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Stray animals frustrating the daylights out of residents!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – How many of you have left home for work, only to return in the evening to a yard filled with animal droppings? Stray animals have become a thorn in the side of Virgin Islands' residents, and it’s an issue the Agriculture Department has been grappling for years.
Police fighting for new money laundering legislation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is working “very closely” with the Attorney General’s Office in terms of bringing in new money laundering legislation that will give the Police and the Financial Investigative Agency (FIA) more room to have people, who have large sums of money, to explain where they got it from.
Belongers attempt to boycott VI's passport procedure - Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Among the many challenges faced by the Passport Office in the Virgin Islands, one significant challenge that was reported was the issue of Belongers boycotting the traditional system and trying to renew their passports.
Hon. Walwyn: Tourism & FS to be taught in September
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – For the upcoming school term, tourism and financial services will be incorporated into the high schools’ curriculum, announced Minister for Education and Culture, Hon Myron Walwyn on July 5, 2012 at the Bregado Flax Educational Centre Secondary Division graduation.
RT Festival Village is now fully secured, says contractors
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The time of August festival is upon us, where patrons around the Virgin Islands would participate and attend different activities in the customary but now secured Festival Grounds in Road Town.
Labour Office: AC leaks, worn carpets, musty smell, too small spaces!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Labour Department, a government-run organisation which falls under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour usually comes under much public scrutiny. However, the working conditions for the staff are not always the best.
Stapleton spared jail time, found guilty of stealing
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In the High Court this afternoon July 6, 2012, Henrietta Stapleton was found guilty on 47 counts of theft for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 that was paid to her for a senior citizens cruise.
Business bureau to offer loans for cruise ship pier stores
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islanders who are eligible to control and operate a business on their own and who are interested in a future investment in a store that will be located at the new Road Town Cruise ship pier in the next couple of years, would be eligible to receive help from the National Business Bureau (NBB).
JVD & Anegada: We still want our own District & District Rep!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In an article written by this news site nine months prior to the general elections of November 2011, residents of the sister island Jost Van Dyke were calling for their own District and to have their own District Representative. More than a year later, their concerns and views remain the same with residents of Anegada also calling for their own representation.
VIP not getting access to CDB loan a blessing in disguise?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One elected member suspected that if the previous Government – the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) – had gotten access to the $15M Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) loan, he might not have been elected.
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