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January 18th, 2024
VI's Soggy Dollar Bar voted #1 Caribbean Beach Bar for 2024

WHITE BAY, Jost van Dyke, VI- For a second straight year, the iconic Soggy Dollar Bar located at White Bay on Jost van Dyke has copped the top spot for Best Caribbean Beach Bars on USA TODAY 10Best.

January 18th, 2024
2024 'is more about consistency'- Adaejah T. Hodge

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, USA – [British] Virgin Islands Sprinter Adaejah T. Hodge says consistency, on and off the track, will be the focus of her 2024 senior year.

January 17th, 2024
VIP Gov’t rolls out employment registration drive for job seekers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has launched its Registration Drive to extend employment, training, and education opportunities to unemployed persons in the Virgin Islands.

January 16th, 2024
Homeless man reportedly wreaking havoc, masturbating in public

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Despite going before the courts and facing incarceration for violent behaviour in the past, a homeless man identified as Sonnel G. Hanley has been reportedly wreaking havoc in Road Town and other busy areas where tourists frequent.

January 16th, 2024
13 prison inmates complete Skills of Life Programme

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Thirteen prisoners at His Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut on Tortola have received completion certificates for successfully navigating a Skills of Life Programme.

January 16th, 2024
2024: A new year for tackling the same old problems

Alred C. Frett

Needing to Look Backward so We can Move Forward:

Welcome to 2024... This is a leap year which means that with the expansion to 29 days in February, we will have the longest Black History Month within a seven year span... That is good, but even as we leave 2023, the after-effects still linger on... With all our Commentaries and New Year Resolutions, we should reflect and acknowledge whether or not things are getting better or worse, before our Memories fade.

January 16th, 2024
Carvin Malone’s 'willingness to bridge divides’ exemplified his statesmanship- Speaker

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Corine N. George-Massicote is one of the latest to pay tribute to the late former legislator Carvin Malone, who died suddenly on January 14, 2024.

January 15th, 2024
'Carvin Malone was a champion for the Virgin Islands'- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As tributes continue to flow reflecting on the life of late former Minister of Health and Social Development and Businessman Carvin Malone, Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R1) has expressed his profound sadness on the passing Mr Malone.

January 15th, 2024
Chief Justice Janice M. Pereira delivers 'final' opening speech to ECSC Law Year Opening

SAINT GEORGES, Grenada – Chief Justice Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira has delivered what she said was her final speech as Chief Justice at a Special Sitting to Commemorate the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Opening of the Law Year.

January 15th, 2024
Ex Police Officer & Businessman Junior W. Romney ‘aka’ Butchie has passed

WEST END, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands continues to be in a state of mourning, with the passing of Junior Wellington Romney aka 'Butchie'. Mr Romney passed early this morning, Monday, January 15, 2024, at Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital, in Road Town, the capital city.

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