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‘Why must we pay to enter Festival events?’ – asks Donald E. de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host and social commentator Donald E. de Castro is peeved that members of the public have to pay to get entry into what are supposed to be Emancipation celebrations during Festival.
VIBE, Busy Signal & A-Team put 2015 Emancipation Festival in high gear
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Patsy C. Lake Festiville was again a hive of activity last evening August 1, 2015 with VIBE and the A-Team band of Trinidad complemented by one of the most versatile dancehall reggae artists of his generation – Busy Signal.
Cocoa Tea, Capleton electrify Patsy C. Lake Festiville
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Jamaican reggae lovers rock superstar Cocoa Tea sent love vibes throughout the Patsy C. Lake Festiville with some old school lovers rock known by both young and old at last night’s July 31, 2015 cultural concert featuring also Jamaican dancehall artist Capleton, known as the Fire Marshal in dancehall circles.
Long-time Food Fair participants honoured
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Veteran Food Fair participants Gregory Smith and his wife Marreth R. Smith were today July 31, 2015 recognised at the Food Fair named in their honour for their sterling contribution spanning well over two decades.
Booth holder says Kishma A. Baronville doesn’t listen
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the start date for the commencement of the Emancipation Festival activities draws closer, there is a flurry of activities at the Festival Grounds in Road Town where the Patsy Lake Festiville is being set up.
'Know what you're celebrating!' - chides Donald E. De Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Donald E. De Castro wants people of the Virgin Islands to make the clear distinction between emancipation and abolition and to aid in this he has penned an article which he hopes will clear up the misconceptions between the two terms and help people to understand their history and celebrate it more appropriately.
Donald E. De Castro broadsides Govt for Festival ‘party’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Mr Donald E. De Castro has in an opinion column today August 20, 2014 broadsided the Government and the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee for Festival being what he described as nothing more than a big party designed to make money at the expense of the Territory’s culture and history.
3 holidays too many for business persons – Mrs Eileen L. Parsons, OBE
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI – Historian and former legislator of the Virgin Islands Mrs. Eileen L. Parsons, OBE, has stepped forward to moot the call for leaders to consider the discontinuation of the three back-to-back holidays during the Emancipation Festival season.
True meaning lost in Modern day Festival – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie believes that Festival as celebrated of late has lost some of its meaning and that the Territory needs to get back to the true significance of what Festival is meant to celebrate and to ensure that there is no more enslavement of any kind.
Festival bills to be paid in record time – Hon. Myron V. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “…the local bands and the local artistes will be paid in record time…” stated Minister for Culture and Education Honourable Myron V. Walwyn as he thanked Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith for stepping in to make this a reality this year.
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