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Non-voters should shut up for four years - Resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident is of the belief that residents who don’t vote should keep their ‘mouths shut for four years’ since they cannot be part of the process.
India begins giant general election
BBC NEWS
Indians are voting in the first phase of a general election which pits the governing Congress party against the Hindu nationalist BJP opposition.
Russia an ‘extraordinary experience’ – Sharie B.Y. de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Miss BVI 2012, Sharie B.Y. de Castro, has described Russia as being an extraordinary experience thus far and stated that amidst her busy schedule, she has also managed to capture beautiful moments that she will treasure forever.
UPDATE: Miss World BVI in Top 5 for Talent!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Bells are ringing louder with cheers and anxiety as Miss World BVI Kirtis K. Malone has been named among the top five in the prestigious pageant's Talent Competition.
UPDATE: Hyndman shines for VI in National costume at Miss Universe Pageant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – She may not have won the scores from fan votes and that of the judges to take her into the top sixteen at the Miss Universe Pageant 2012, but her costume which give her an “aquatic look”, was gallantly displayed and promoted and gave her sufficient points to make it among the top ten best costumes for the universal pageant.
VI’s electoral process gets “glorifying” remarks from observer mission
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “The British Virgin Islands enjoys an enviable reputation of having a well-run electoral process and just as enviable for having a citizenry that believes in the fairness of that process. Such national confidence in the system allows for the free exchange of views that are the hallmark of a democratic process at work”, were the words of the Joint Observer Mission that came to the territory for the just concluded General Elections.
UPDATE - Mad rush to vote as polls close!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the clock strikes 6 p.m., the official time for the closing of polls of the 2011 General Elections, hundreds are still in line waiting to cast their votes.
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