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'Character assassination, Total disrespect'- Premier on Vanterpool's crazy rant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) today, July 18, 2019, delivered scolding criticisms to District Four (D4) Representative, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4), over a 'slanderous' outburst soon after being sworn into to the House at the Tuesday, July, 16, 2019, Fifth Sitting of the First Session of The Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands.
$15k bail for Horse Path man allegedly found with Cannabis
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A resident of Horse Path has been slapped with $15,000 bail after being charged by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) for alleged Cannabis related offenses.
‘Finances of festival remain a concern’- Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the budget to pull off the 65th Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival surpassing a million dollars, Minister for Education, Culture, Agriculture, Fisheries, Sports, and Youth Affairs, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has said the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC)- rather than depending on the Government’s purse- is looking at alternative means of raising the needed finance as well as guarding against wasting resources.
BVI demolish Curacao @ ‘Battle of the Fittest’
PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten, WI- BVI Bayside Blazers have virtually assured themselves a place in the semi-finals of the 6th annual ‘Battle of the Fittest’ Basketball Tournament in Philipsburg, St Maarten, after beating Curacao last night, July 17, 2019.
Gov't moving apace to increase legal limit of cc for motorcycles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Government is moving apace to bring legislation to the House of Assembly (HoA) to increase the legal limit of cc for motorcycles and scooters in the Virgin Islands.
Are we heading for early elections? NDP on verge of collapse
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The temperature is heating up, as the split within the National Democratic Party (NDP) is now public knowledge.
USVI Gov’t employees being terminated due to ‘financial crisis
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- While US Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Kenneth E. Mapp has said on multiple occasions that the territory’s financial condition has been improving and that government employees would not be furloughed or terminated, some workers employed at the Bureau of Corrections have been terminated because of the “continued financial crisis” affecting the government.
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