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‘Decision March’ confirms resident expertise to rebuild unified VI
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI - The ‘Decision March’ of May 24, 2018, has clearly confirmed that the expertise needed to rebuild a new Virgin Islands (VI), “resides among us.”
Post Office customers & staff forced to endure temperatures as high as 90 degrees
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – If it was not bad enough that following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, in September of 2017, residents on Tortola, are made to journey for miles—in some cases—to the Capital, Road Town, to collect their mail, they are also made to endure temperatures as high as 90 degrees, as they collect that mail.
Salmonella scare triggers immediate Kellogg’s Honey Smacks recall—RTW Group of Companies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - RTW Group of Companies—Roadtown Wholesale Trading Ltd, RiteWay Food Markets, Fine Foods, Harbour Market, and Cash and Carry—wishes to notify the general public of the immediate recall of Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal 15.3oz and 23oz.
TAG unveils new Ford & Hondas for Father’s Day weekend
SLANEY POINT, Tortola, VI - Tortola Auto Group (TAG), the leading automotive company in the Virgin Islands (VI), has expanded its range of brands to now include new Ford and Honda models of cars, Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and trucks—the new fleet being unveiled at a ‘Big Bash’ this Father's Day weekend at its modern facility located at Slaney Point.
List of demands from the Peoples' March
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Scores of residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) on Friday, June 8, 2018, protested perceived wrongdoings perpetuated against the people of the VI, by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) government.
A hard climb out the economic hole!
Dickson Igwe
Hurricanes Irma and Maria pulled the (British) Virgin Islands (VI) into a huge environmental and ecological "hole." That ecological crater is also an economic pit. Political and social leaders of the VI do not appear to have any cohesive and unified plan for pulling the economy out of recession. There are no solutions being offered. There is no vision on the horizon.
Skelton-Cline lambastes Governor Jaspert over UK 'kindness' remarks
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Honestly Speaking’s, Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has lambasted Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, over the United Kingdom (UK) government’s representative, who recently saw it fitting to remind Virgin Islanders, of the UK’s “ kindness to the people,” in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria.
CIBC FirstCaribbean aids VISBA recovery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - CIBC FirstCaribbean is helping the Virgin Islands Softball-Baseball Association (VISBA) make headway with its recovery efforts, following the extensive damage caused by the August 2017 floods and Hurricanes Irma and Maria last September.
Hon Pickering discuss VI & UK relations in wake of ‘public registers’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr the Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) and United Kingdom (UK) Overseas Territories (OT) Minister, Lord Ahmad, on June 12, 2018, held bilateral talks over the ‘public registers' of beneficial ownership, preparations for the 2018 hurricane season, and the recovery of the Virgin Islands (VI).
VI now boasts Caribbean’s largest locally owned shipping carrier ‘Midnight Czar’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI)—in addition to being called the sailing capital of the world—is now home to the largest, locally owned shipping vessel in the Caribbean region.
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