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No open crowds for BVI Food Fete 2020
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Crowded ferries and other boats with revellers will not be the order of the day as is customary for the biggest event that has been featured on the island of Anegada annually, the Anegada Lobster Fest, now being referred to as the BVI Food Fete Dine Out Anegada (Lobster Edition).
‘You have a voice, use it!’- Premier Fahie to Youth Parliamentarians
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, called on the newly minted youth parliamentarians to utilise their voices to ventilate issues plaguing the territory.
Dr The Hon Wheatley to launch show promoting District 7 businesses
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – With the aim of promoting businesses in his constituency, Representative for the Seventh District and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley, MHA, is launching the ‘Spotlight on Businesses’ in the Seventh District at 6:00pm today, July 23, 2020.
‘People want to make charitable contributions in BVI’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One of the things I have recognised as Minister of Finance is that people want to make charitable contributions in the BVI,” said Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) during remarks at the launch of the BVI Resilience Fund today, Thursday, June 4, 2020.
Preparation for VG Easter Fest ‘coming on pretty good’- Franklin Walters
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Preparations for the 53rd Virgin Gorda Easter Festival slated for April 11 -13, 2020 is well underway, Chairman of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Sub-Committee Mr Franklin Walters is reporting.
BVI Now: 'World's first' non-data plan/wifi travel app developed in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A first of its kind travel app that uses latest smartphone technologies to provide users access to accurate navigation and mapping of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), without the use of wifi and mobile data, has been created to assist tourists and even persons residing in the Virgin Islands.
7 honoured during launch of Virgin Islands Communal Association
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Seven “extraordinary” VIslanders were honoured at the launch of the Virgin Islands Communal Association (VICA) and Awards Gala ceremony on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the Moorings Marina Restaurant under the theme: “Restoring Virgin Islands Cultural Heritage and Pride.”
Local chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. launched
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- The Black sisterhood organisation, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated, has launched a chapter in the Virgin Islands (VI) and the local group will be moving to spearhead a number of community projects, the first of which is likely to be the adoption of a school.
'A good day for criminal justice' as ECSC launches sentencing guidelines
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the heels of public outcry over the perceived inconsistency in sentencing in the courts of the Virgin Islands, the public might be somewhat satisfied to know that judges and magistrates in the territory and the other member states of the Eastern Caribbean will soon have a unified guide to follow when sentencing criminals.
Hon Fraser League running at a loss but ‘saving the seed’
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Although emphasising that the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed Basketball League is “in no shape or form in jeopardy”, Co-Founder of the League Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has revealed that the league, which has risen in popularity and status over the years, continues to run at a deficit.
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