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Scotland national Gordon Frame reportedly appointed new CEO of BVIHSA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior sources at the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) have informed our news centre that a new Chief Executive Officer is on the way and is expected to start September 1, 2026.
RVIPF Financial Crime Unit earns prestigious regional award
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Financial Crime Unit (RVIPF FCU) has been recognised for its responsiveness to international financial crime investigations, receiving the ARIN-CARIB Most Responsive Member Award for 2025/2026.
VI leaders ring opening bell @National Stock Exchange of India
MUMBAI, India— Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), and Junior Minister for Financial Services and Economic Development Honourable Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL), ceremonially rang the opening bell at the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), marking a historic engagement during the Virgin Islands’ inaugural financial services trade mission to India.
350 students benefit from D9 Back To School event
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The Ninth District Representative and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley, said the annual Back To School event is a means of bringing relief to parents who may be struggling with back-to-school expenses.
‘This is a state of emergency & I tried to warn us’- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, had an ‘I told you so moment’ on the August 25, 2026, airing of his show regarding the steep increase in fuel and the high electricity bills received this month as a result.
Long Bay Road reopens as vital alternative route to North Sound
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI — Travellers on Virgin Gorda once again have full access to Long Bay Road following the official completion and reopening of the key bypass route connecting the community to North Sound.
USVI senate sends Southland Bill back to Committee, St Croix Racetrack plan in limbo
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- A majority of senators on Wednesday, August 26, 2025, declined to take the expected final vote on the Southland Gaming racetrack package, instead sending Bill 36-0313 to the Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance for additional review of provisions including electronic-gaming exclusivity, revenue sharing, financial analysis and the proposed live racing agreement.
Guyana’s Rodrigues-Birkett tops latest UN Security Council straw poll on Secretary General candidates
NEWS SOURCE GUYANA
Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is now leading the race for the Secretary-General position, according to the second straw poll conducted by the UN Security Council.
Dolly Parton, country music legend, dies @80
CBS NEWS
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA— Dolly Parton, one of the most groundbreaking and successful musicians in the history of country music, with a hitmaking career that spanned six decades and launched her into TV and movie stardom, died Tuesday after a brief cancer battle. She was 80.
Former senator Primus quits PNM; says party has lost its way
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GUARDIAN
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago- Amid deepening internal turmoil within the People’s National Movement (PNM), former senator Joel Primus has resigned from the party after more than 25 years, saying it has drifted away from the values of interracial harmony, solidarity, unity and service to the national community that initially attracted him to the organisation.
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