Governments still make deals to pay Monies we do not possess for Work not being done and Politicians have so confused Privileges with Rights that the Authority of Visitors vastly outpaces the Rights of Local BV-Islanders.
The CoI & entitled Virgin Islanders
By Dickson C. Igwe
The BVI Commission of Inquiry is a shock to a number of "highly Entitled" Virgin Islanders. One reason for some of the anger by a tiny number of people against the COI is the simple reality that the Commission has revealed that their perceptions of power and privilege are indeed flawed.
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