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March 28th, 2019
VG Easter Festival scaled back further for 2019

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Easter Festival on the Island of Virgin Gorda (VG) continues to head down a slippery slope, scaling back its annual festivities for a second year now.

March 27th, 2019
“Them forcing themselves on us” – Picko Moff on UK pressuring OTs

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With much uncertainty over if the United Kingdom (UK)—via its Parliamentary Committee—will continue pressuring British Overseas Territories (OTs) to remove belongership status, legalise same-sex marriages and implement the public beneficial ownership registries, talks both locally and regionally on the issue, have been that OTs should fight back at all cost.

March 26th, 2019
Mueller’s Report – Doubting the Obvious & Ourselves

By Alfred C. Frett

Mueller’s Report was completed and delivered to the Attorney General but after seeing the Court’s decisions on Manafort and other cases, one would have to dismiss commonsense and reality to believe there was ‘No Collusion between Trump and Russia’

March 25th, 2019
Love is as strong as death

By Lorna M. George

At the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018, the most Reverend Michael Curry, said, “when love is the way, no child would go to bed hungry; when love is the way, we will let justice roll down like a mighty stream and righteousness like an ever flowing brook; when love is the way, poverty will be no more; when love is the way, we will treat each other, well, like family; when love is the way, we will know that God is the source of us all, and we are brothers and

March 24th, 2019
Premier extols strength in VI's diversity

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), this past week on March 21, 2019, joined with the Hindu residents of the Territory, to partake in the annual Holi celebrations—a religious holiday.

March 24th, 2019
Friend saves drowning teen in USVI waters

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St. Croix, USVI - A teen who was drowning after diving into the ocean from the Ann E. Ambramson Pier in Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) was saved by one of his friends earlier this week, according to a video sent to The Consortium last week.

March 23rd, 2019
Who is Genevieve Glatsky? Tabloid reporter attacks VINO & HoA Speaker

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It is Déjà Vu again, as over the past 24 hours, the Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) news centre has been flooded with phone calls over an article written by local tabloid 'The BVI Beacon’ in which one of their rookie reporters, Ms Genevieve Glatsky attacked the number one media house in the Virgin Islands (VI).

March 23rd, 2019
The Brexit Conundrum

By Dickson C. Igwe

A Second Referendum is the only real option to exit the Brexit mess.

March 22nd, 2019
PHOTO of Day: Premier Fahie rocks socks for “World Down Syndrome Day”

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – March 21, 2019, marked ‘World Down Syndrome Day’ around the world and especially in the Virgin Islands (VI) where individuals such as Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) wore brightly coloured socks to celebrate the day.

March 20th, 2019
SCB ‘Elevator Hill’ to be resurfaced, Road remains danger zone

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - One of the most dangerous roads on Tortola, located in the area of the Guard House/Threadfall will be resurfaced as early as next week, according to the Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) three weeks old Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration.

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