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Update: Mellissa Amey out! Wade Tobin in!
Paraquita Bay, Tortola, VI - Well known throughout the Virgin Islands for our accurate and factual reporting and always having the inside scoops that no other sites have, Virgin Islands News Online first reported in June of this year that Wade W. Tobin was tipped to take up the position of Acting Principal of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) come fall 2012.
UPDATE – Injured scooter rider, Winter returns home; recovering well
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The 14-year-old teenager, who was critically injured in a scooter accident of June 4, 2012 and had to be flown to Jamaica for treatment, has returned home and is doing very well.
UPDATE: Hon. Walwyn’s Private Secretary fired!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As firstly and accurately reported by this news site, the Private Secretary Karen Vanterpool to the controversial Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, was sent on leave on June 26, 2012 and her vacation leave was expected to end around the end of July, 2012.
Gov’t to sign more sewerage contracts – Hon. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Within another week, the Ministry for Communications and Works will sign approximately 22 petty contracts for the on-going sewerage works that is being executed in Road Town and East End.
Local Girls Brigade vying for Duke of Edinburg & Queen’s Awards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Members of the local Girls Brigade organisation, will undergo training in preparation for the International Duke of Edinburg and Queen’s Awards.
Update: Sylvester out! Pastor Gregory George in as ESHS keynote speaker!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As was firstly and accurately reported by this news site, the Orlando Smith Administration had raised objections to the class of 1992’s selection of Bevis Sylvester, the Regional General Manager of Delta Petroleum, as the keynote speaker for today’s June 28, 2012 graduation of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS).
A done deal? Airport expansion to be completed by 2015
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Today June 29, 2012, Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Hon. Dr. Kedrick Pickering has announced that the final construction of the runway extension, which is expected to be completed by December of 2015, will be extended approximately 2000 feet eastward into the sea and approximately 500 feet towards the west.
$75M Tortola Pier Park revealed to the public
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - If everything goes according to plan, cruise ship passengers’ first impression of Road Town will be splendour of green, flurry of activities and the Territory’s way of live.
Public needs to know: Has VI lost control of its treasury?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following the signing of the Protocols for Effective Financial Management between the Government of the Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom on April 23 2012, concerns continue to be raised regarding the objectivity of the document with some citing that it seems worse than sending the Territory’s budget to the UK for approval and represents a loss of control of the Territory's treasury.
Find your own vision - Esteban Smith urges St. Georges' students [Photoslide Included]
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Service to our communities, our Caribbean and our world is something that a lot of people expect from the Virgin Islands (VI), was a statement made by Estaban Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the St. Georges School (Secondary Division) graduation yesterday June, 27, 2012.