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Hon Fraser takes public meeting on recovery loans to VG
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After a successful public meeting at the Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay on February 21, 2018, Tortola, Opposition Member and Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA now heads to Virgin Gorda to get residents’ views on the proposed borrowing of $721M for the hurricane recovery and development efforts in the Virgin Islands.
An increase for news! BVI Beacon up 100%; Now costs $1.00
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many residents may not understand the huge cost involved to keep them in the know on issues and happenings both locally and regionally.
House of Assembly refurbished for 2nd time in 2 years
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands parliament, known as the House of Assembly, (HoA) has been refurbished and will host today’s, March 1, 2018, 1st Sitting of the Third Session of the Third House of Assembly.
$122k to be spent on Strong Motion & Seismic Network
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Good relations between the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez continue as a team of engineers led by Professor Jose Martinez-Cruzado visited during the past week to assess the impact of the hurricanes of September 2017 on the Strong Motion and seismic network throughout the VI.
A pleasant walk
Donald E. de Castro
Presently living on a hill at Pockwood Pond, today December 17, 2017 is another interesting day in my life after Irma and Maria. It has been a very trying and at the same time an experience living out of town. During the weeks after these two devastating hurricanes and having lost my van to Irma it was a trying time getting back and forth into town so it was necessary to catch a ride daily.
‘Our District Rep refused to stay with us after hurricanes’- Albert L. Stevens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The popular radio talk show Honestly Speaking hosted by former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director and commentator Claude O. Skelton-Cline is expected to be hot later this evening when it airs.
'The Rotary movement is alive, well & kicking' - Gerard St C. Farara QC
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI - Speaking with members of the media during a press conference held at Ritter House on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, Gerard St. C. Farara QC, Past President and Assistant Governor of Rotary Club of Tortola said the hurricanes in September 2017 came at a "time when the Rotary movement was at its strongest."
‘Give sister islands some independence’ – VG resident to Gov’t
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – In a full Catholic Community Centre on Virgin Gorda, leaders of the territory heard that it’s antiquated to have a system of electricity that shuts down an entire territory of multiple islands when a small problem develops on the main island.
Damaged Tortola mailboxes after Irma & Maria means long lines for mails
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some four months later, the Territory is still feeling the effects of the devastation and destruction caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
BVIAA to benefit from IAAF Solidarity Funding
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian N. Coe visited Puerto Rico on Monday January 15, 2018 to continue discussions and on this occasion hear first-hand about the devastation caused last year by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Jose.
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