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Gunshot scare at USVI Festival Village was actually fallen table
VI CONSORTIUM
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix - In the early hours of Friday, January 5, the festive atmosphere at the Crucian Festival Village was briefly interrupted by a scare that sent attendees into a panic.
Public consultations on VI Crown Land Policy takes to VG
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance with responsibility for Lands, Dr the Honourable Dr. Natalio Wheatley (R7), and a team from the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change met with residents of North Sound, Virgin Gorda on Thursday, January 4, 2024.
Trial date for former Premier Fahie pushed back again
MIAMI, Florida, USA – The trial date for Former Premier Andrew A. Fahie, who is charged with several counts of drug smuggling, money laundering, and racketeering, has been pushed back yet again.
8 firms bid for contracts for T.B. Lettsome International Airport development– BVIAA
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands Government has announced that significant progress is being made in the ongoing airport development project where the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) has opened tenders for the development of a business case that it says is crucial to the project’s success.
USVI’s Gov Bryan's divorce to proceed under seal & out of public
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Courts have granted US Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr a decision for his divorce proceedings between himself and First Lady Yolanda C. Bryan be conducted under seal, so as to protect Mrs Bryan and their two adult children.
VI’s May 2024 CoI implementation deadline not feasible– PS Stoutt-Igwe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Permanent Secretary in the Premier’s Office Mrs Carolyn E. Stoutt-Igwe says after reviewing several tasks to be completed for the full implementation of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommendations in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), the revised May 2024 deadline for implementation is not feasible.
House reportedly on fire @ Kingston
KINGSTON, Tortola, VI - Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that a house reportedly caught on fire tonight January 1, 2024, sometime around 8:00 pm at Kingston on Tortola.
‘God knows I needed a vehicle’- Javon G. Charles on winning Tola Radio Car
HORSE PATH, Tortola, VI - Winning the grand prize of a brand-new Haval vehicle in the Tola Radio Dollar Mania Christmas 2023 competition, Javon G. Charles told Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) he was truly in need of a vehicle.
UK Minister wants to close loophole allowing people to self-identify gender
LONDON, UK – UK Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch is working to close a ‘major loophole’ that allows people to self-identify their gender on passports and driving licenses.
USVI Governor Albert Bryan Jr rings in New Year 2024 @ Foxy’s
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Mr Albert Bryan Jr has rung in the new year 2024 at the grand Foxy’s old years night party on Jost van Dyke in the Virgin Islands.