ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although touted to win, Tortola horses Glorious Memory and All Country of the L&B Stable failed to live up to the hype as they both brought up the rear in their events of the race-card dubbed ‘The battle of the mares/fillies’ today Sunday January 29, 2012 at the Clinton E. Phipps Racing Park in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Reliable sources have confirmed to Virgin Islands News Online that today’s Boxing Day races at Ellis Thomas Downs will be an all Tortola affair as there will be no horses from St. Thomas.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The “black market” for gold jewellery is on the rise in the Virgin Islands, sources told Virgin Islands News Online, with steps being taken to control the underground trade.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Horse racing in the greater Virgin Islands is alive and well and as the three islands, Tortola, St. Thomas and St. Croix, get ready for the much anticipated Triple Crown which is the big prize races amongst the three islands, the Virgin Islands (Tortola) will not be left behind.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- Police in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands have not been able to make any arrests so far in relation to a shooting last evening October 18, 2011 that claimed the lives of two persons including young Virgin Islander, K’Nesia Braithwaite.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – General Manager (GM) of Dolphin Discovery-Tortola, Carlos Guerrero, says if the immigration process is speeded up for persons visiting the programme from St. Thomas it would assist in more persons here getting a slice of the tourism pie.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- National Democratic Party (NDP) member and Seventh District Representative Dr. Kedrick Pickering is optimistic about the prospects of a lucrative sports fishing industry in the Virgin Islands and believes much more attention needs to be placed on that area.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One of the Territory’s Department stores will be opening a branch in St. Thomas called “Clover’s Shoe-tique” on Friday April 29, 2011.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – VINO was the first to report on the big horse races scheduled for this Sunday April 17, 2011 at Tortola’s Ellis Thomas Downs.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In keeping with its commitment to keep horse racing in the Inter-Virgin Islands alive, some 14 of the Virgin Islands’ (Tortola) finest race horses will be in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI), at the pre-carnival races at the Clinton E. Phipps racetrack, today Sunday, March 27, 2011.
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