Culture
‘I have to ask Hon Walwyn about Festival payments’ – Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith said he needs to consult with Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn on whether outstanding balances for Festival 2015 performers were completely settled.
Sista Joyce, B’More leave positive 'vibes' with ASPS pupils
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The students of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School brought to the high-point their Culture Week celebrations with a day of activities on November 19, 2015 which featured traditional music, food and dance unique to the Virgin Islands experience.
Xmas on De Castro Street kicks off today December 4, 2015
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The 2nd annual Christmas on De Castro Street is underway today, December 4, 2015, in Road Town on the main island of Tortola.
Hundreds flock to Anegada for the 3rd annual Lobster Festival
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI - It was three days of eating, drinking and getting there via by power boats, plane or ferry for the 2015 Anegada Lobster Festival. Hundreds of people from both the Virgin Islands and United States Virgin Islands flocked to Anegada, the northernmost Island of the Virgin Islands archipelago. Anegada is the only inhabited island in the Virgin Islands (VI) that is formed from coral and limestone.
2 Queens, 2 countries; Sasha O. E. Wintz & Adorya R. Baly @ international pageants!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - One of the big highlights in the life of the young ladies after being crowned Miss British Virgin Islands (BVI) or Miss World BVI is to represent the Territory at the annual Miss Universe or the Miss World pageants.
Syrian refugees heading to the Caribbean! Should VI take some?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – According to a recent CNN online article, the terrorist attacks in Paris showed the world just how vulnerable a free society can be. The attacks have also caused Europe and the United States to rethink their refugee programmes. The refugees fleeing armed conflict in places such as Iraq and Syria among others may now be eyeing the open doors of the Caribbean.
As leaders mal-design cultures imposed on our children
By Alred C. Frett
From a Tradition of Killing & Stealing to an Inheritance of Mutated Illnesses:
November as the 11th Month has seen a World of many Negatives and whether it is someone’s Terrorism or another Person’s Freedom Fighting it is all an unnecessary waste of human Lives perpetuated by the Big Nations Mentality where Might is Right and their only Skills are Stealing and Killing… However, even Soldiers know this is wrong and as a result many take their own lives.
Tara K. Stoutt, Enid Pickering win big @ Food Fete
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the weather being nice and sunny yesterday November 22, 2015 the once postponed ‘Taste of Tortola’ was staged at the newly upgraded Queen Elizabeth II Park and patrons got a taste of the best of the culinary arts that the territory has to offer.
Sistah Joyce, Jennie Wheatley & B'More feature @ AMPS cultural festivities
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola VI – In celebration of this year’s Virgin Islands Culture Week, which is being observed under the theme: ‘Remembering the Legends of Virgin Islands Music: Our Treasures’, the staff and Parents/Teachers Association (PTA) of the Alexandrina Maduro Primary School (AMPS) presented their students and visitors with jubilant array of activities on Wednesday, November 18, 2015.
‘Divorce Papers will be crazy, madness!’ – Oliver A. Samuels
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Veteran Jamaican comedian and stage actor Oliver Adolphus Samuels and his fellow cast members, producers and directors arrived on the territory’s shores today November 20, 2015 for tomorrow’s November 21, 2015 one and only staging of Divorce Papers, a stage show written by Basil Dawkins.

