Events
Beres Hammond makes VI crowd ‘feel good’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Less than two hours before the rays of the sun lit up the sky to announce the breaking of a new day, International Jamaican Reggae Star Beres Hammond, brought the curtains down at the Multipurpose Sports Complex, to a packed and well appreciative crowd on Sunday November 27, 2016.
Kadia K. Turnbull receives her Miss World BVI Crown
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Chairman of the Miss World BVI Organisation, Mr Damian C. Grange says despite not having a local pageant to select the winner to represent the territory, he is confident that Kadia K. Turnbull will represent the Virgin Islands (UK) to the “highest degree” at the 66th edition of the Miss World International Pageant in Washington DC on December 18, 2016.
Lack of participation forces postponement of Taste of Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Calling it a “tough” decision, Director of Tourism Sharon Flax-Brutus has announced that the Taste of Tortola event slated for Saturday November 5, 2016 at the Queen Elizabeth 11 Park has been postponed to “early December.”
Three to contest Miss BVI Tourism World
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The night of Saturday March 18, 2017 will be historical when the very first Miss British Virgin Islands Tourism World will be crowned.
Scanty EE parade gets off to 5- hour late start!
EAST END, Tortola, VI – While some saw it as another few hours of fun and frolic, many families expressed disappointment in at what was to be the East End Parade for the festival activities on that side of the island of Tortola.
August Monday Parade comes off with 42 entries
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After a poor response to participation in the Annual August Monday Parade and concerns whether there was even going to be one this year, the event was pulled off somewhat yesterday, August 1, 2016 after some last minute entries that saved the day.
UPDATE: ‘Love for territory made me enter pageant’- Erika R. Creque
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “I am so excited, I can hardly explain it,” were the words of Erika R. Creque shortly after she was crowned Miss BVI 2016/17 at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex just after 12:00 A.M. on August 1, 2016.
Destra wants ‘BVI Passport’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was a night to remember as the best of the Soca and Zouk worlds collided in the Virgin Islands for the International Soca Night at Rita Francis Festiville in Road Town on Saturday July 30, 2016.
Sizzla warns against homosexuality & skin bleaching
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The much needed energy for Emancipation Festival was given last night, July 29, 2016 by Jamaican artists Beenie Man and Sizzla Kolanji as the two men drew and energised a large crowd at Rita Francis Festiville in Road Town.
Who will be the new Miss BVI 2016/17?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI- This year’s Emancipation Festival has already been dubbed a flop as participation is at an all-time low, with many calls in some quarters to boycott the event as the public is very turned off by the childish behaviour of the controversial Minister for Education and Culture, Hon Myron V. Walwyn, a Territorial At Large Member.