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VG Easter Festival
By Karyn O. E. Alexander
From family Easter picnics on Virgin Gorda to a grand Easter Celebration: This evolution of a community event all began when the then district representative for Virgin Gorda, the late Hubert Robinson O’Neal, suggested that having a festival would unite the community.
Lions partners with HLSCC for History Centre
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – The Lions Club of Tortola has forged a partnership with the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) to embark on a project that would pave the way for the documentation and preservation of Virgin Islands history and heritage in a spanking new building.
History made! First time reserved power ever used- Elton Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was last week Thursday March 16, 2017 that history was made in the Virgin Islands as never before in the political history of the British Overseas Territory of some 40 thousand residents that a governor did what His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE did.
Huggins creates history @ NJCAA Indoor Champs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - At the National Junior College Athletic Association Indoor Championships held at Pittsburg State University in Kansas on Saturday March 4, 2017, Nelda C. Huggins, a freshman at Iowa Central College, became the first female athlete from the [British] Virgin Islands to win an individual title at any collegiate level in the USA.
Sugar Works Museum highlights VI’s horse racing stalwarts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Those who have over the many years contributed towards the development of horse racing in the Virgin Islands were highlighted by the Sugar Estate Museum in Lower Estate on Wednesday August 17, 2016.
Cromwell Smith mulls lacklustre support of VI Festival
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A local talk show host is trying to get to the bottom of the problem of poor participation by many sections of the territory towards the just concluded Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival.
The End of History as we know it!
By Dickson Igwe
The 21st Century started with the Age of Austerity and globalisation, then came the Great Financial Recession, followed by the Great Revolution, and now the world may be waking up to a Great Global Disorder. History is going back to where it began.
UPDATE: Jacqueline E. Vanterpool appointed first female Superintendent of Police
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was in February of this year that Virgin Islands News Online first and accurately reported that local female police officer, Jacqueline E. Vanterpool was tipped to fill the vacant position of Superintendent of Police left by the retired M. Roy Stoutt.
Carvin Malone is Lions’ President for 3rd time
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Members, friends and family of the Lions Club of Tortola surrounded and cheered on Mr Carvin Malone when he was installed as the club president last night, June 18, 2016 at Maria's by the Sea.
Our people still don’t appreciate from whence we came – Eileene L. Parsons OBE
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former Minister for Education and Culture Mrs Eileene L. Parsons OBE has challenged Virgin Islanders to be knowledgeable of where the country has come in just 70 years, saying that these achievements go unappreciated.
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