Culture
The declining Virgin Islands moral culture
Dickson Igwe
The callous murders of Kendoy Penn, Nickeria Smith, Alston Penn and Ashburn A. Dawson point to a community that has compromised its moral culture. The question is asked: has the Virgin Islands sold its soul to Mammon?
VG Easter Festival Committee defies Hon Walwyn
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- In a surprising turn of events, Chairperson of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Committee Ms Sasha D.A. Flax has announced that all four founding members of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival will be honoured at the upcoming golden jubilee celebrations.
Queen Shereen calls Chico B a default Monarch
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A song-Outsider, which was recently released to the public by Virgin Gorda Calypso Monarch, Vincentian- Roland O. Vieira aka Chico B, calling for unity among the expatriates and the natives, has opened a can of proverbial worms, with a veteran Calypsonian, calling him a Monarch by default.
Mya & Wayne Wonder take patrons down memory lane @ BVI Spring Fest
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Beginning just about 1:15 AM and ending after 3:00 AM on Sunday March 5, 2017, night two of the BVI Spring Fest, dubbed “90s Throw Back night”, saw four major acts rocking the modest crowd at Cane Garden Bay, as they went back in time with hits of yesteryear.
Hon Walwyn accused of bullying VG Festival Committee
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Long accused of making everything he touches political and employing strong arm tactics to have things done his way, the controversial Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL) is at it again.
UPDATE: ‘There was a lot of pressure’- Miss Senior ESHS Mya A. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI- The pumped atmosphere at the Sir Breircliffe Hall in Road Town, Tortola, turned into a frenzy of screaming teenagers and cheering adults when the awards began pouring at the feet of 17-year-old Mya A. Walwyn and 18-year-old Calden K.A. James, who were eventually crowned the very first Mister and Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) on January 21, 2017.
GenY Factor finalist among contestants for ESHS pageant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Mister and Miss Senior Elmore Stoutt High School Pageant 2017 is in full swing as it features a historic staging with the territory’s first batch of students of the Twelfth Grade.
Horseracing & fashion lit up Ellis Thomas Downs
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- A fashion show was among entertainment given to hundreds of patrons decked in their Sunday’s best who flooded the gates of Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay for the annual Boxing Day races on a warm yet breezy afternoon on Monday December 26, 2016.
BVI Heritage Dancers seeking $10K to complete dance studio
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With no place to call home, the BVI Heritage Dancers will be aiming to raise over ten thousand dollars to make the former storeroom for Emancipation celebration paraphernalia located right next to the 1780 Sugar Works Museum, partially completed for a dance studio by Easter 2017, when they hit the stage along with several others at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita Bay tonight, Thursday December 22, 2016.
VI has benefitted tremendously from over 100 nationalities –Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier of the Virgin Islands Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith says it’s an undisputed fact that expatriates have benefitted from being in the VI and that the territory is a much better place because of the over 100 nationalities who have made the territory their home.
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