Got TIPS or BREAKING NEWS? Please call 1-284-442-8000 direct/can also WhatsApp same number or Email ALL news to:newsvino@outlook.com;                               ads call 1-284-440-6666

News

October 5th, 2020
Skelton-Cline calls for 12-month suspension of NHI & Social Security

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Commentator and clergyman, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the Virgin Islands (VI) Government to let various local institutions offer a '3-month break' to citizens in the territory who continue to suffer as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

October 3rd, 2020
Region showing increased signs of storm activities – DDM

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has warned that the Atlantic and Caribbean Region is once again showing increased signs of activity as multiple storm systems are now being monitored by the National Hurricane Centre.

October 3rd, 2020
Landowners asked to pay-up 2020 property tax

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Landowners in the Virgin Islands (VI) have been asked to pay-up their 2020 property tax which is due to the Inland Revenue Department between September 1 to November 30, 2020.

October 3rd, 2020
Forbes-Vanterpool in as Chair & Dr Smith Vice-Chair in HLSCC leadership shake-up

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) premier tertiary learning institution, the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), is now under new leadership with a new Chairman, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors as well as the appointment of a new President and Vice President.

October 2nd, 2020
Virgin Islanders continue to lose property in COVID-19 era – Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Commentator Claude O. Skelton-Cline says it remains concerning that Virgin Islanders are losing property as a result of financial difficulties in the COVID-19 era.

October 2nd, 2020
Fire medic ignites hiking renaissance on Tortola

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Young business owner Joseph S. Graham is quickly making his hiking company ‘Hike BVI’ a household name in the territory.

October 1st, 2020
Slap in the face? UK supports Governor’s stance on slavery reparations – Premier

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has revealed that the United Kingdom (UK) has indicated that it backs the position of the Virgin Islands (VI) Governor, Mr Augustus J.U. Jaspert, regarding paying no reparations to the VI for the cruel acts of slavery.

September 30th, 2020
‘Could you imagine a street in London called Holocaust Highway?’ – Hon Flax-Charles

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Some three weeks after outgoing Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) Mr Augustus J.U. Jaspert irked Virgin Islanders of African ancestry when he said relics of slavery should remain in the VI, one legislator has finally broken the silence of the House of Assembly (HoA) on the matter.

September 30th, 2020
LEAKED LETTER: Governor fabricated lies to justify UK intervention in VI – Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In more explosive allegations against the ongoing Governor of the Virgin Islands, H.E. Augustus J.U Jaspert, Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), in a letter to the United Kingdom (UK) that has since been leaked to the media, said the Governor fabricated lies about the COVID-19 situation in the Territory to get the UK to ‘swoop in and rescue’ the VI people.

September 29th, 2020
UPDATE: Only 3 active COVID-19 cases remain in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With just over two months way before the Territory reopens to international tourists, there are now only 3 active cases of COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands.

Follow Us On