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Fire destroys portions of Nottingham Estate apartment building
NOTTINGHAM ESTATE, Tortola, VI - A major catastrophe was averted when a fire broke out in a three story apartment building in Nottingham Estate, on the eastern end of Tortola this morning, December 21, 2018 around 8:00 AM.
NDP got no permission ‘to place billboard on Gov’t property’- Chief Planner
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Many residents have been calling Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), outraged to see that the National Democratic Party (NDP 1), headed by the embattled Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) has placed a billboard on government property.
FSN raises $9K in Holiday Fundraising Raffle
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Family Support Network (FSN) through its Holiday Fundraising Raffle has raised a total of $9,642 to aid in filling its pantry to support families in the Virgin Islands (VI) during the holiday season.
Wake-Up Call!
By Kenneth G. Gladstone
If you catch a black cat and paint it white, isn’t it still the same black cat? And, if your house was painted red, and you strip the red paint off then paint it blue, isn’t it the same house?
PHOTO of Day: The new way of garbage disposal in Purcell Estate
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI - These garbage disposal photos have been sent around by the Six District representative, Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines. The unsightly garbage is in her district and it is reported that the bins were removed from the location to facilitate a new business.
CIBC FirstCaribbean raises $20k for BVI Cancer Society
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank wrapped up its 2018 activities in community service with the presentation of a cheque for $20,015.38 to the BVI Cancer Society according to a company release on Tuesday, December 18, 2018.
Saving the BVI & Wickham’s Cay from Pirates & Politicians
By Alfred C. Frett
Seems like only Yesterday – Please Beware the Wicked:
All our lives we have been exposed to so much hatred that one would think, that is all there is – Even the act of making love is often manifested in rape which is an act of oppression & suppression; All foundations of hate.
UPDATE: HoA abruptly ends until tomorrow, Dec 18, 2018
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - After moving a motion for money, the Virgin Islands’ House of Assembly (HoA) was abruptly adjourned until Tuesday, December 18, 2018.
Co-father of VI, Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE turns 85!
McNAMARA, Tortola, VI - The Co-father of the Virgin Islands (VI) Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, turned 85 years of age on Saturday, December 15, 2018.
The Caribbean's Economic Dilemma part B
By Dickson C. Igwe
Self-sufficient economies are good for national security, national health, and economic growth: non-self-sufficient economies are slave economies, dependent on foreign powers, for their existence.
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