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Reshuffled! Premier Fahie reassigns Junior Ministers!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Junior Minister portfolios have been reassigned, effective November 25, 2019, according to Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) in a statement today, November 26, 2019.
Disrespectful! Hon Flax-Charles says she was rebuked for looking out for VG
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Junior Minister for Tourism and Territorial At Large Representative, Honourable Shereen D. Flax-Charles said she was rebuked for always looking out for the people of Virgin Gorda by an unnamed Chairperson of a statutory board recently.
Hon Flax-Charles backs new BVIEC Chair to address issues of high electricity bills
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With customers of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) often complaining about a spike in their electricity bills, Junior Minister of Tourism Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) is optimistic the new Chairperson of the BVIEC Board of Directors, Mrs Rosemarie Flax will address the problem.
NDP put all energies to return banking on VG - Dr Smtih
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - With the return of banking via Banco Popular to the sister island of Virgin Gorda after over 1 year without the service, former Premier, Dr D. Orlando Smith said his National Democratic Party (NDP) Government started the efforts and did all it could to bring banking back to the island.
Tourism industry experts hosted in VI for impactful forum
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) hosted fourteen of the tourism industry’s most renowned travel advisors for 2 days of meetings from Thursday, October 31, to Saturday, November 1, 2019 at the BVI International Arbitration Centre and one day of site inspections and property visits throughout the territory.
'Fungi never tasted so good!' as BVI Food Fete 2019 launches
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - When you sample a bite-size piece of red snapper on top of a matching piece of fungi, topped with shredded mango chutney and the flavours saturate your mouth, all you can say to yourself is "Fungi and fish never tasted so good!"
‘You wouldn’t want a storm named Shereen’ – Hon Flax-Charles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of three female legislators in the House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands (VI) has said persons should not desire her to “create a storm” but rather look at the fruits of her involvement in nation building.
Don’t be caught up with physical structure of church – Hon Wheatley
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI - Members and supporters of the North Sound Methodist Church were recently commended for the commitment shown towards the renovation of the structure devastated by Hurricane Irma in 2017 but were also urged to stay focused on others things, apart from the building.
Dance twins taking ‘performance ensemble’ to VG
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “We are not necessarily a dance school we are a performance ensemble but we look at the girls’ academics, we try to mentor them, we do different socials and keep them out of trouble,” said Lakisha T. Claxton of Nouveau Royale.
Banking facility to be restored on VG in October
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Originally scheduled for an August 2019 opening, residents and other persons on Virgin Gorda will have to wait until October of 2019, for access to much needed banking facilities via Banco Popular, following some setbacks.
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