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December 16th, 2023
Lorna E. Tom praises decision to review VI Civil Servant salary

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islander and resident, Ms Lorna E. Tom has praised a recent move of the Government to review Civil Servant salaries in the Virgin Islands (VI).

December 16th, 2023
Bregado Flax & St. Georges named champs in Inter-School Chess Tournament

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Bregado Flax Educational Centre - Secondary Division Senior Team and the St. Georges Secondary School Junior Team have been declared winners of the 2023 Inter-Secondary School Chess Tournament.

December 16th, 2023
School Monitor arrested following assault on student @ USVI school

VI CONSORTIUM

CHRISTIANSTED, ST. Croix, USVI — Spanesia K. Anderson, a school monitor at the Eulalie Rivera School turned herself in at the Wilbur H. Francis Command Police Station on Thursday, responding to a warrant issued for her arrest in connection with an incident of child abuse. According to the VIPD, the warrant had been issued earlier on the same day.

December 16th, 2023
Capital drives inequality

Dickson C. Igwe

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, is a useful cliché in revealing the tendency of capital to drive social and wealth inequality

December 15th, 2023
Ex HoA Speaker Willock & Rev Dr Lennard unveil headstone for late fmr Premier O’Neal

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- This morning, Friday, December 15, 2023, a small group of family, friends, politicians and the clergy gathered at O'Neal Burial Ground in Valley, Virgin Gorda to remember the late first Premier Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, Member Emeritus on what would have been his 90th birthday.

December 15th, 2023
Shaamuoy A. Baronville appointed Deputy Director of Virgin Islands Shipping Registry

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- [British] Virgin Islander Shaamuoy A. Baronville has been appointed the first Deputy Director of the Virgin Islands Shipping Registry.

December 15th, 2023
Guyana & Venezuela agree to use no force in border controversy

KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines – After a long day of talks in St Vincent and The Grenadines, both Guyana and Venezuela have agreed that directly or indirectly, the two countries will not threaten or use force against one another in any circumstances in the Essequibo border controversy.

December 15th, 2023
VIslander Morey Wright Jr ascends to Vice Mayor of Tamarac

TAMARAC, Florida, USA– Virgin Islander Mr Morey Wright Jr, who was elected to the Tamarac, Florida City Council in 2022, has been appointed Vice Mayor of Tamarac, a 12-square mile area west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and home to nearly 75,000 residents.

December 15th, 2023
Wife of Andrew A. Fahie allowed to visit him for holidays without surrendering passport

MIAMI, Florida, USA- A Miami court on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, amended bail requirements for ex-Virgin Islands Premier Andrew A. Fahie, allowing his wife, Sheila E. Forbes-Fahie, to visit him for the holidays without surrendering her passport as previously required.

December 14th, 2023
Nottingham Estate woman charged with 16 counts of theft & 1 count of forgery

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department have charged one female for theft following a report and what the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has described as a "comprehensive investigation".

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