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August 7th, 2022
Prominent local educator Kirlin T. Lettsome passes

ATLANTA, Georgia, USA- Long-time local educator, lecturer, and indigenous Virgin Islander Kirlin Tracy Lettsome died yesterday August 6, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, after being ill for some time.

January 20th, 2022
Former BVIPA MD Vincent V. O’Neal passes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information reaching our newsroom is that former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Mr Vincent V. O’Neal has passed.

January 14th, 2022
Desmond Alphonso aka ‘DA’ passes

NEW AMSTERDAM, Guyana, SA- Word reaching our newsroom is that popular Guyanese businessman Desmond Alphonso aka ‘DA’ passed away around 1:30pm on Thursday, January 13, 2022.

May 30th, 2021
Peter Haycraft OBE 'was an inspiration to us all'- RTW

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It is with great sadness that the team at Roadtown Wholesale Trading and Riteway learned of the passing of Mr Peter Haycraft OBE on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

May 29th, 2021
Premier Fahie ‘deeply saddened’ @ passing of Peter Haycraft OBE

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has expressed deep regret at the passing of prominent Virgin Islands businessman and philanthropist, Mr Peter Haycraft, OBE.

May 13th, 2021
Gov’t electrician Macgregor Williams aka 'Gregor' passes

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Head of the Electrical Inspections Unit Mr Macgregor Williams aka 'Gregor' has passed.

January 27th, 2021
Leverick Bay Poker Run founder Nick R. Willis has passed

LEVERICK BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The boating community and the many fans of the popular Leverick Bay Poker Run have been thrown into a state of mourning with the news that the event founder, Nick R. Willis, has died.

October 26th, 2020
Fmr Acting Director of W&SD Shri Manoherlal Kerof passes

ESSEX COUNTY, New Jersey, USA- The former Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Water and Sewerage Department (W&SD), Mr Shri Manoherlal Kerof has passed away, according to information reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO).

May 24th, 2020
Former VI First Lady Rev Edris O’Neal OBE has died

McNAMARA, Tortola, VI- Early this morning Sunday, May 24, 2020, the family of the former First Lady and woman of the cloth, Reverend Edris O’Neal, OBE, announced via a statement that she passed away peacefully at her home in McNamara on the main island of Tortola.

November 11th, 2019
VI’s first Premier Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE passes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands has been thrown into mourning with news of the death of its first premier, Member Emeritus of the House of Assembly (HoA), Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE.

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