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Speaker Willock gives history lesson on ‘Speech from the throne’
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- During the announcement segment of the First Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands held on January 18, 2022, Hon Julian Willock, Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA), spoke about the history of the Speech from the Throne.
Holiday?- Really?- When did we all go mad???
Alred C. Frett
Recovery shouldn’t be Good enough for One until it’s Good enough for All
We are still deep in the Aftermath and Dilemma of Irma and Maria and what was once easily survivable is now a challenge to Life and Limb…
Exclusive: Sharie B.Y. de Castro says no regrets at Miss Universe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Miss BVI 2012, Sharie B.Y. de Castro declared that she rose above personal and other struggles and has no regrets after representing the Territory at the just concluded Miss Universe Pageant held in Moscow, Russia.
Lessons on globalization from Africa
By Dickson Igwe
Now, a few words, before embarking on a continuing series of stories on the fact of globalization and its effects, whether beneficial or not, on Virgin Islands community. The preamble alludes to a response to an anti globalization commentator in these Lesser Antilles. The response was from an anonymous reader to a story in Virgin Islands News Online of November 29, 2012, a story titled, ‘’ COMMENTATORS CLASH ON GLOBALIZATION IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.