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Hundreds support vigil in VI for Guyana school dorm fire victims
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Hundreds turned up at Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park on Tortola on Friday, May 26, 2023, to join in mourning the loss of 19 children in a school dormitory fire in Guyana on May 21, 2023.
Tamarac Commissioner to host Meet & Greet for VI Premier & Hon Rymer Wednesday
MIAMI, Florida, USA- In celebration of the start of direct commercial flights from the mainland USA to the [British] Virgin Islands on June 1, 2023, Commissioner of the City of Tamarac, Hon Morey Wright Jr will be hosting a Meet and Greet for Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
Hon Rymer Launches monthly mobile clinic in D5
HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) along with the committee to Keep District 5 Alive, have officially launched the 5th District’s Mobile Clinic today, May 27, 2023.
UPDATE: Shooting victim identified as Vicardo Farrell aka ‘Scar’
MANCHESTER, Tortola, VI - Our news desk can now confirm that the shooting victim gunned down early this morning May 27, 2023, in the area of Manchester, on Tortola has been identified as Vicardo Farrell aka ‘scar’ originally from Greenland, in Eastern End of Tortola.
Phase 1 of Long Bay Beach Management plan nears completion
BEEF ISLAND, VI - Phase 1 of the Long Bay, Beef Island Beach Management Plan is nearing completion which includes the construction of public and taxi parking lots, and a beach dune protection barrier to protect the eastern sand dune from vehicular traffic while also facilitating its restoration.
Ohio fugitive nabbed at Cyril E. King Airport, UVSI
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. THOMAS, USVI — Daron O. Babrow was apprehended at Cyril E. King Airport on Thursday by officers with the V.I. Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau, following the revelation that he was a fugitive from justice.
UPDATE: Control tower strike ends, VI airports resume full operation
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- The BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) has announced that airports in the territory have resumed normal operations effective today, Saturday, May 27, 2023, at 7:00 a.m, following a brief closure yesterday at the T.B. Lettsome International Airport.
If UK wants to help OTs 'they have to look @ their individual needs'– Hon Hodge-Smith
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – The United Kingdom (UK) Government has been called upon to listen to their Overseas Territories (OTs) on an individual basis if they truly want to help these territories. This is according to Virgin Islands (VI) legislator and 4th District Representative, Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith.
Samuel Jack Husbands appointed Chair of Labour Arbitration Tribunal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The new Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government of Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has moved swiftly to appoint a Labour Arbitration Tribunal.
UPDATE: 2 males & 1 female charged with firearms/ammunition offences
SPOONER’S ESTATE, Tortola, VI– Three of the five arrested in Thursday’s, May 25, 2023, firearm seizure in Spooners Estate were charged and will appear in Magistrate’s Court at the next available sitting.