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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).
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.
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.
Prominent VIslander ‘The Bouncer’ has passed; Funeral Aug. 16, 2019
WEST END, Tortola, VI- Residents, taxi professionals and immediate family members are in mourning on the passing of popular businessman and taxi professional, Clinton E. Romney aka ‘The Bouncer’.
Political giant & VIP stalwart Omar W. Hodge has died
COX HEATH, Tortola, VI- Many residents woke up to the sad news that former Legislator, Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Omar Wallace Hodge had died.
Businessman & pioneer Charles O. Penn aka ‘16’ has passed
EAST END, Tortola, VI- A family spokesman has confirmed the passing of father, grandfather, businessman and East End pioneer, Mr Charles Obel Penn (aka Sixteen).
Long-time Civil Servant Joyce C. Nibbs-Leslie passes
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our newsroom is that former long-time civil servant Mrs Joyce C. Nibbs-Leslie, an indigenous Virgin Islander, has died. She was 66 years of age.
The League of British Virgin Islanders mourns the passing of Dr. Pearl Varlack
Dr. Pearl Varlack, one of the founding members of the League of British Virgin Islanders, and a strong pillar of the organization, passed on April 12, 2013 after a brief illness.

