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Tickets going like hot cakes for Foxy’s Old Year’s celebrations!
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost Van Dyke, VI - Tickets are going like hot cakes for the much anticipated New Year’s celebrations on the island of Jost Van Dyke and according to host Foxy’s, patrons can expect nothing more than their monies worth.
UPDATE: What makes the VI different? Fan on absence of Pari-mutuel Wagering
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- “Render unto Caesar the things that are of Caesar and unto God the things that are of God, in the house of Caesar betting or the fancy name you call it, Pari-mutuel Wagering, is the order of the day, so why this government don’t allow the sport to grow by approving the one main thing that makes the game of horse racing?"
Much colour & festivity @ Long Bush Parade! [Photo-display Included]
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI – Christmas on Tortola wrapped up in colourful style yesterday December 25, 2012 as persons turned up in numbers to view the colourful 6th annual Long Bush Christmas Parade.
Hyndman calls on VI to rally around Sharie deCastro from now
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Miss British Virgin Islands, Abigail F. Hyndman, who recently brought much recognition for the Territory at the Miss Universe Pageant 2012 where she placed in the Top Ten in the Costume Segment has called on Virgin Islanders to rally around their queen Miss Sharie B. deCastro so that she could achieve more than her at the next global pageant.
I love it, I'm satisfied & I'm happy - Sharie de Castro on new car
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All is well that ends well is certainly the case it seems as Miss BVI 2012/2013 Sharie B. de Castro received her shining new Hyundai Elantra from the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee for winning the Miss BVI Pageant in August.
Abigail F. Hyndman was outstanding at Miss Universe- Alicia Hamm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I had a costume designer who personally came to me and said ‘your girl is fabulous’...The director for the Miss Universe pageant she came to me and told me that the MSNBC did a call to do an interview with Abigail in reference to her Bio which was awesome.” so said Chairperson of the Miss BVI Pageant Committee, Alicia Hamm in an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online.
13th 'Christmas in Spanish Town' opens; Stall holders optimistic sales will pick up
SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI- The Virgin Gorda Community is celebrating 13 years of Christmas in Spanish Town this weekend and booth holders are not entertaining the thought that the number 13 is a “jinxed number” as even though the opening day December 7, 2012 saw a handful of people passing by and not buying much, they were optimistic that “things would pick up in the night and on the final day today Saturday.
No bank statements from EE/LL & Carrot Bay sub-committees-VIF&FC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The lightening rod 2012 Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee’s (VIF&F) report presented by its Chairman Marvin Blyden continues to make headlines.
Update: Miss BVI blasts Platinum News for 'inaccuracy' in article about her
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although not getting into specifics, Miss BVI 2012/2013 Sharie deCastro issued a written statement yesterday, November 29, 2012 in which she stated that a recent publication had inaccurately characterized her position on prizes awarded to her by the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&F).
UPDATE: Blyden stands by VIF&F report; no resignation by Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite a threat by Public Relations Officer of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs (VIF&F) Committee Rhodni Skelton to resign if its Chairman Marvin Blyden did not retract portions of what was stated about him in a report laid in the House of Assembly recently, Blyden has stated he is standing by his report.