Culture
Anika Christopher selected to represent VI @ 2022 Commonwealth Games
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Virgin Islands (VI) writer, poet, and publisher, Ms Anika Christopher has been chosen to represent the VI at the Commonwealth Games in May 2022.
'Culture’s transformative power' must be acknowledged- Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R1) has stated that “culture is a driver of development, and at a time of change, we must broaden the debate about development to harness culture’s transformative power.”
Festivals will happen ‘in some shape or form’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Now that the Virgin Islands is learning to live and work in this COVID-19 era, efforts are being put in certain events that had to be postponed or reduced to a virtual experience. This includes the VG Easter Festival and VI Emancipation Festival.
UKs King's College axes Rhodes professorship over links to slavery
LONDON, UK – A King’s College University professorship named after 19th-century mining magnate and Rhodesia-founder, Cecil J. Rhodes has been axed over its links to slavery and racism.
Thousands ring in New Year’s Day 2022 @ Foxy’s
GREAT HARBOUR, JvD, VI – Thousands of revelers on Friday, December 31, 2021, rang in the new year January 1, 2022, in grand style at the Foxy’s world-famous Old Year’s Night party on Jost van Dyke.
VIP Gov’t hosting ‘Christmas day with a twist’ territory-wide feeding programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government led by Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) on Christmas Day 2021, will be embarking on a massive territory-wide food and music programme from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm in every district.
Miss Universe 2021: ‘I made my country & myself proud’ - VI’s Xaria Penn
ELIAT, Israel – In a pageant blemished by politics and the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s Harnaaz K. Sandhu was officially crowned Miss Universe 2021 when the 70th edition of the beauty contest was hosted in Israel’s southernmost city of Eliat.
VI actor Shane Liburd making ‘S.W.A.T’ debut tonight on CBS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islander and actor Shane Liburd will be making his international acting debut tonight, December 3, 2021, on S.W.A.T. which airs at 8:00 pm on CBS.
New VI calypso ‘No UK rule in this county’ launched
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - A group of Virgin Islanders from the Virgin Islands Communal Association has compiled a calypso song that has slammed any form or possible attempt by the United Kingdom (UK) to impose direct rule in the territory at the conclusion of the UK-backed Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the VI.
Scores of persons turn out to 1949 Great March re-enactment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Scores of Virgin Islanders (VI) and others in the VI community on Sunday, November 21, 2021, turned out to re-enact the historic 1949 Great March in the Virgin Islands, on the eve of the new 1949 Great Match and Restoration Day holiday to be celebrated for the first time on Monday, November 22, 2021.
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