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Blogs ‘a good way of hearing what people are saying’- Gov Jaspert
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert has shot down the notion that he was sent to the Virgin Islands with a “hidden agenda”, contrary to what bloggers on local news sites have been suggesting.
BVI Platinum News sued for Libel by Attorney David A. Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our newsroom and subsequently documents obtained, confirm that BVI Platinum News, doing business as Platinum Investors Limited, has been successfully sued for Libel by a local Attorney.
‘Headlines are created to generate blogs’- John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Known for not being shy to speak his mind, the Bishop of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom on the main island of Tortola, John I. Cline, has taken on the media.
Only tourists lives matter to two Sr Gov’t Officials?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a bizarre twist, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Advance Marketing and Professional Services, the parent company of Virgin Islands News Online, Mr Julian Willock, called our newsroom to angrily complain about a phone call he received today Sunday December 6, 2015.
'Don't worry with the critics'- Tamia N. Richards tells police recruits
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards made a rare public appearance when she gave the keynote address at the Inaugural Police Recruit Training’s Completion Exercise and Passing Out Parade on the lawns of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) at Paraquita Bay on July 30, 2015.
No blogs for ongoing matters in High Court – Justice Ellis
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In a surprise move today, October 14, 2013 High Court Judge Vicki Ann Ellis ordered media houses to desist from accepting blogs/comments on articles about ongoing trials in the High Court of the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: VC in domestic abuse trial denies goading Powell Jr to hit her
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virtual Complainant (VC) in the trial involving Stanley Powell Jr denied goading her former husband into hitting her on the night of December 28, 2011.
We are destroying each other with blogs – Hon. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – During the Other Business segment of yesterday’s September 3, 2012 first sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly, Minister for Education and Culture Myron V. Walwyn once more expressed grave concern about the way online news sites represented the information that was gathered.
Negative blogs display a certain lack of maturity in society- Natalio Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host and member of the People’s Patriotic Alliance (PPA) Natalio Wheatley has called on bloggers to desist from making negative comments but rather focus on making positive contributions to issues that would foster healthy discussion and goodwill.
Sensational headlines bring out worst in bloggers – talk show hosts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The headlines of articles published on online news sites are sometimes sensational “to create some kind of buzz” which prompt readers to comment ignorantly based on the headlines, stated talk show host Natalio Wheatley on “Umoja”, a radio programme, that was aired last evening, January 5, 2012.
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