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Tourist dies on Jost van Dyke; delay in getting First Responders
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI - Sometime close to 4:00 pm this afternoon, Friday, January 4, 2019, a male tourist, said to be in his mid 40s, passed away while hiking at Hatchet Road on Jost van Dyke.
Youths trained to collect data in SMART Communities Project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A group of Virgin Islands (VI) teenagers and young adults have received training in the application of a Community Engagement Survey and will become more engaged in data collection in their communities.
JvD dumpsite fire erupts during attempt to remove garbage
BUBBLY POOL, Jost van Dyke, VI - The make shift garbage dump that emerged following the Hurricanes of 2017 on Jost van Dyke, in the Virgin Islands (VI) became engulfed in flames last evening, August 21, 2018, as contracted workers attempted to begin clearing the garbage to be removed from the island.
Jost van Dyke: The ‘step-sister’ island the NDP forgot
WHITE BAY, Jost van Dyke, VI - Opposition Leader Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) will today, August 21, 2018, kick-off a series of territory-wide consultations on Jost van Dyke, aimed at soliciting and engaging the public as it regards an external threat.
Hon Fahie kicks off consultations for UK/VI review on Jost van Dyke
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Opposition Leader, Andrew A. Fahie (R1), kick-starts his Territory-wide consultations, on the sister Island of Jost van Dyke, on Tuesday August 21, 2018, as he engages residents in order to prepare formal submissions to the United Kingdom’s review of its future relationship with its Overseas Territories (OTs).
Opposition Leader takes up UK challenge in review of OT relations
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Opposition Leader Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has announced the formation of a domestic Committee to conduct outreaches across the sister islands of the Virgin Islands (VI), in order to solicit and document the views of citizens throughout the territory, in response to the United Kingdom’s (UK) establishment of a special body to review future relations with its Overseas Territories (OT).
RDA & DWM begins aggressive debris clearance programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) and the Department of Waste Management (DWM) has partnered to clean up debris on Tortola and Jost van Dyke left from the passages of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Unprofitable operations forced banks off sister islands—Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Several banks which operated on Virgin Gorda in the Virgin Islands (VI), were all forced out of operations as a result of ‘unprofitability and a lack of sustainability’ and the current National Democratic Party (NDP), government is still unable to say when the services will return to any of the sister islands.
Opposition Leader postpones 7 & 8 District meetings; bad weather
EAST END/LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI - Leader of the Opposition, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has announced that due to bad weather on Tortola, he has postponed his scheduled public meeting with the residents of the seventh and eight districts.
Opposition Leader to meet Anegada residents on June 10, 2018
SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI - Opposition Leader Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has announced that he will meet with residents of Anegada, as part of his meetings around the Territory. The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 10, 2018, at the Anegada Library at 5:00 PM.
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