June 20th, 2011

Major works for East End Sewerage Project begin today

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Weather permitting, major works on the East End Sewerage Project are expected to begin in the Parham Town area today Monday June 20, 2011.

June 20th, 2011

Road works should be completed by the end of July- Min. Fraser

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister of Communications and Works Hon. Julian Fraser RA says the road restoration process should be completed by the end of July as long as the weather is favourable.

June 18th, 2011

Deputy Premier given tour of East End Sewerage Project

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Dancia Penn QC was given a familiarisation tour of the East End Sewerage Project by CBE Engineering Associates on Friday June 17, 2011.

June 16th, 2011

I am always ready for an election – Hon. Christopher

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “Today as we look forward and as we look for ways and means to communicate to our people we have no option, no choice but to go the way of the future and the future is telecommunication if we want to communicate to the now generation,” were the words of 2nd District Representative Hon. J. Alvin Christopher at the launching of his website on Wednesday June 15, 2011, at Maria’s By The Sea conference room.

June 15th, 2011

No love lost between Hon. Fahie & Hon. Christopher!

by ANEKA EDWARDS

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There is no hard feelings between Minister for Education and Culture, Andrew Fahie and 2nd District Representative Alvin Christopher, although recently things got heated twice in the House of Assembly over updates of certain education programmes.

June 15th, 2011

Ebenezer Thomas Primary gets new playground, students ecstatic

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Bearing in mind the old saying that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, the students of the Ebenezer Thomas Primary in Sea Cows Bay were given an added incentive to appreciate schooling when a spanking new playground was commissioned on Tuesday June 14, 2011.

June 15th, 2011

Lorie Rymer against Victor International acquiring more VG land

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Independent candidate contesting the 9th District seat, Lorie Rymer, has claimed that US real estate and resort developer Victor International Corporation is seeking to acquire an additional 12 acres of land in Virgin Gorda, which he said contains old burial sites and is strongly against the proposition.

June 15th, 2011

Great Mountain road up next for repairs

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Great Mountain road is next on the Public Works Department’s (PWD) list to be repaired and paved, announced Premier Ralph T O’Neal, OBE on Monday June 13, 2011 on Let’s Talk – a Virgin Islands Party (VIP) radio programme.

June 14th, 2011

Residents lament on-going spikes in electricity charges

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several callers on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) ‘Let’s Talk’ radio programme asked Government to intervene into the continuing rise of the electricity fuel surcharge which is resulting in very high electricity bills.

June 14th, 2011

Skelton Cline clarifies his definition of “BVIslanders”

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following concerns regarding his views on immigration issues in the Territory, 2nd District Candidate in the upcoming general elections, Claude Skelton-Cline, in an exclusive interview with VINO, clarified what he meant when he used the term “BVIslanders”.