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Gov’t intends to build 13 homes, repair 25 in 2022 - Premier
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister for Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said the Ministry of Health and Social Development is aiming to construct 13 new homes and repair 25, in the coming year for residents whose homes were impacted by the 2017 hurricanes.
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Baughers Bay accident
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that a motorcyclist was seriously injured in an accident at the Baughers Bay area of Tortola, sometime after 8:00 pm tonight, Friday, November 12, 2021.
Local taxi driver celebrates son becoming pilot @ age 23
EAST END, Tortola, VI – A local taxi driver, Mr Bob A. Henry, is elated at seeing his son Dillon A. Henry, 23, becoming one of the youngest pilots to fly in the VI.
CoI bars Silk Legal from making oral closing submissions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) called into Governance in the Virgin Islands during the COVID-19 pandemic by controversial ex-governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert has scheduled a further hearing for Wednesday, November 24, 2021.
Budget 2022: Premier Fahie to present 4th budget in less than 3 years
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Virgins Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) will this morning November 11, 2021, present the Appropriation (2022) Act, 2021, better known as the 2022 Budget, at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola.
Family of UK sailor rescued on JvD in 1943 visits to show gratitude
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Almost 15 years since Bernard King, a sailor who was rescued on Jost van Dyke after the United Kingdom navy ship he and crew were on was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, returned to express his gratitude to the people of Jost van Dyke (JvD), King’s family has visited JvD to also express similar appreciation.
Justice is too 'expensive' in VI– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has bemoaned the high cost of getting justice in the territory and is questioning how the average person would be able to afford it.
Rosan-Jones calls on Gov’t workers to ‘sick-out’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government critic and talk show host, Rosemary Cindy Rosan-Jones has called on Government workers to stage a massive sick-out over her personal grievances with the Andrew A. Fahie (R1) administration and House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Julian Willock.
Persons in VI/USVI vaccine bubble must immediately return to VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) health authorities are warning that persons who take up the VI/USVI vaccination bubble offer must immediately return to the VI on taking their first dose of the vaccine or face penalties.
Disagree without 'degrading character' – Premier Fahie urges
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has called on persons in the VI to remember their culture as it related to respect and values, especially when disagreeing on an issue.
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