Culture
1st Spring Fest & Black Jack Run for VI
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI - For the first time in the Virgin Islands (VI), a festival has been created during the spring time for the enjoyment of music, sailing, and fun in one weekend and it’s called “BVI Spring Fest & Black Jack Run.”
Kareem-Nelson Hull to co-host Grammy event in Beverly Hills
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Son of the Virgin Islands soil Kareem-Nelson Hull will once again be given the opportunity to represent the VI on the international stage when he co-hosts a Grammy event in Beverly Hills,Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Marvin ‘MB’ Blyden Out! Kishma A. Baronville In! as Festival Chair
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching our news room from our sources inside the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) government is that Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC) Marvin ‘MB’ Blyden’s three year tenure as the Committee Chairman has not been renewed.
Luciano endorses budding VI artistes
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI - It took less than one hour during a session with artistes affiliated with GRATE BVI Music Alliance for Luciano and Virgin Islander Sistah Joyce to come up with a piece they both are certain will soon be a hit on the international scene.
‘We’re committed to better relations in Greater VI’ – Kenn E. Mapp
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – Governor elect of the United States Virgin Islands Kenneth E. Mapp believes more could be done to enhance the bonds of friendship among the people of the Greater Virgin Islands and from his perspective there has been a decline in these efforts recently.
If Our People are to Survive Silence Cannot be an Option
By Alred C. Frett
Some say I brag too much about things I accomplished while others say I do not take enough credit – Whoever is right or wrong I see my Mission as simply to deliver Truth which we all have found to not be delivered or to be willfully distorted by others for their own benefit or agenda… For too long we have suffered in Silence and our Children will not survive if this continues.
UPDATE: Customs & Imm. did well @ Lobster Fest – Mr Rhodni A. Skelton
SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI – “We only had one boat that came up from the USVI and Customs and Immigrations did a great job of clearing them,” said Chairman of the Anegada Lobster Fest Mr Rhodni A. Skelton in giving a summary report of the events of on the island held two weekends ago to this news site.
Xmas on de Castro St. draws support despite controversy
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Scores of residents and visitors came out to Christmas on de Castro Street last evening December 5, 2014 as the change of venue for the traditional holiday kick-starter did not dampen support.
‘Low value on Nottingham Estate land is racism!’ – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host Edmund G. Maduro continues to call on the Government to put an end to racial discrimination in the Virgin Islands as he pointed to the low valuation placed on lands in the Nottingham Estate, East End, Tortola as yet another example.
'Lobster Fest 2014 a marked success' – BVITB/Patrons
SETTING POINT, Anegada, VI – There was no doubt in the minds of Chairman of the Anegada Lobster Festival Mr Rhodni A. Skelton and patron Mr Warren D. Wintz, local businessman among others that the 2014 staging of Lobster Fest on the Island of Anegada was a success but that room exists for making the 2015 experience even better.
