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April 30th, 2023
AI Technology leads to arrest for firearm @ USVI Carnival Village

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A man who was identified by artificial intelligence as being a likely carrier of a weapon was arrested on firearms charges after police reportedly found him with an unlicensed gun tucked into his waistband.

April 30th, 2023
Adaejah T. Hodge lowers her own National Record in 100m

LUBBOCK, Texas, USA- Just one week after establishing a new [British] Virgin Islands National Record in the 100m (11.12 seconds), sprinter Adaejah T. Hodge has lowered the mark even further.

April 30th, 2023
We are working on ‘rebuilding the Village’- Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the Virgin Islands wraps up activities for Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said the observance reinforces the crucial need for us as a community to protect our most vulnerable and ensure that the well-being and future of our children continue to be at the forefront.

April 29th, 2023
2023 election lies & VIP’s vindication; Dr Wheatley Gov’t now on to second term!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It must have been a bittersweet time for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), the political group that has won the most elections since the legislature was restored in 1950, after the party emerged as the Government in the 2023 Elections in the Virgin Islands.

April 29th, 2023
Chess now a part of VI school curriculum – Hon Sharie B. de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Education System is moving ‘Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead’ according to subject Minister for Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (Al) with introducing chess into the school curriculum as a fun way to teach logic and memory.

April 29th, 2023
Hon Fraser's demands 'were too great' for any party- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands (VI) Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said ahead of National Democratic Party (NDP) Member Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE aligning with the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) to form the Government, the party had considered senior legislator Julian Fraser RA (R3) but negotiations fell through over the demands of Hon Fraser.

April 29th, 2023
2023 Governor’s Cup going down Sunday April, 30, 2023

NANNY CAY, Tortola, VI – Sailing action in the 2023 Governor’s Cup under the Royal BVI Yacht Club is set for tomorrow, Sunday, April 30, 2023, with registrations already completed.

April 29th, 2023
Annual Leverick Bay Poker Run returning for 2023

LEVERICK BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI – After a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Leverick Bay Resort and Marina is back for its 19th Annual Leverick Bay Poker Run, on Sunday, May 28th, 2023.

April 29th, 2023
Low voter morale in the Virgin Islands

Dickson C. Igwe

The fragmentation of the two party system has left the Virgin Islands Party the undisputed powerhouse of Virgin Islands politics. The opposing three parties are a work in progress. However, of the three, the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement and National democratic Parties are the more permanent fixtures. Will they survive in their present form? Time will tell.

April 28th, 2023
Ministerial portfolios assigned in VIP Gov't

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Legislators connected to the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government have today, April 28, 2023, received their Ministerial portfolios ahead of the opening of the 5th House of Assembly in the Virgin Islands (VI).

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