Community
Living for each other instead of just the dollars
Alred C. Frett
Expecting their Vaccines to save our Nation:
We would all like to pride ourselves in being our Brothers’ Keepers, but clearly Family Affairs are being replaced with a Dog-eat-Dog Mentality… Mother Nature is annoyed, Father Christmas is absent and the Auntie Bertha and Uncle Sam we have known, still promise much but deliver little… After 3 Centuries, we are still comfortable being fooled and too afraid to speak out against Traditional Injustices.
Historian, cultural icon, librarian & patriot Yvonne Mactavious passes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Family, friends and the cultural class are in mourning on the passing of a daughter of the Virgin Islands soil, Ms Jeanette Yvonne Mactavious.
RVIPF recruits 3 dogs!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has added three new female officers to the Force – Lady, Hope, and Blessing!
Elderly man missing for more than 24 hrs found
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching our news centre is that a man who was reported missing for over 24 hours was found alive earlier this morning August 22, 2021.
HoA court matter with CoI lawyers adjourned to Oct 26, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) of the Virgins Islands (VI), in July 2021, had ruled that House of Assembly Speaker Hon Julian Willock and Deputy Speaker Hon Neville A. Smith (AL) had standing in the case against three Commission of Inquiry (CoI) lawyers accused of illegally practising law in the VI.
VI & UN inks historic Country Implementation Plan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands and the United Nations System have officially signed a Country Implementation Plan (CIP) that will serve as the framework for development cooperation between the BVI and the UN system on an annual basis.
RVIPF gives Honour Guard send off for late sergeant Algon G. Smikle
BEEF ISLAND, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has given deceased officer, Sergeant Algon G. Smikle an Honoured Guard send-off yesterday, August 20, 2021, at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport.
Checks, balances & the abuse of power
By Dickson C. Igwe
The greatest benefit of the Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry is, it’s check on the abuse of power
VI Curfew Order extended until Sept 4, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI), His Excellency Governor John J. Rankin CMG has extended the national curfew to run from 11:00 pm to 05:00 am curfew until September 4, 2021.
Hon Vanterpool condemns any possible UK takeover of VI
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Opposition Member and veteran legislator in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) has denounced any possibility of the United Kingdom (UK) Government suspending the VI constitution and taking over the affairs of the territory.
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