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Governor threatens ‘additional action’ if no significant progress in CoI reforms by Dec 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Unelected Governor of the Virgin Islands John J. Rankin, CMG has threatened additional action, should the Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley government not progress with the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommended reforms by December 2023.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Kevis J. Hughes
By Ron O. D'Avilar
Serial entrepreneur Kevis J. Hughes is juggling three businesses while navigating life in the Virgin Islands. While owning and managing three businesses may seem like a daunting task for most, our Young Professional says each of his companies shares a piece of his heart.
Asphalt plant brings new road @ Premier’s Cutlass Tower office
WICKHAMS CAY I, Tortola, VI – With the local asphalt plant now back in operation, repairs to roads are being done across the territory as promised by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), who said the plant was a critical part of improving the road infrastructure in the VI.
Campo Rico shooting marks 31st homicide in USVI for 2023
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Croix, USVI - Tragedy struck once again in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a man was found fatally shot in Campo Rico on Wednesday morning, the V.I. Police Department has announced.
'You can’t get change if you give exact'– Hon de Castro tells teachers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As part of "re-imagining" education in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has urged local teachers to give more and create change not just in schools, but in the community.
Demolition of old Magistrate's Court begins to pave way for new Learning Centre
JOHN'S HOLE, Tortola, VI - Two generations of buildings that once housed the Magistrate's Court on Tortola, in the Virgin Islands, are being demolished to facilitate the construction of the new Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre.
VI students heading to Singapore for Int'l Robotics Challenge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Four students from two schools in the Virgin Islands have been selected to participate in the annual international Global Robotics Challenge from October 7 to 10, 2023, to be held in Singapore.
How capital drives social inequality
Dickson C. Igwe
The idea that education and hard work are the great equalizers is wonderfully aspirational. It is however woefully inadequate as a theory.
Fake ‘Drugs bust post’ is malicious & unauthorsed- JTV
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI – Japhix Television (JTV), a media house operating primarily via Facebook in the Virgin Islands (VI), has debunked as malicious and unauthorised a post being circulated online with a photo of a drug bust along with the accompanying image of three individuals.
Police recover 'bag of guns' from men fleeing Lambert Estate
LAMBERT ESTATE, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, during routine patrols in the Lambert Estate area, observed three males in hoodies heading in the direction of His Majesty’s Prison, behaving suspiciously.
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