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World class Super Yacht Regatta 2013 underway in VG
OIL NUT BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI – It was a night when the microphones were nowhere to be found as just the sounds of contemporary Caribbean music filled the air while hundreds of yacht crew members, regatta lovers and supporters and the local politicians converged under the big white tent to feast and socialize as they ushered in the 2013 Caribbean Super Yacht Regatta.
Really Uptown praised for generating VI pride
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- If never was there a strong mass showing of Virgin Islands pride on foreign soil, then Sunday March 17, 2013 would have been more than extraordinary as Virgin Islanders went in droves, with flags waving, to witness Really Uptown storm into the horse racing history books by completing a clean sweep of the VI Triple Crown Challenge at the Clinton E. Phipps racetrack in St. Thomas, USVI.
Intrepid has come home; Sloop fleet now up to four!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A little piece of sailing history was welcomed home last Thursday March 14, 2013 when the Tortola Sloop, Intrepid, was returned to the Territory after an absence of over 80 years.
David Rudder stamps pedigree at HLSCC’s ‘Calypso Showcase’
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – David Rudder stamped his pedigree on an audience of Calypso lovers with incredible fervour as he played a compact but quality set at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) during the Calypso Showcase last evening, March 16, 2013.
How can VIslanders prevent ‘immigrants’ from 'stealing' other half?!
ROAD TOWN,Tortola, VI- It was established on the ‘Relationship Rescue’ television programme recently that Virgin Islanders’ relationships, whether marriage or committed, do face a threat of being jeopardised by other persons of different cultures and backgrounds coming into the Territory.
UPDATE: VIF&FC PRO Lynette L. Harrigan not yet in receipt of appointment letter
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It has been over a month ago that Virgin Islands News Online reported that confirmed sources had indicated that Ms Lynette L. Harrigan was asked to take up the post as Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC). However, to-date she has not been issued an official letter confirming her appointment.
Accountability high on VG Festival Committee agenda - George
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Public Relations Officer of the Virgin Gorda Festival Committee, Jerrell George, expressed that special attention is being paid to spending with this year’s committee to ensure that they ‘end up in the green’ at this year’s festival.
Fahie Hill ‘open museum’ wraps up Festival of Arts
FAHIE HILL, Tortola, VI – A visual arts display was among some of the activities that wrapped up the Festival of Arts this year at Fahie Hill in Tortola yesterday, March 12, 2013.
VG Festival Committee 'very ready' - Blyden
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Chairman of the Virgin Islands (VI) Festivals and Fairs Committee Marvin 'MB' Blyden has expressed that he believes the Virgin Gorda (VG) Festival Committee chaired by Mr Rupert Vanterpool Jr is 'very ready' for the upcoming VG Festival slated to begin on March 23, 2013.
The level of hypocrisy in the VI 'is my biggest struggle'- Ayana S. Hull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “The level of hypocrisy that we pretend to be normal, it’s the biggest struggle that I have. Most of the people that know you know what you are going through but they try to pretend that it’s only something you know and I am not a hypocrite, I cannot live life like that.”
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