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Motor scooter rider escapes serious injury in RT accident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A motor scooter rider escaped with just bruises about his body after he was sent skidding on the asphalt covered James Walter Francis Drive Dual Carriageway around 6:00pm on June 4, 2019.
Persons living in Multi-Purpose Sports Complex ‘relocated’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Over a week ago some 18 persons were still living in the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, some six months after hurricanes Irma and Maria destroyed their homes in September 2017.
RVIPF gets £1.2M from UK
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has received direct funding from the United Kingdom to assist in its operations, which were hampered following the hurricanes of September 2017.
Help people in 'a meaningful way' to get back in a place to live- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Member of the Opposition and former Minister of Government Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has urged the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government to do more to reach out to home owners and families that would require direct government intervention in order to sustain themselves.
It does not have to get worse before getting better
Alred C. Frett
The past 12-months have been terrible for many of us who have lost Spouses, Homes and Livelihood but there is no turning back the hands of time… As a Writer, right or wrong, things I say, are there for all to see and I am fortunate not to have misled you even in the classic case of Trump’s mis-Election where, what you are now seeing and hearing is what I explained to you over a year ago… (You may check this).
BVI Red Cross approves first 855 applicants for $$ under Assistance Programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following the two Category 5 Hurricanes in September 2017, Irma and Maria, that left the Virgin Islands’ destroyed, the aftermath being death, homelessness, and panic in the streets for food and gasoline, many persons have raised concerns about the transparency of aids being funnelled through the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government.
Emergency Shelters to formally close November 30, 2017
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands announced in a statement today, November 29, 2017 that all emergency shelters will be formally closed on November 30, 2017.
Peter Haycraft makes $1M valued donation for rebuilding of school
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A number of businesses, organisations and individuals have been coming forward with substantial assistance to the education system in the Virgin Islands.
USVI governor asks congress for $5.5 billion to help rebuild
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— The cost to rebuild the US Virgin Islands’ (USVI) infrastructure after last month’s devastating Category 5 hurricanes is estimated at $5.5 billion dollars, Governor Kenneth E. Mapp said Thursday, October 12, 2017.
Guyanese to be evacuated from VI this week
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- According to reports in the Guyana media, Guyanese, whose homes and livelihoods were destroyed when hurricanes slammed into several Caribbean islands recently, will be brought home before the end of the week.
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