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Crafts Alive Vendors anxious about rent; want visible signage for tourists
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Christmas Day is almost upon us but the jury is still out on whether it will be the Grinch or Santa that visits the Crafts Alive Village vendors this time of year.
It is time to slay the Death Beast called Gun Madness in the USA
By Dickson Igwe
Christmas was spoiled for many this December 2012. And for this lover of December, the news that innocent children continue to die at the hands of evil men has made this a month to reflect.
Letters To Kilo
By Akil Johnson
We aren’t born knowing how to do this thing called life. If you could write letters and send them back in time to your younger self, what would they say? What lessons would you want to tell that younger you, about life that you’ve come to learn today? This Column Letters To Kilo (a nickname my grandmother gave me as a child) is all about what my letters to my younger self would say.
VI's Governor & Premier celebrate Christmas at Peebles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - His Excellency, Governor Boyd Mc Cleary and family, along with the Premier Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, joined staff, patients, and friends at this year’s Peebles Hospital Christmas programme today Sunday December 25, 2011 continuing a longstanding tradition.
Youths walk away with holiday gift and smiles during cruise visit
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- According to a Government Information Service (GIS) press release, more than 100 children in the Territory walked away with broad smiles on Sunday after benefiting from a gift-giving holiday party coordinated by the Premier’s Office in collaboration with the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), a not-for-profit organisation comprising 14 member cruise lines serving Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America, which aims to build cooperative relationships with Caribbean destinat
Santa finds more than 200 nice children in Brewer’s Bay! [Photo-slide Included]
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Children from all corners of Brewer’s Bay came out to find what Santa Claus had for them on Saturday December 17, 2011 even if they were naughty or nice.
BVP… (Truth for the Youth).… FOR BETTER OR WORSE
By Alred Frett
Many in the BVI feel this is a time for great Happiness because we have changed Government and are now poised to celebrate Christmas… To those who feel that way I say Hip! Hip! Hooray!
“Chrismassy feeling” at Robinson O’Neal Memorial Primary! [Photo-slide Included]
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI – Dressed as shepherds, angels, three wise men, an inn keeper, and of course Joseph and the Virgin Mary, students of the Robinson O’Neal Memorial Primary School highlighted their Christmas programme yesterday December 7, 2011 with a four-part play that also included a nativity scene.
Road Town Anti-Crime Group warns against Xmas burglars!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Road Town Anti-Crime Group is warning home-owners and business-owners to be especially security conscious during the holiday season to "avoid making a burglar’s Christmas wishes come true".
Digicel does prelude to “$60, 000 cash grab” crazy [Photo-slide Included]
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Digicel, as part of its Christmas promotion, yesterday November 18, 2011 at the Road Town Wholesale parking lot in Pasea Estate, allowed the public a first-hand feel of what its Christmas promotion was all about and some of the local and most willing journalists were even able to grab some cash as well.