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Gov’t boasts of freedom of information '& when you go you can’t get it'- Cindy Rosan
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Talk show host Rosemary Cindy Rosan has slammed the Government of the Virgin Islands for what she described as pretending to be for transparency but not living up to its words.
Sheldon Scatliffe to be appointed new Board Chairman @ BVIEC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Sheldon Scatliffe has received Cabinet approval to be appointed as Chairman of the BVI Electricity Corporation's (BVIEC) Board, according to Cabinet statements released on Friday, June 23, 2023.
Potholes blamed as contributor in latest Free Bottom crash
FREE BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – It has not been a good start to the day for the driver of an SUV, who found themselves in a small accident this morning, Saturday, June 24, 2023, on a road in Free Bottom, Tortola.
Ky'Onte Joseph awarded 22nd Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship
ZION HILL, Tortola, VI - Listing his hobbies as playing basketball and soccer, and having a future desire to own a local trucking company, 11-year-old Ky'Onte Joseph of Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, in the Virgin Islands (VI) is the 22nd recipient of the Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship 2023.
177 resilient students graduate from ESHS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - 177 students graduated from Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) in a ceremony at Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, Tortola on June 22, 2023.
Kes the Band for VI Emancipation Festival 2023– Premier
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), while singing Kes’ ‘Wotless’ live on radio, has announced that the Trinidad and Tobago-based musician and band will be headlining the 2023 Emancipation Festival stage show in the Virgin Islands (VI) scheduled for August 5, 2023.
RDA to be turned into Virgin Islands Development Agency– Premier Wheatley
FAT HOG’S BAY, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) will soon take on a new name, according to Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7). He said this will allow Virgin Islanders to continue to benefit from the agency.
Gov’t will do what’s necessary to make teaching attractive again– Hon deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. deCastro (AL) says, in recognising that the teaching profession is no longer an attractive career, the government will do what is necessary to make it attractive again.
UPDATE: Tropical depression likely to form in North Atlantic 'over next day or two'- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Showers and thunderstorms continue to show signs of organisation in association with a tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
8 contestants vying for the Prince & Princess Crown 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The stage is set for competition in the 2023 Prince & Princess show with eight (8) boys and girls vying for the title of 2023 Prince and Princess in the Virgin Islands (VI).

