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BVI Swim heats up stage @ Summer Sizzle BVI 2017
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A night of creative designs, trendy fashion and appealing models, took the stage for the ninth annual Summer Sizzle BVI 2017 which started on Friday, July 21, 2017 at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, with the first ever BVI Swim and Resort runway show.
Sistah Joyce out of calypso show; Snubbed as guest artiste
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - 4-time Calypso Queen Joycelyn Searles aka Sistah Joyce will surprisingly not defend her title at this year's Calypso Competition held as part of Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival. Now the artiste is upset that she has been snubbed as a guest performer for the show on August 2, 2017.
2017 Festival shaping up or out of shape?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The 2017 Virgin Islands Emancipation celebration on Tortola to many is shaping up; however, to others it is out of shape.
Guests of Summer Sizzle BVI get a delicious taste of Territory
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- The weekend of fashion and style began with a true island hospitality style; food. A Taste of VI was the theme of the welcome party held on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at Myett’s in Cane Garden Bay.
'Everybody bussing off' around festival - Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - At this time of the year many discussions, opinions, recommendations and even criticisms are a norm when it comes to the celebration of Emancipation in the Virgin Islands (UK).
It's Smith Robin again! Wins 28th annual Fisherman’s Tournament
BEEF ISLAND, VI – The Conservation and Fisheries Department (C&FD) celebrated its twenty-eighth annual Fisherman’s Day under the theme “Sustainable Fisheries in 2017” at Long Bay Beach, Beef Island on Sunday, July 16, 2017.
Bounty killer & Jahmiel complete Carrot Bay Int’l artistes line-up
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Judy-Ann Smith, one of the key organisers for the Carrot Bay Cultural Fiesta for Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival 2017, did indicate that the list of international artistes was incomplete while at the press briefing on July 4, 2017 called by the VI Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC).
‘VI has done a bad job @ preserving its identity’– John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “We were fortunate as this generation to have inherited a prosperous, peaceful, and safe nation and we now need to ensure that we don’t drop the ball,” said Bishop John I. Cline who was a guest on the television talk show, Honestly Speaking, on CBN Channel 51 on Tuesday July 11, 2017.
‘Festival is not to jump & whine up’- Radio show caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Callers to the ‘3D Show’ radio programme, hosted by Doug Wheatley on ZBVI 780 AM on Friday July 7, 2017 expressed their concerns about the Virgin Islands people not celebrating the Emancipation festival for its true meaning.
Parents told to take responsibility for children in festival village
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - "Parents have the responsibility to attend to their children during festival activities.” This is a stance rightfully taken by Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC), Mr Trefor A. Grant.
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