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$1.3M remodelled Road Town Market Square opens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As promised by Deputy Premier and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5), the remodelled Road Town Market Square opened for business today, February 13, 2023, just over two years after ground was broken.
Super Bowl 57: VI watched as Chiefs fought back to beat Eagles in thriller
PHOENIX, Arizona, USA- The Kansas City Chiefs became NFL champions for the second time in four years after fighting back to claim a thrilling 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Hon Flax-Charles: ‘I fulfilled the basic [party] requirements’; VIP disagrees
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Contrary to reports, Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) has said she had satisfied all the requirements of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Constitution in her initial bid to remain on the VIP slate for the 2023 General Election.
God wants VI’s National Sewerage System under RDA- Roxanne T. Toussaint
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Pastor of 'The Alabaster Box' Ministries, Ms Roxanne T. Toussaint says God is directing that the National Sewerage System be placed under the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) if it is to ever move forward.
‘Upsurge of extreme misconduct’ in public secondary schools- Hon de Castro
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Already challenged by the lack of resources and measly salary, teachers also have to contend with the gross indiscipline of some students in the public secondary school system.
UPDATE: Hours later body of shooting victim has not been identified!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was this morning, Sunday, February 12, 2023, at around 4:00 AM that our newsroom was the first to report about a fatal shooting of a male in the area between the House of Assembly building and UP's Cineplex in Road Town, the capital city.
Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles resigns from Virgin Islands Party
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Outspoken legislator and Junior Minister for Trade, Economic Development, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) has announced her resignation from the Virgin Islands Party (VIP).
‘I was a victim of police abuse’- Premier Wheatley
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Amid criticisms in the public for bringing a highly controversial Police Bill to the House of Assembly (HoA) Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Wheatley (R7) has hit back by saying he would be the last person in the Virgin Islands who would facilitate Police having powers which can be abused.
UK wants CoI reforms to ‘go further’ before lifting of Order in Council- Premier
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Despite international and regional bodies condemning the imperialistic Order in Council to suspend the Virgin Islands constitution and impose direct rule, the Unity Government has so far been unsuccessful in getting the United Kingdom (UK) Government to remove the Order.
USVI announces 130th death tied to Covid-19
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- As Covid-19 cases from a recent post-Crucian Christmas Festival surge continue to decline, the [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) late Friday, February 10, 2023, announced the 130th death in the territory tied to the disease.
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