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May 1st, 2024
US drug control agency to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift

WASHINGTON, USA - — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

May 1st, 2024
Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans

BBC NEWS

"Tens of millions" of people are using technical workarounds to secretly access WhatsApp in countries where it is banned, the messaging platform's boss has said.

May 1st, 2024
Court to decide fate of man who threatened to kill Bahamas PM

LOOP NEWS

A magistrate’s court will on May 8 decide the fate of a man who allegedly threatened to kill Prime Minister Phillip Davis last year.

April 30th, 2024
VI rallies LatAm support for UN Associate Members' sustainable development

SANTIAGO, Chile - As the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda approaches, the [British] Virgin Islands (BVI) has rallied support for the 13 Associate Members of UN ECLAC located in the Caribbean at the 7th Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development in Chile in Santiago, Chile from 15th-18th April 2024.

April 30th, 2024
2024 Governor's Cup: A triumph for Barney & team Airgasm!

ROAD HARBOUR, Tortola, VI- On Saturday, April 20, 2024, the Royal British Virgin Islands Yacht Club (RBVIYC) hosted the 2024 Governor's Cup. The forecast wasn’t hopeful with less that 10 knots forecast; however, the wind came in above forecast, which allowed for three very exciting races to take place.

April 30th, 2024
USVI: Carnival Village opens with tribute to Malvern Gumbs

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— With the official opening of Carnival Village on Monday night, festivities on St. Thomas have kicked into high gear. Dubbed “Malvern’s Melodic Greathouse” after music educator Malvern Gumbs, the village was a hive of activity as patrons criss-crossed the grounds, sampling food and beverages from vendor booths.

April 30th, 2024
Dr Marcia Potter returned as CXC® Deputy Chair for another 3 years

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA- Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Dr Marcia Potter will continue for another three years as the Deputy Chair of the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC).

April 30th, 2024
What happens when governments rob their people?

Alred C. Frett

Controlling your Mind or Paying for the Consequences:

Please read the full Message for every day we learn new things, and still there is much more that we will never know... We were born helpless, and it takes us far longer than most animals to achieve our bio-environmental independence, yet we have the audacity to claim to be made in the image of a Super God... Facts suggest that we created God, but it is convenient for our importance to claim he made us.

April 30th, 2024
'UK’s view' is Israel’s actions in Gaza cannot be described as genocide- Gov Pruce

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While some have been describing the continued deadly military attack on Gaza by Israel as genocide, the United Kingdom’s (UK) view is that the situation cannot be described as genocide unless determined by a court.

April 30th, 2024
BVIEC Linesmen take historic win @ CARILEC’s Lineworkers Rodeo in Antigua

ST GEORGE, Antigua- The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) made history as the first utility to capture a consecutive 1st Place in the Experienced Team Category at the CARILEC’s Lineworkers Rodeo held at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday April 21, 2024.

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