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VI culture & arts ‘depicted beautifully’ @ recent Spring Regatta - Dr Katherine A. Smith
NANNY CAY, VI – The recently concluded BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival has been recognized for its prominent depiction of elements of the Virgin Islands' culture and cultural arts.
2024 value & supply chain
Dickson C. Igwe
Follow the capital trail through the behaviour of the capital mix and its value supply chains. It is important to assess how much of the Capital Mix – wealth-generating assets in the Virgin Islands- with its associated supply and value chains, is in public hands or government, and how much is in the private sector, including non-profit organizations.
VI Public officers converted to new salary scale
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Department of Human Resources has successfully converted some 2499 public officers in th. Virgin Islands (VI) to the new salary structures in line with their March 31, 2024, deadline.
New work permit exemptions by Minister's discretion temporarily suspended
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Department of Labour and Workforce Development under the Ministry of Financial Services, Labour and Trade have announced a temporary suspension of new work permit exemptions by Minister's discretion, effective immediately.
‘Everybody is all hands on deck’ to sell VI @ Seatrade 2024- Clive L. McCoy
MIAMI, Florida, USA – Virgin Islands Director of Tourism Mr Clive L. McCoy said the Virgin Islands is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach for the 2024 Seatrade Cruise Global event ongoing in Miami, Florida.
O.J. Simpson dead at 76 after cancer battle
BBC
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, USA - O.J. Simpson, the former American footballer who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76. Orenthal James Simpson rose to fame as a college footballer before playing in the NFL.
Local businessman, Green VI teams to equipt Joyce Samuel Primary with solar lights
BELLE VUE, Tortola, VI - Local Businessman Chad George of Alpha Energy Solutions have teamed up with Green VI to donate solar-powered lights to the school as part of a wider project to adopt green energy solutions in the VI and reduce the energy load of the school.
VI engages Disney, Carnival cruise lines on Day 1 of Seatrade Cruise Global
MIAMI, Florida, USA– Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) is currently leading a delegation at the 2024 Seatrade Cruise Global event, a premier event in the global cruise tourism industry.
Financial Secretary Jeremiah G.A. Frett hospitalised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that yesterday, Friday, April 5, 2024, while at a Paraquita Bay meeting, the territory’s Financial Secretary Mr Jeremiah G.A. Frett reported he was not feeling well.
Vehicle collision slows traffic @ Great Mountain on Tortola
GREAT MOUNTAIN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into our news center is that there was an accident this morning, Saturday, April 6, 2024, around 10:00 am in the Great Mountain area of Tortola.