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6 athletes representing the VI @ NACAC U13-U15 Championships
MANAGUA, Nicaragua- Six young athletes are representing the Virgin Islands (VI) at the 2025 NACAC U13-U15 Championships.
Hon Julian Fraser RA turns 75
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) is celebrating his 75th birthday today.
USVI: Trump signs bill to keep rum tax rate @ $13.25 benefiting U.S. Territories
VI CONSORTIUM
WASHINGTON D.C., USA- President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” into law on July 4, securing a historic victory for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by permanently setting the rum cover-over rate at $13.25 per proof gallon. The provision, a cornerstone of the tax reconciliation package, ends decades of uncertainty for the territories by ensuring a stable flow of federal excise tax revenues from rum production, projected to deliver over $1 billion c
VI’s Climate Change Trust Fund to launch @ UN Conference in November
Road Town, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund will officially be launched internationally this November at the UN Climate Change Conference.
Applications reopen for VIF&FC targeting members from sister islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Applications reopened this week, targeting members from Anegada, Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda for membership on the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC).
The American Hegemoney in the age of Trump
By Dickson C. Igwe
OK. The UK over two hundred and fifty years ceded its status as an empire to the USA. It began with the American Revolution in the late 1700s when the British were defeated as a colonial power in North America. That defeat in the war of Independence was the beginning of the American Project.
BVI Moves is for 'a healthier VI'- Health Minister
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- The Ministry of Health and Social Development, in collaboration with the UniteBVI Foundation, will be hosting a BVI Moves Walk and Aerobics activity tomorrow, Saturday, July 5, 2025.
Turning the other cheek or an eye for an eye
By Alred C. Frett
There will be Wars & Rumours of Wars:
This is the British Virgin Islands, and we are far from the War Zone, but our recent rates of Deaths would give the impression that we are much closer… Nonetheless, bear in mind that we should never ignore what is going on around us, because we are still a part of the World, and not apart from it… In these troubled times, and this troubled World, our focus should be on prevention even more than cure.
Tortola’s Ghostinyou & Risk vs Reward going for the big $$ in St John Celebration Races
ESTATE BOVONI, St Thomas, USVI- The St John Celebration Races will kick off at Clinton E. Phipps Racetrack in Estate Bovoni, St Thomas from 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
‘We need to take pride in ourselves & our beautiful VI'- Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Honourable Luce D. Hodge-Smith (R4), Junior Minister for Culture and Tourism in the Virgin Islands, has emphasised the importance of Virgin Islanders understanding the role of public-private partnerships in realising the Road Town Partnership Project.
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