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October 20th, 2022
2022 CIBC FirstCaribbean Walk for the Cure sees record participation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - More than 300 walkers registered for the 2022 CIBC FirstCaribbean Walk for the Cure which took place on Tortola on Saturday, October 8, 2022.

October 8th, 2021
Ephraim E. Penn re-elected for 4th term as BVIOC President

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Mr Ephraim E. Penn was given a 4th term as President of the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC), when the Committee held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Executive Board elections on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

October 3rd, 2018
TAG, BVI Cancer Society partners for “Drive for a Cause”

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In recognising October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2018, the Tortola Auto Group (TAG) has partnered with the BVI Cancer Society for, ‘Drive for a Cause’.

December 26th, 2016
Cancer is two times higher in the Caribbean compared with the USA

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In a recent study published this month (December 2016) in the Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) conducted by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the United States Centre for Disease Control (CDC), it found that the rate of death from cancer is much higher in the Caribbean region than in the United States of America (USA) with triple the population of the Caribbean region.

November 3rd, 2014
‘This is for you; Roy & Shaheem’ – Ms Gloria A. Fahie

PIRATE’S BIGHT, Norman Island, VI – For the Rotary Club of Road Town was Ms Gloria A. Fahie, Rotary Tortola Ms Judith Charles and Rotary Sunrise was Ms Lorna Dawson; three women of the Virgin Islands community who got standing ovations as they were awarded for their championing causes in the community over time.

March 5th, 2014
BVICS & ACSVI in partnership to champion the causes of Cancer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Cancer Society (BVICS) has made yet another significant stride as they aggressively pursue their mandate to do ever thing possible to champion the cause of Cancer for persons of the territory, their latest move was to establish a partnership with the American Cancer Society of the United States Virgin Islands (ACSVI).

February 9th, 2014
A celebration of life marked final respects to late Mr Roy A. Hodge

WEST END, Tortola, VI – It was not a traditional home going ceremony of one that would have passed yesterday afternoon, February 8, 2014 but rather a celebration of the life of the Late Mr Roy A. Hodge, in the West End Community.

January 30th, 2014
UPDATE: Roy A. Hodges’ poetry will still be given to WE schools – Hon Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie says that while he had all hopes of having Mr Roy A. Hodge present to read some of his poems for students of schools in the Western end of Tortola, he will still be going ahead with initial plans though the well loved cultural icon has passed.

January 27th, 2014
UPDATE: VI Cancer Society Masquerade Gala rakes in over $20k

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – President of the VI Cancer Society, Ms Gloria Fahie, has confirmed with Virgin Islands News Online that they have chalked up in excess of $20,000 and still are collecting monies promised following the staging of one of their most successful events in its history on January 24, 2014.

January 18th, 2014
VI Cancer Society plans grand Masquerade Gala!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As the awareness grows, the knowledge of the extent of the prevalence of cancer among the people of the Virgin Islands is becoming even more evident.

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