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HireBVI to give out hundreds of bags with school supplies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- HireBVI is once again helping to ensure that as many children as possible are fully geared for school, with its annual Back to School Fun Day.
Foxy’s School of Music back in full ‘strum’
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- “We at Jost van Dyke, we are no fool, we know that a music school is a tool. I tell you I don’t give you no strife, but music can take the young people through life,” were the lyrics of Philiciano O. Callwood MBE aka ‘Foxy’ at the relaunch of his music school in Jost van Dyke on August 14, 2019.
Prominent VIslander ‘The Bouncer’ has passed; Funeral Aug. 16, 2019
WEST END, Tortola, VI- Residents, taxi professionals and immediate family members are in mourning on the passing of popular businessman and taxi professional, Clinton E. Romney aka ‘The Bouncer’.
Massive back to school fiesta planned for Ninth District
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Hundreds are poised to benefit from what is hyped to be the largest back to school drive ever experienced by residents of Virgin Gorda, as government officials collaborate with corporate Virgin Islands (VI) and a number of private individuals.
Emancipation, Religion & Truths from the Bible
By Alred C. Frett
We are still weak from Emancipation Fever and while we had no repeated August Floods, it is 2years since Hurricane Irma demolished the locally owned Palmgrove Shopping Centre. That is symbolically sad and while I am one of those owners, this is not about me but about less fortunate owners who did all the right things but lost their livelihood through the negligence of Government.
CBN to broadcast boating safety info across VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Broadcaster, the Caribbean Broadcast Network (CBN-TV) and America’s Boating Channel have entered into an agreement which will see the territory benefiting from a number of safe-boating and boater education information via television and radio.
1st Carrot Bay Festival Market dubbed a success
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI - With over a dozen farmers, tents and many patrons flooding to purchase and witness the included cultural display, the first edition of the Carrot Bay Festival Market in the Carrot Bay community of the Virgin Islands (VI) has been dubbed a massive success.
Guns, Safety & Tourism
By Dickson C. Igwe.
Personal safety is the travellers most critical consideration. Now, no family wants to go on vacation only to return in caskets.
A country may offer spectacular panoramas, hugely significant historical sites, rich cultural narratives, awesome geography, and great resorts and hotels, but if a car bomb or mass shooting promises to send the tourist and traveler to an early grave, he or she should stay away.
The truth of English colonization
By Thomas C. Famous
It is often interesting, sadly interesting, to see persons attempt to twist the reality of any given situation in order to justify a gross wrong.
Owed water truck operators refused to respond to bush fires- Hon Turnbull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – At a time when bush fires were an almost weekly occurrence during the second quarter of 2019, some private water truck operators allegedly refused to lend assistance when summoned because of being owed by Government.
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