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Mya & Wayne Wonder take patrons down memory lane @ BVI Spring Fest
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Beginning just about 1:15 AM and ending after 3:00 AM on Sunday March 5, 2017, night two of the BVI Spring Fest, dubbed “90s Throw Back night”, saw four major acts rocking the modest crowd at Cane Garden Bay, as they went back in time with hits of yesteryear.
Hon Walwyn accused of bullying VG Festival Committee
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Long accused of making everything he touches political and employing strong arm tactics to have things done his way, the controversial Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL) is at it again.
UPDATE: ‘There was a lot of pressure’- Miss Senior ESHS Mya A. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI- The pumped atmosphere at the Sir Breircliffe Hall in Road Town, Tortola, turned into a frenzy of screaming teenagers and cheering adults when the awards began pouring at the feet of 17-year-old Mya A. Walwyn and 18-year-old Calden K.A. James, who were eventually crowned the very first Mister and Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) on January 21, 2017.
GenY Factor finalist among contestants for ESHS pageant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Mister and Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School Pageant 2017 is in full swing as it features a historic staging with the territory’s first batch of students of the Twelfth Grade.
Horseracing & fashion lit up Ellis Thomas Downs
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- A fashion show was among entertainment given to hundreds of patrons decked in their Sunday’s best who flooded the gates of Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay for the annual Boxing Day races on a warm yet breezy afternoon on Monday December 26, 2016.
BVI Heritage Dancers seeking $10K to complete dance studio
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With no place to call home, the BVI Heritage Dancers will be aiming to raise over ten thousand dollars to make the former storeroom for Emancipation celebration paraphernalia located right next to the 1780 Sugar Works Museum, partially completed for a dance studio by Easter 2017, when they hit the stage along with several others at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita Bay tonight, Thursday December 22, 2016.
VI has benefitted tremendously from over 100 nationalities –Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier of the Virgin Islands Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith says it’s an undisputed fact that expatriates have benefitted from being in the VI and that the territory is a much better place because of the over 100 nationalities who have made the territory their home.
Funds needed to consider relocating Xmas on DeCastro St- City Manager
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While moving the annual Christmas on DeCastro Street is not a farfetched concept, City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards says some funds will be needed to be injected into the event for it to be considered.
'Once something could wash two people can use it'- Aubrey L. Forbes' latest CD
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- While there are allegations that many musicians are afraid to speak out about topical social matters through their art form of music for fear of political and economic victimisation, singer Aubrey L. Forbes, who was formerly with the renowned Lashing Dogs, has got the streets and the airwaves ‘turned up’ in the Virgin Islands (VI) in high-class drama with his new CD release.
Old HM Prison Museum opens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The nearly two centuries old, partially completed, Her Majesty’s Prison Museum on Main Street was today, Tuesday December 6, 2016, officially opened to the public.
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