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June 26th, 2024
Father pleads for return of alleged abducted child

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A father in the Virgin Islands (VI) has taken to social media over what he claimed was the alleged abduction of his daughter by the mother sometime last Thursday, June 20, 2024.

June 26th, 2024
'Gov’t business travel must be worth it' – Hon Lorna G. Smith

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE said travelling on official business for the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) must bring returns for the territory.

June 25th, 2024
Enis Adams Primary School receives new playground

MEYERS ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Enis Adams Primary School students can find play at school a lot more fun, thanks to a new playground.

June 25th, 2024
VI could experience 'extremely hot conditions' over next couple of days- DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands could experience extremely hot conditions over the next couple of days, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has stated.

June 25th, 2024
'VI must solve its own problems instead of looking for somebody to blame'– Premier

FAT HOG’S BAY, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on members of the community to use their talents to find solutions to local problems.

June 24th, 2024
Premier Wheately's 2010 song ‘I wanna fly’ takes the airways after 14 years

FAT HOG'S BAY, Tortola, VI – Long before holding the highest office, Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) added to the country’s musical repertoire with the release of a song ‘I wanna fly,' which touched on social issues in the Virgin Islands and remains relevant in 2024.

June 24th, 2024
Undercover sting unveils cocaine trafficking plot between Tortola & STT

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI — A recently unsealed case in the District Court of the Virgin Islands reveals a man on trial for participating in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands into St. Thomas.

June 23rd, 2024
RVIPF mourns death of retired officer Thomas Winchester

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is mourning the death of former Sergeant of Police Mr Thomas Winchester, who retired from the RVIPF on July 31, 2000.

June 23rd, 2024
Late attorney & legislator Vernon E. Malone laid to rest

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Late legislator (2007-2011) and first local Police Commissioner Vernon E. Malone QPM, LLB, MHA, CPA was laid to rest on Saturday, June 22, 2024, following an official funeral.

June 22nd, 2024
BVIHSA compromising ability of power company to keep VI lights on -Dr Smith

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - General Manager of the BVI Electricity Corporation BVIEC, Dr Neil N. Smith, has called out the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) and connected clinics as compromising the ability of the power company to keep lights on in the Virgin Islands (VI).

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