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VI records abnormally high death rate last year
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Records confirm that the Virgin Islands (VI) last year experienced an abnormally high death rate across the Territory—157 for the year.
Government Signs Contract For Sewerage Project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands signed a contract for consultancy services for the National Sewerage Programme in the sum of $408,000.00.
St Lucian Verne Garde tipped to be new HMP Superintendent
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Verne Garde, Director of St. Lucia’s, Bordelais Correctional Facility (BCF)—where many of the Territory’s prisoners are temporarily housed—has been tipped to be the new Superintendent of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) at Balsam Ghut, on Tortola.
Influential Pastor lobbies national support for Peoples’ March
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI - A massive protest march, slated for Friday June 8, 2018, dubbed the ‘Peoples March,’ continues to gain support from influential Virgin Islanders—the latest lending support to the cause, Senior Pastor of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church, Reverend Dr Melvin A. Turnbull.
BVI Tourist Board Junior Minister Of Tourism to be selected on June 9, 2018
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virtual Reality Tourism, Tourism’s contribution to building more resilient and sustainable countries, and Wellness and Rejuvenation Tourism, are some of the topics that 6 students from Virgin Islands’ (VI) secondary schools, will be speaking on, in this year’s BVI Tourist Board Junior Minister of Tourism Speech Competition.
DG Archer reaffirms civil servants right to march on June 8, 2018
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI-Some civil servants have reported to our newsroom that there seems to be ‘intimidation on-going,’ to discourage them from marching on June 8, 2018, in the second protest demonstration on Tortola in many weeks.
Has ‘Supa Cop’ Callwood ticketed a fellow police officer?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: Social Media was on fire yesterday, Monday June 4, 2018, as a short video clip circulated, featuring Police Constable, Glenn Callwood aka ‘Supa Cop,’ and depicting what appeared to be him, issuing a ticket to a fellow police officer.
Just another road accident?
SLANEY, Tortola, VI- It was sometime after 3:00 PM today, Monday, June 4, 2018, that our roving camera noticed a white SUV in a ditch on the side of the road in the Slaney, Tortola area.
Basketball Elite Summer League action sizzles over the weekend
BAUGHER’S BAY, Tortola, VI- Basketball action continued over the weekend at the Elite Summer League, with ‘Disciples’ losing to ‘Jam Session’ 59-46, while ‘Hurricanes’ trounced ‘Right Mix.’
UPDATE - Man found hanging identified as Luvan D. Francis aka 'Dust'
MAYABA, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom can confirm that the young man who was found hanging in a shed near his home in Mayaba in the North Western side of Tortola last night August 2, 2017, is Luvan D. Francis aka 'Dust.'
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