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June 29th, 2023
Buney H. Chinnery sentenced to 8 months imprisonment in USVI

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- [British] Virgin Islander Buney H. Chinnery, 22, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after being convicted of failure to heave to law enforcement and giving a false statement to US law enforcement authorities.

June 29th, 2023
New Marina Cay Bar & Grill opens Friday, June 30, 2023

MARINA CAY, VI- It was in November 2022 that Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) reported that Marina Cay, an 8-acre private island just offshore from Beef Island, Tortola, was under a long-term lease to Scrub Island Development Group and that efforts were being made to revive the restaurant, which was damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017.

June 29th, 2023
‘Monogamy is not natural, it’s a choice’- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – While Christianity preaches monogamy and marriage between a man and a woman as good, controversial pastor and ‘Honestly Speaking’ talk show host on ZBVI 780AM, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has shared the opposite, declaring that monogamy is not natural but rather a choice.

June 28th, 2023
Opposition to come out swinging with over 100 questions for June 29 sitting

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The tri-party Opposition is set to pepper the Dr Natalio D. Wheatley (R7)-led Government with more than one hundred questions, when the Second Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) is held from 10:00 AM on Thursday, June 29, 2023.

June 28th, 2023
ESHS Class of 2023 holds a prom ‘to remember’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Prom night is no doubt one of the highlights of the graduation experience of students of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), with this year’s being labeled as “one to remember”.

June 28th, 2023
Gov’t inks $511,786 contract for Long Swamp Pump Station

LONG SWAMP, Tortola, VI – The Government of the Virgin Islands inked a contract valued $511,786 for works on the Long Swamp Pump Station, in a contract signing ceremony on June 27, 2023, with BioSafe Treatment and Septic Solution.

June 28th, 2023
VI rallies to save home of talk show host Dameon Percival from bank sale

MARTIN SPRING GHUT, Tortola, VI– The home belonging to Tola Radio VI host and panelist Dameon Percival could hit the market on Thursday, morning, June 29, 2023, for auction, if he is unable to make some payments to the National Bank of the Virgin Islands (NBVI), according to a Facebook post from the bank.

June 28th, 2023
Pastor robbed @ gunpoint outside UP's Cineplex- Bishop Cline alleges

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Former Senior Pastor of New Life Baptist Church (NLBC) Mr John I. Cline is alleging his son Jovan E.L. Cline, who is the new Senior Pastor of NLBC, was among a group of persons held at gunpoint outside of UP’s Cineplex recently.

June 28th, 2023
Guyana Minister rape case: DPP says ‘due legal attention’ being to case

NEWSROOM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), in a press statement issued on Tuesday, said that due legal attention is being given to the case file into the rape allegations against Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall.

June 28th, 2023
Canadian wildfire smoke is blanketing the US again

CNN

CHICAGO, USA - Over 80 million people from the Midwest to the East Coast are under air quality alerts as smoke from the Canadian wildfires sweeps across the US border Tuesday, prompting beach closures, warnings about reduced visibility and calls to stay indoors.

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