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VIP Congress internal elections set for May 28, 2014!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In a closed door Extraordinary General Meeting at Maria’s By the Sea held last night April 23, 2014 the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) general body has selected a date for its internal elections that could see a new Executive Committee being installed.
Who’s in breach of prohibited 700MHz spectrum usage?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – It is a barrel of secrets surrounding the legal predicament one telecommunication company may have found itself in resulting in the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (the “TRC”) taking legal action/s.
DJ Casual shot at Providence Stadium
Demerara Waves
Well-known radio disc jockey, Curtis “Casual” Armstrong was early Monday morning shot and injured at the Providence Cricket Stadium located on the East Bank of Demerara in Guyana, sources confirmed.
Missing Malaysian plane: Search race to recover debris
BBC NEWS
An Australian plane has spotted two objects in the hunt for the missing Malaysia plane, and a ship has arrived in the area to find them.
ROUTES AMERICAS: BlueSky Airlines Selects Dash 8-Q400 for Regional Routes
Routesonline
Cayman Islands-based start-up carrier, BlueSky Airlines, outlined its initial development plans to delegates at this year’s Routes Americas in San Salvador, El Salvador. The airline, which is planning to run scheduled flights connecting to the Caribbean and Latin America, presented a special Route Exchange briefing to an audience of airport and tourism authority delegates.
Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies
BBC
Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple has died at the age of 85.
UN: Foreign Investment in Caribbean Tax Haven Dwarfs India and Brazil
By International Business Times
More foreign investment was pumped into the British Virgin Islands, a tax haven in the Caribbean, than some of the world's largest developing economies during 2013.
Chickungunya Virus Detected In St. Martin, Virgin Islands On Alert
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Health officials are on alert for the Chickungunya virus, a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes, after ten confirmed cases have been reported in St. Martin.
Turks & Caicos Islander reveals selective British prosecution on basis of race
Overseas Territories Review, Letter by J. Forbes to TCI News Now!
"No matter whatever happens now to try and rehabilitate what are self evidently racist prosecutions, a very large segment of the community will now never accept any convictions of the (British) SIPT (Special Investigation and Prosecution Team), particularly in a judge alone trial, as being the reflection of a fair or reasonable judicial process."
IMF predicts more Caribbean economic woes
CAYMAN NET NEWS
The Cayman Islands and territories in the Caribbean area are still going to experience hard times, according to a new report by the International Monetary Fund.
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