Culture
UPDATE: Finalists announced for 1st VI Soca Monarch
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The organising committee for the first ever Soca Monarch competition to be held in the Virgin Islands as a key activity of this year’s Festival has released the names of the finalists.
Friendship Day on VG brings back nostalgic memories to Hon. R.T. O'Neal
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - The hosting of the 40th annual VI/USVI Friendship Day this time around at Virgin Gorda has awaken memories of the island's history for Leader of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Ninth District Representative Honourable Ralph T. O'Neal, OBE.
Flashes & Fashion at ESHS Prom Night 2013
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There were lots of camera action and the usual “oohs and aahs” when the freshly graduated students of the Elmore Stoutt High School rolled up at the Multi-Purpose Complex, Road Town, for Prom Night on June 29, 2013.
History relived at 40th VI-USVI Friendship Day
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Over the 40 years that the Virgin Islands (VI) and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) have shared a togetherness, the rich history of that relationship is one that is music to the ear every time it is told.
UPDATE: Miss Dominica Leslassa A.A. Shillingford is Miss Carival 2013
VICTORIA PARK, St Vincent and the Grenadines- Crowd favourite Miss Dominica, Leslassa Adey Armour Shillingford, has been crowned Miss Carival 2013.
Richie Spice, Baby Cham, Kes & Destra for VI Festival
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Patrons of Virgin Islands Festival 2013 will have an opportunity to gyrate, scant and shuffle due to the mixture of artistes that will be performing in the Territory.
VIF&FC reverses decision to separate adult & children parades
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With what seems to be a decision based on popular demand, the Virgin Islands Festivals and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC) is sticking to having a combined adult and children’s parade in Road Town for the 2013 Emancipation Festival.
‘We are one people’-Jamaican Association
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Amidst all the hiring and firing and bickering about “who from here” and who are “not from here”, the Association of Jamaican Residents (BVI) is organising a fun day on July 1, 2013 that creates a perfect opportunity for persons to set all their differences aside and show the “one love” that the legendary Jamaican reggae artiste Bob Marley sang about many years ago.
UPDATE: Intelligence segment complete for Miss Earth BVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The three young ladies vying to become the first ever Miss Earth BVI had their knowledge tested on Friday evening, June 21, 2013 at Village Cay.
Is it time for an ‘Anegada Day’?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The issue of a special day set aside for the recognition of the people of Anegada and Salt Island came to the fore recently as a cultural panel discussed the upcoming celebration of Territory Day.