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Vehicle catches afire at VG
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI - (POST TIME 8:10AM) A Ford explorer burst into flames a short while ago at North Sound Virigin Gorda but the driver managed to escape unhurt.
"Management cannot be trusted” – Peebles Hospital staff
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “If this hospital management tell you walk you have to put on Usain Bolt track shoes and run like hell because you cannot trust a single word they tell you,” said an aggrieved middle line employee of the Peebles Hospital.
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.
Bye bye, Britain! Sir Richard Branson sells Oxfordshire mansion and moves to holiday island tax haven home
Mail Online News
Sir Richard Branson has left Britain and is living on his holiday island of Necker, it emerged today.
The decision to leave the country for the British Virgin Islands is a turnaround for the charismatic 63-year-old entrepreneur, who has draped himself in the Union Flag to promote his business.
Disclaimer/Apology
Advance Marketing and Professional Services d/b/a Virgin Islands News Online refers to the number of comments posted between July 2012 and April 2013 in the comments section of its website http://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com concerning Minister of Education and Culture, the Honourable Myron Walwyn.
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