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2017 a reminder to not get caught ‘flat-footed’ in 2023 hurricane season– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands' Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has urged communities and individuals to prioritise hurricane preparedness as the 2023 Hurricane Season gets underway.
'I am now an independent'- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Controversial talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has declared he will remain politically independent in the Virgin Islands (VI), after reaching an epiphany that the parties are not expandable enough to unite the VI.
Trinidad Coast Guardsmen beat, raped me – Venezuelan woman
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, T&T - Coast Guard officers were the ones responsible for the rape and battery of a 21-year-old Venezuelan woman at the Heliport in Chaguaramas last month.
White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida
AP
OCALA, Florida - A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
VI urged to improve food safety on World Food Safety Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Environmental Health Division is encouraging the community to do its part to improve food safety as the Territory prepares to observe World Food Safety Day on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
‘Sheer arrogance!’ Hon Fraser objects to derelict vehicles storage returning to SCB
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Recently, Acting Manager of the Department of Waste Management (DWM) Mr Neville Allen has said it is the hope that the storage and processing of derelict vehicles will be returned to Sea Cow's Bay.
VI urged to recycle & reduce the use of plastics
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier of the Virgin Islands, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) is urging the people of the Territory to do their part to protect the environment by reducing the use of plastics and engage in recycling.
UPDATE: Unfavourable winds & temperature stalled AA Flight 3989 – BVIAA’s Kurt A.G. Menal
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI– As first reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) on challenges encountered by American Airlines Flight 3988 from the Virgin Islands to Miami, Managing Director of the BVI Airports Authority Mr Kurt A.G. Menal has added that prevailing winds and high temperature sparked the challenges.
Water disruption from tonight for certain areas on Tortola
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The public is notified that water will be interrupted tonight, June 4, 2023, in the following areas from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM June 5, 2023.
Importing vehicles from Japan heightening derelict vehicles problem- Neville Allen
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- “Many persons bring vehicles from Japan and so forth and it is very difficult to get parts when it starts giving problems and they would take these vehicles and put them on the side of the road and in public parking lots. It is a nightmare, a safety issue and it breaks down the beauty of our Territory.”