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June 8th, 2023
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.

June 7th, 2023
'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.

June 7th, 2023
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.

June 7th, 2023
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.

June 6th, 2023
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.

June 6th, 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.

June 6th, 2023
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.

June 5th, 2023
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.

June 4th, 2023
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.

June 4th, 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.”

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