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Hon Penn accuses Gov’t of victimisation; Hon Fahie fires back
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader, Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) has accused the Virgin Islands Government of victimisation, alleging that the post of Events Coordinator held by Rosemary Cindy Rosan-Jones being made redundant by the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), a statutory body, was because she is a staunch critic of the sitting administration.
November is Culture & Tourism Month; Food Fair planned
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands’ first-ever Culture and Tourism Month will be observed in November with a food fair which will incorporate a Schools’ Arts Festival.
Former BVITB Director Sharon P. Flax-Brutus lands Director of Operations job on VG
LEVERICK BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Former Director of Tourism Mrs Sharon P. Flax-Brutus will be taking her years of tourism and management experience to the Virgin Gorda Villa Rentals and Leverick Bay Resort and Marina.
Fake News! Ex Tourism Director was NOT escorted by Police
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our news centre, well established for its accuracy, has investigated reports and headlines circulating in social media and some in the local press fraternity that the former Director of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), Mrs Sharon P. Flax-Brutus, was escorted out of the Tourist Board Office by Police. That information has been found to be false and misleading.
Sharon P. Flax-Brutus ‘immediately’ out as Tourism Director
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mrs Sharon P. Flax-Brutus is no longer the Director of Tourism as the Board of Directors of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) has made a decision to make her resignation effective immediately.
BVITB Director Sharon P. Flax-Brutus to call it quits in November
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As tourism continues to take a beat down from the global coronavirus pandemic and faces a rocky road ahead, a leaked email has revealed that the Director of the BVI Tourist Board, Mrs Sharon P. Flax-Brutus, Director of Tourism intends to call it quits at the end of the year.
Big Bamboo aiming to go bigger & better for 2020 Anegada Lobster Festival
LOBLOLLY BAY, Anegada, VI- The dust has barely settled on the two-day Anegada Lobster Festival, and visitors and residents have been placed on notice that they should expect an even more elaborate 2020 edition of the culinary festival at one of the participating establishments, Big Bamboo Restaurant.
‘Being part of BVI Food Fete reps who I am as a BVIslander’ Ariq Flax-Clarke
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Virgin Gorda’s very own Chef Ariq Flax-Clarke said he has been holding his own in the kitchen long before he was a teenager and was happy to stimulate the taste buds of hundreds of guests at the BVI Food Fete event 'Taste of Tortola' at Queen Elizabeth II Park on November 9, 2019.
Akeya Herbert is new Jr Minister of Tourism
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Akeya Herbert is well poised to represent the Virgin Islands at this year’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference in St Lucia after outshining several of her colleagues at the Junior Minister of Tourism Speech Competition at Maria’s By The Sea last evening, June 8, 2019.
BVITB partnering with property owners to reserve rooms for Buju concert
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- With more than 8000 guests projected to descend on the Virgin Islands for the Long Walk To Freedom Concert featuring Jamaican artiste Buju Banton, born Mark Anthony Myrie, on June 15, 2019 the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) is seeking to partner with hotels, villas and other businesses offering accommodation, to ensure guests are afforded a place to stay for the concert weekend.
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