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July 10th, 2014
Rotary Club of Road Town partners with FTM, Hope Foundation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Rotary Club of Road Town has embarked on a new partnership with Follow The Movement and The Hope Foundation with a view to helping youth across the Territory realize their full potential.

July 10th, 2014
UPDATE: 'Min. Walwyn should be ashamed; statement not accurate! - 'Sheep' Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “All I am asking for is for softball to be recognized like any other sport that they are pumping lump sums of monies into, that’s all I am asking for and I am not in for the tit-for-tat,” said President of the Softball Federation of the Virgin Islands Mr Neville A. Smith.

July 10th, 2014
Cow leaves Anegada Police without patrol vehicle

SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI – The operations of police officers stationed on the Sister Island of Anegada have been compromised following an accident involving their patrol vehicle and a cow.

July 9th, 2014
1st District to host summer B/Ball, Athletics camp

WEST END, Tortola, VI – The First District will be holding its 2nd annual Summer Basketball Camp for boys and girls ages 7 to 17 under the auspices of First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie.

July 8th, 2014
New dance video to showcase VI’s talent

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A group of talented young dancers of the Territory have embarked on a project to create a dance video featuring bits and pieces of songs from Beyonce Knowles’ latest album with the aim of pushing the talent of Virgin Islands dancers, choreographers and video production persons.

July 8th, 2014
Hon Julian Fraser cries shame on Territory’s public B/Ball courts

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – “It is almost a crime to expect persons to come off those asphaltic courts to end up in that type of competition,” said Leader of the Virgin Islands Party and Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA.

July 7th, 2014
UPDATE: Gunshot caused hotel room death - Police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police said that as the RVIPF Major Crime Team continues its investigation into the murder of Yeiral Batista Sena, a forensic post mortem (PM) undertaken by Dr. M. Schuman of the Miami Dade Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday, July 5, 2014, determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound.

July 7th, 2014
‘Bad apples not allowed to spoil bunch’ - Hon Julian Fraser

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - “I know that as a new League there will be mistakes made, and expectations unmet, but I also know that lessons will be learned. Our first year which was last year, was a tremendous success and I know they have put in place measures to build on that. And those will be announced by the League hopefully today.”

July 6th, 2014
How Did We Get Here?

By Donald E. de Castro - “too old to be intimidated”

History is always an important aspect of life, whether it is a village, town, city, country or the world; therefore it is important that history is always properly recorded. In this respect it is always necessary and important that every-one try to keep track of what is happening around us as there is that possibility some information recorded may not always be accurate and by paying attention such errors may be corrected before it is too late.

July 4th, 2014
‎UPDATE: YOP & Hoop it Up extend summer camp registration

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - ‎Organizers of the 2014 edition of the Youth Outreach Programme (YOP) and Hoop it Up summer camp said that they are keen on giving every child desirable of participating in the camp this year a chance to get involved and as such have made provisions to extend the registration period.

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