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Irene Penn-O’Neal Festiville declared open!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Irene Penn-O’Neal Festiville, named in honour of the first Miss BVI Mrs Irene F. Penn-O’Neal, was officially opened on a night that coincided with the Gospel Explosion at the same venue on Monday, July 31, 2023.
Hundreds attend 'epic' Non-Stop Concert @ Festival Grounds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Despite the criticisms of the Non-Stop Concert from certain sections of the community, hundreds of persons flocked to Festival Grounds for the free opportunity to be entertained by local and international artistes on Friday, June 30, 2023.
Non-stop concert to now be held @ Festival Grounds- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The ‘Non-stop Concert’ to be headlined by Jamaican artiste ‘Konshens’ will now be held at Festival Grounds in Road Town on June 30, 2023, instead of Brandywine Bay in the Seventh District as was previously announced.
Festival booth employers told to obtain work permit for expat workers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All employers operating on the Festival Grounds during the upcoming Virgin Islands (VI) Emancipation Festival are reminded that they are to apply for and obtain a work permit for any “non-Belonger/non-BVIslander” they may wish to employ.
No Calypso competition for Festival this year!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A staple item that will be missing from the 2022 Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival is the Calypso Competition.
VI Emancipation Festival slated for July 24-August 5, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Plans are underway to host the 2022 Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival from July 24 to August 5, under the slogan ‘Celebrate Freedom for Me and You, BVI Festival 2022’.
International religious speaker collapses on stage @ Festival Grounds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There was much consternation but also a display of swift action when a pastor, who has been in the Virgin Islands for the past three weeks as the main speaker at an evangelistic series at Festival Grounds in Road Town, collapsed while on stage yesterday, May 7, 2022.
Public invited to Praise Intervention @ Festival Grounds this evening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With two recent fatal shootings amidts the continued threat of COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands, urgent divine intervention is being sought to heal the land.
1308 vaccinated in 4 days @ drive-thru initiative– Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) deserve applause for turning out in numbers to the COVID-19 drive-through vaccination initiative that started on July 17, 2021, at Festival Grounds in Road Town.
432 vaccinated on Day 1 of vaccination drive @ Festival Grounds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A total of 432 residents were vaccinated against COVID-19 on the first day of the Operation Protect Each Other Drive-Thru Vaccination that took place at Festival Grounds on Saturday, July 17, 2021.
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