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Royal BVI Yacht Club mourns passing of Founder Member Albie Stewart
NANNY CAY, Tortola, VI- Founder Member of the Royal BVI Yacht Club (RBVIYC) and one of the persons behind the establishment of the BVI Spring Regatta, Mr Albie Stewart has died.
Khalil N. Herbert of VI parentage drafted to Chicago Bears in 2021 NFL pick
SOUTH FLORIDA, USA – Virginia Tech running back Khalil N. Herbert aka 'Juice', who has strong Virgin Islands roots, has been drafted into the Chicago Bears as part of the 2021 NFL draft picks.
Man finds 4 of his goats with heads chopped off in front yard
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Four goats that were allegedly in the habit of entering a private property in the Virgin Islands recently met their death by decapitation.
Premier schedules public consultations for Whistleblowers Act
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Public consultation for three accountability and good governance legislation- the Whistleblowers Act 2021, the Integrity in Public Life Act, 2021, and the Police Act 2019- will kick off today, Monday, May 3, 2021.
Persons still living in North Sound Com. Centre since 2017 storms- Hon Malone
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Some three and a half years after hurricanes Irma and Maria ravaged the Virgin Islands and displaced hundreds of persons, forcing them to live in shelters, some persons are yet to return to normal living conditions.
CoI: UK will face ‘stiff resistance’ should they try to takeover VI - Bishop Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Community leader and Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline says the UK will face ‘stiff resistance’ should they try to take over the territory after the conclusion of the Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry.
The ruling bank
Dickson C. Igwe
Banking rests upon public confidence. And central banks are the platform that sits beneath the world economy. Without the Central Bank, there would be no modern economy as we know it. Central banks drive the financial world, and finance is the software of the global economy.
CoI: UK won’t just walk away with ‘bloody nose’- Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government Consultant and outspoken talk show host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he is now in a state of concern for the future of the Virgin Islands, when the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) funded by the United Kingdom (UK) comes to a conclusion.
UPDATE: Major water leak @ Pasea located & repaired- Hon Rymer
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has indicated that the source of the water leakage at Pasea, which disrupted service in the Road Town area, has been located and fixed.
CoI: ‘The devil doesn’t show up as the devil’- Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Bishop of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola, Mr John I. Cline has called on citizens to get out of the ‘slave master mindset” that everything the United Kingdom (UK) does is right without asking questions for themselves.