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November 11th, 2012
Miss Teen Diva 2012 contestants engage in humanitarian work

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The three contestants for the upcoming Miss Diva 2012 Pageant have been busying themselves with community work as the Miss Teen Diva Pageant Committee continues to encourage the contestants to be positive role models and future leaders.

November 10th, 2012
Hundreds flock BVI Restaurant Week preview sampler event

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A few hundred persons turned out at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park to sample various delights on offer when the BVI Tourist Board held a kickoff event to the first ever Restaurant Week yesterday November 9, 2012.

November 8th, 2012
Virgin Gorda Table Setting Competition expands to include Junior Chef Competition

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Tourist Board has expanded its annual Janice Blyden Table Setting and Service Competition with the addition of a culinary challenge for the students.

November 6th, 2012
Vision of the Seas graces port VI for the first time

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas graced port Virgin Islands (VI) yesterday November 5, 2012 for the first time with a passenger count of 1,955 persons on board.

November 3rd, 2012
Down Islanders, Filipinas, and ignorant rhetoric

By Dickson Igwe

Any observer of Virgin Islands national media, or a certain section thereof, will easily recognize a growing rendition to fear, xenophobia, and even jingoism, in this small country. Jingoism in the context of this story is alluding to the, INSIDER VERSUS OUTSIDER, or DOWN ISLAND VERSUS BORN HERE song and dance of recent months.

October 31st, 2012
Tino & Aaron the Jedi release new song ‘Live My Life’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two of the Virgin Islands’ elite recording artistes, Tino and Aaron the Jedi, have collaborated to bring inspiration to their fans with the song ‘Live My Life’ which hit the airwaves yesterday October 30, 2012.

October 26th, 2012
Green & brilliant field is re-opened!

EAST END, Tortola, VI – With all the “humps and bumps” overcome, the Greenland Recreational Park was finally reopened on Thursday October 25, 2012 in front of a who’s who from the sports fraternity and residents of East End.

October 25th, 2012
From Then & Now to CBN Today- Violet Gaul making her mark

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was in January of this year when Virgin Islander Mrs Violet Thomas-Gaul revealed to Virgin Islands News Online that she was embarking on a television talk show that would focus on Virgin Islands History and Culture and at that time she had envisaged that the show would probably run for 6 months; however, she was wrong as the show has not only taken off with speed but Mrs Gaul has even embarked on another show- CBN Today.

October 21st, 2012
VI/USVI Friendship Day celebrated in St. John

CRUZ BAY, St. John, USVI – It appears to have come off without much fanfare, since if you were not invited, no one knew that the greater Virgin Islands celebrated the 39th annual USVI/VI Friendship day activity on St. John on October 20, 2012.

October 21st, 2012
Most hypocrites are in church!- Caller to sports talk show

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A caller to the talk show Sports Talk, which was aired on Saturday October 20, 2012 on a local radio station, claimed that most “hypocrites are in the church”. The topic at the time was Pari-Mutuel betting at Ellis Thomas Downs.

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