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Williamson wins Blenheim Trust 5K Series Carrot Bay run
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The versatile runner, footballer and cricket player, Maxford Pipe, was beaten into second place by the race savvy Guy Williamson in Saturday’s Blenheim Trust 5K Series tour stop in Carrot Bay.
UPDATE: Festival cut gets mixed reaction from residents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the word spread of the five days cut of the 2014 Emancipation Festival activities, several persons had mixed reactions and shared this with Virgin Islands News Online. Most, for the greater part, felt that the decision should have been made in consultation with community leaders and key stakeholders.
Homework Programme not a day care centre – Hon. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – First District Representative Hon. Andrew A. Fahie made it clear to residents last evening, January 14, 2014, that his newly formed homework programme would be no day care centre and urged parents to be responsible in sourcing the necessary help for their children.
UPDATE: Friends & family bid emotional farewell to ‘Truckman’ Chapman
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Tear stained faces filled the pews of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Carrot Bay today January 12, 2014, as hundreds of persons, including close friends and relatives, gathered at a thanksgiving service to celebrate the life of Jo-vahn A. Chapman aka Truckman.
Runners set to return to the roads!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After a long summer break runners and walkers will be heading to the North Shore on Saturday September 14, 2013 when Race 3 in the CERES JUICES 10k race series is held in Carrot Bay.
UPDATE: Isabella Morris’ parents want emergency meeting
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – With the issue of non-communication about the mould situation at the Isabella Morris Primary School in Carrot Bay hitting the public domain, parents are now calling on the Principal, Ms Sylvia Adams and First District Representative, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie to summon parents to an emergency meeting prior to the commencement of the 2013/14 academic school year in September.
This is not an expat Carnival!– Donald E. de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “A complete disaster,” were the words of commentator and social activist Mr Donald E. deCastro in describing the Road Town segment of the just ended 2013 Emancipation Festival Parade.
Women engage in fist fight at Carrot Bay Festival
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Even as First District Representative Hon. Andrew A. Fahie cited the disrespect associated with persons fighting during the Emancipation Festival and its relevance to fore parents of Virgin Islanders, persons continued to settle matters with their fists at the end of the Emancipation Festival in Carrot Bay on August 10, 2013.
First District youth & parents urged to 'never give up'
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – “When power reaches potential, purpose is formed.” This was part of the message to residents of the First District who turned out in their numbers to the Back to School Youth Motivational Session last evening, August 11, 2013.
Cham, Small Axe create frenzy @ Carrot Bay Festival Last Lap
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – For more than an hour earlier today, August 11, 2013, fans were taken on a thrilling and extraordinary musical journey with Jamaican reggae & dancehall superstar, Damian Beckett aka Cham at the Benito Potter Festiville in Carrot Bay.
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