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June 28th, 2013
‘It is not an easy road’, ESHS graduates told

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – To have walked out of the Mulit-Purpose Sports Complex of the Virgin Islands on June 27, 2013 without being inspired would have been an injustice to oneself after hearing one of the most heart touching and inspirational keynote addresses given by Ms Arliene T. Penn.

June 25th, 2013
Sunsail sacks many of its employees

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI - Some of the major employers in the Territory are continuing to cut their workforce, even as the National Democratic Party (NDP) government holds fast to its claim that the economy is robust.

June 17th, 2013
Hon. Myron V. Walwyn hints at Independence

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – It would not take a rocket scientist to see that the members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government and that the Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith do not see eye to eye on the issue of the Virgin Islands advancing the status of becoming an independent country.

June 14th, 2013
Premier Smith to be honoured at Surgeons' Conference

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier Dr the Honourable Dr. D. Orlando Smith will be honoured by the Caribbean College of Surgeons at its 11th Annual Clinical Conference currently underway at Long Bay Beach Resort and Villas. The conference runs from June 13 – 16, 2013.

June 12th, 2013
Hon. O’Neal throws cold water on Premier’s ‘robust’ economy claims!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, has joined the growing chorus over the debate on the Virgin Islands economy and has disputed the claim made by the National Democratic Party Leader and Premier Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith that the Virgin Islands economy is ‘robust’ and getting better.

June 12th, 2013
ESU not going back to MNR&L - Premier Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola - The government of the Virgin Islands (VI) says the Employment Services Unit is best placed under the Ministry of Education and not the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour.

June 10th, 2013
Exclusive: Hon. O’Neal lashes NDP over VIP ‘left country broke’ claims!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Opposition Leader Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE has broken his almost 15-month silence both in the House of Assembly and in the media.

June 10th, 2013
Giving belongership status can reduce remittances - Hon. Fraser

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - There have been many suggestions and opinions flowing throughout the Virgin Islands as persons explore every possible means of improving the economy of the Territory.

June 7th, 2013
No timeline for completion of swimming pool in VG

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Some six years after construction on the Olympic standard swimming pool in Virgin Gorda started, the project is yet to be completed and its seems as though even now a date cannot be placed on its completion.

June 4th, 2013
Hurricane Message By Premier Of The Virgin Islands

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Dear fellow Virgin Islanders and residents of the Virgin Islands. We are officially in the Atlantic Hurricane Season from June 1 to November 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that there is a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms, of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes, including three to six major hurricanes.

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