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September 26th, 2023
Efforts being made to get incinerator back online by yearend- DWM Director

POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- Director of the Department of Waste Management (DWM) Mr Marcus E. Solomon has said efforts are underway to get the incinerator at Pockwood Pond back online after more than a year of inactivity.

September 26th, 2023
'You can’t get change if you give exact'– Hon de Castro tells teachers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As part of "re-imagining" education in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has urged local teachers to give more and create change not just in schools, but in the community.

September 25th, 2023
Premier Wheatley to attend Monaco Yacht Show; Hon Smith @ helm of VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley )(R7) is away from the Territory attending the Monaco Yacht Show until October 1 and the United Nations Meeting in New York on October 3 and 4, 2023.

September 25th, 2023
Legendary Stone Haven Restaurant ‘permanently’ closes

PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- In a sudden announcement that has shocked customers, the legendary local restaurant Stone Haven located in Purcell Estate announced today, September 25, 2023, that it has closed for good.

September 25th, 2023
East Action Committee presents 2 smart TVs to Willard Wheatley Primary School

EAST END, Tortola, VI- The East Action Committee was put together only about a month ago, but it is already making a positive impact in the community.

September 25th, 2023
30th homicide of 2023 recorded in USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- A grim milestone has been reached in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) for yet another year, as the [US] VI Police Department on Sunday, September 24, 2023, confirmed the territory's 30th homicide for 2023.

September 25th, 2023
Trio found with high-velocity ammo in vehicle granted $20K bail

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The three men arrested and charged after ammunition was found in a vehicle they were in while in Road Town on September 20, 2023, received bail in the Magistrate’s Court today, Monday, September 25, 2023.

September 25th, 2023
VG water woes being caused by inadequate plant production– Hon Kye M. Rymer

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has attributed the current water woes on Virgin Gorda to inadequate production of water, the inadequacy of the distribution system, and Sargassum Seaweed infiltration.

September 25th, 2023
VI beat hosts Dominica for Bronze @ ECVA U23 Women’s Tournament

MASSACRE, St Paul Parish, Dominica- The [British] Virgin Islands have finished third at the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (EVCA) U23 Women’s Tournament in Dominica, gaining sweet revenge for their opening game loss to hosts Dominica on September 20, 2023.

September 24th, 2023
‘I heard gunshots while in bed with my wife & child’- Hon Turnbull

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Representative for the Second District Hon Melvin M. Turnbull told lawmakers on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA), while speaking under ‘Other Business’, about an experience he claimed to have had while in bed with his immediate family.

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