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April 27th, 2019
UWI Guild donates bench, pledges to paint FLPS classroom

PARHAM TOWN, Tortola, VI – The University of the West Indies (UWI) through its Open Campus Guild of Students (BVI) initiated a community outreach program that saw the Francis Lettsome Primary School (FLPS) receiving a brand new lunch bench yesterday Friday, April 26, 2019.

April 27th, 2019
Oops! Vehicle overturns @ Joes Hill

JOES HILL, Tortola, VI – Sometime last evening, Friday, April 26, 2019, a vehicle overturned at the bottom of Joes Hill in Tortola, Virgin Islands (VI).

April 27th, 2019
2020 Budget will be people based; Increments gradually – Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A Fahie (R1) says the next budget from the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) will be focused completely on meeting the needs of the people, rather than the technocrats, challenging his administration to a self-imposed December 15, 2019, deadline when that budget must pass.

April 27th, 2019
Early grumblings in a Govt's first term

By Dickson C. Igwe

Smart politicians pay heed to early disenchantment from voters. Why: because to be forewarned is to be forearmed

April 26th, 2019
Gov’t fast tracks Pockwood Pond Incinerator repairs

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Cabinet of the Virgin Islands (VI) via its Post Meeting Statements for April 3 through 17, 2019, have indicated that a waiver of the tender process for procuring key equipment has been instituted in an effort to fast track repairs to the Incinerator Plant in Pockwood Pond.

April 24th, 2019
Easter festival @ VG more than 52 years old – Hon Vincent O. Wheatley

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Bringing clarity to the constant debate as to the life and purpose of Easter Festival at Virgin Gorda, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) said it all started in the North Sound Community.

April 23rd, 2019
Small troops revel @ VG Easter Fest Parade

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Seeing the effects of a scaled down Virgin Gorda Easter Fest 2019, the annual parade on Monday, April 22, 2019, was reduced to approximately 10 groups of very small troops in comparison to the large spectacle that was the parade in previous years.

April 23rd, 2019
Will it ever be the right time to set our people free?

Alred C. Frett

Sometimes we know more than we think:

I still believe you already know things I tell you even if you think not… Some call it a form of ‘déjà vu’ when persons know without knowing that they know until they find themselves identifying with the ‘new’ information which was already deep within their gut, begging to be released - My messages apply to all even if they seem more relevant for Slave Descendants.

April 23rd, 2019
Gov’t looking to re-establish Litter Warden Programme

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following his Earth Day, April 22, 2019, announcement to lead the charge for a comprehensive clean-up of the Virgin Islands (VI), Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) says legislation is on the way to protect the environment with plans for the re-establishment of the Litter Warden Programme.

April 23rd, 2019
PHOTOS: D4 Saga invades VG Easter Hat Parade

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – With Easter 2019 offering a hive of activity in the territory, the Methodist Church of Virgin Gorda held their hat parade on Sunday, April 21, 2019, as part of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival 2019.

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