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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- If one hasn’t been feeling the Christmas spirit just yet, a visit to the Port Purcell roundabout in the Sixth District could change all of that.
Rosemary Cindy Rosan-Jones Out of BVITB! Made redundant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Controversial talk show host Ms Rosemary Cindy Rosan-Jones is no longer employed at the BVI Tourist Board and Film Commission (BVITB), having been made redundant.
'Give love this Christmas': 'Santa' Fahie encourages territory!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Dressed in a Santa Claus costume and bearing gifts, Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) told hundreds of residents who were serenaded at the first 'Premier’s Christmas Extravaganza with a Cultural Twist' at Festival Grounds on Saturday 12 December 2020, to spread love this season.
National Parks Trust launches first Environmental Atlas
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands (NPTVI) launched its first Environmental Atlas, which is expected to bring greater awareness of the Territory’s natural landscape and biodiversity.
‘I want to be first in line’ for COVID-19 vaccination – Skelton-Cline
BAUGHER'S BAY, Tortola, VI – Local clergyman and host of the 'Honestly Speaking' radio programme, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he wants to be one of the first persons in the Virgin Islands (VI) to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available in the territory.
BVI Gateway applications must now be completed within 24hrs of travel
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Persons wishing to travel to the Virgin Islands (VI) must now complete the mandatory BVI Gateway application at least 24hrs before travel and must begin their application no later than 48hrs before same, or risk being denied entry into the territory.
Gov Jaspert says drug busts delaying assent of Drugs Amendment Act
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Controversial outgoing Governor of the Virgin Islands, H.E. Augustus J.U. Jaspert appears to be fishing for reasons why the VI Cannabis Licensing Act, 2020 and Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act 2020, have not been assented; the latest shift, to blame a recent drug bust for the delays.
A new economy for a post pandemic world
By Dickson C. Igwe
The 2008 financial crisis showed the Milton Friedman Economic Model of a Laissez-Faire, Production Oriented, Trickledown, Austere, and financially driven Economy, a paper tiger.
Over 360 households don’t pay for water- W&SD Director
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Director of Water and Sewerage Department (W&SD), Mrs Pearline R. Scatliffe-Leonard is urging straight-line customers to come to the department to rectify the issue, without facing any penalties.
40 First District children taught public speaking techniques
WEST END, Tortola, VI- Some forty children from the First District are now more equipped with the techniques of public speaking, thanks to a collaboration of the Tortola Toastmasters and the First District Committee.
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