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On your Marks! Get set! Go!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Athletic Association (BVIAA) will be breaking new ground as it kicks off the 2014 Track and Field season with Development Meets being staged on the field at Capoons Bay, West End and also on the Recreation Ground in Virgin Gorda.
Woman found dead at home in VG
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Police are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 23-year-old Jossmery Checo whose body was reportedly found at her home earlier today, December 28, 2013 in Virgin Gorda.
13th annual holiday lighted boat parade on at North Sound VG
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI - ‘Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Hang stockings on the cabin-top with care, Run lights up the rigging & dress in your holiday best’ this is the call bellowing throughout the territory from the management of Bitter End Yacht Club as they usher in Christmas Day, December 25, 2013.
Rock Café bringing 1st tree house recreational facility to VG
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - When Dwite and Paola Flax opened the Rock Café on the sister island of Virgin Gorda some years ago, they knew it would have been one of the most popular and frequented venues on the island but they also had a dream to keep on 'wowing' their supporters with new and creative ideas.
Gov’t selling out VG farmland to outsiders – E. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “There is a piece of land in Virgin Gorda, beautiful piece of land called Long Bay, and I understand that the government just sold 28 acres or something like that … a good piece of the land to an outsider. Why are they burying our own people alive?” alleged Mr Edmund Maduro on his talk show EDM on November 28, 2013.
Minor injuries in vehicle accident at VG
CRAB HILL, Virgin Gorda, VI – The circumstances surrounding an accident at Crab Hill road aka Speedy’s Corner this morning, December 1, 2013 are vague but Virgin Islands News Online was reliably informed that at least two persons escaped with minor injuries.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Kesheem D. Hodge
By Cathy O. O. Richards
At the budding age of 23 years, our young professional Kesheem Deondre’ Hodge is exactly where he would have wanted to be and that is a place where he can expand his horizon as he positions himself to one day becoming the Director of Tourism of the Virgin Islands.
Division surrounds alternative docks concept for VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Though the concept has been floated before, residents are once again discussing the idea of having more than one cruise ship dock built in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Small businesses cry foul over clampdown on Social Security defaulters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I find it repulsive that the government owes me lots of money and are threatening to take me to court for a little dime I owe them. Pay me and I pay you, is simple like that,” a Road Town businessman told Virgin Islands News Online in light of a clampdown on small businesses defaulting on Social Security payments.
Goodbye slow season, welcome business - Fat Virgin Cafe
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI – “I like the fact that we are nature’s little secret but I want people to come in abundance and discover this little part of nature’s little secret. It’s time for business; it’s time that business gets going,” proprietor of Fat Virgin Café, Mrs Esther P. Wheatley stated.