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Local Media Houses lose employees as they struggle to remain competitive
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It is not often that the media turns its lenses on itself to report on the ‘going ons’ in the media world. The media companies in the Virgin Islands, like any other business, goes through its ‘ups and downs’ and within the past year the three main online news sites (Virgin Islands News Online, BVI Platinum and BVI News) have lost some of their journalists (reporters) to most often greener pastures and are in the process of recruiting their replacements.
Real competition: always the best option
By Dickson Igwe
Colin O’Neal is a powerful name in Virgin Islands Society. He is the proverbial BIG SHOT. A wealthy aristocrat, businessman and lawyer: Scion of a West Indian merchant and commercial dynasty going back to the early 1900s.
‘Come out & support the players @ All Star Night’ – Asst. Comm. Milton C. McLean
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - For the second year, the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League will host its popular All Star night games in anticipation of the upcoming playoffs and Assistant Commissioner of the League Milton C. McLean has urged fans to come out and rally in support of both the junior and senior players in what promises to be an evening of excitement.
Competition: the best form of regulation
By Dickson Igwe
The regulatory mechanism is controlled by the wealthy and powerful. This is the tiny number of people at the pinnacle of the Virgin Islands social and economic pyramid. They own and manage the telecoms businesses. They also possess enormous political clout. These people profess to be business minded: in reality they are weary of real competition. Competition will eat into their bottom line.
'MMA in Paradise 4' on this Saturday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), a sport that is rapidly gaining popularity in the Virgin Islands, will see a competition being held on Saturday evening July 19, 2014 at the Multipurpose Sports Complex, according to Dwayne N. Donovan, one of the main competitors.
UPDATE: Finalists for 2nd Soca Monarch decided
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Last weekend organizers of the 2nd annual Soca Monarch narrowed down the list of those who are going to have a shot at the purse for this year’s Soca Monarch cash pocket and other prizes.
39th Customs Sports Tournament deemed a great success!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The hosting of the 39th Customs Sports Club Tournament in the Virgin Islands between April 17 and 21, 2014, has been hailed as a great success both on and off the field with some hotly contested sports competition mingled with social encounters.
Jamaica Unveils New Puma Bobsleigh Uniforms, Readies For Competition
Caribbean Journal
Jamaica’s Bobsleigh Team has unveiled its new uniforms for Sochi, as the group readies for the start of competition on Sunday.
Is the VI caught in competition war with cruise liners?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As discussion rages on the latest debacle surrounding the cruise pier development project, talk show host Julio Sam Henry is contending that much of the jostling over berthing agreements with the government is simply about competition between cruise liners.
Stop this ‘I from here’ mentality – resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident is of the belief that Virgin Islanders should be prepared to think internationally and not regionally in consideration of the services that the Territory offers.
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