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July 3rd, 2025
Farley gets the better of Ricketts in 10K series opener

CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- Jermaine A. Ricketts got the better of Julius Farley in the just concluded 5K road racing series; however, Farley has so far turned the tables in the 10K series.

July 2nd, 2025
Expect ‘nonstop vibes all day’ @ Xmas in July- BVI Tourist Board

POND BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Live music, grilled/BBQ cuisine, island culture, and nonstop vibes all day long are what the BVI Tourist Board and Film Commission (BVITBFC) says patrons can expect when Xmas in July is held at Pond Bay on July 26, 2025.

July 2nd, 2025
18 Pool Technicians in VI receive international certification

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Eighteen pool technicians in the Virgin Islands have been certified after completing a two-day Certified Pool/Spa Operator (CPO) training programme held at Maria’s By the Sea on June 27 and 28, 2025.

July 2nd, 2025
Sean 'Diddy' Combs found guilty on prostitution charges

AXIOS

Sean "Diddy" Combs was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial on Wednesday. He was found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy or two counts of sex trafficking.

July 2nd, 2025
‘She was the Soil’: Hon de Castro pays tribute to late Parsons with poem

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As legislators spoke at length in their tribute to the late former legislator and cultural icon Mrs Eileene L. Parsons, OBE, aka ‘Miss P’, at the Special Sitting of the House of Assembly (HoA) on July 1, 2025, Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) chose to do hers via a poem she wrote herself in honour of Parsons.

July 2nd, 2025
BVIPA offices & warehouses will be closed on July 7, 2025

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) is informing members of the public that its offices and warehouses on Tortola and Virgin Gorda will be closed to the public on Monday, July 7, 2025.

July 2nd, 2025
Despite the complaints, ‘you are living your best life’ in VI- Claude O. Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Talk show host and pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said everyone is living their best lives in the Virgin Islands (VI) right now.

July 2nd, 2025
Immigration expands online services

NATION NEWS

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- In its ongoing quest to becoming fully digital, the Immigration Department yesterday rolled out an online entry visa application portal to go with online payments.

July 2nd, 2025
Church leaders join in expressing concern over transparency in FID appointment

JAMAICA OBSERVER

KINGSTON, Jamaica- Church leaders have joined in expressing concern over transparency in relation to the recruitment process for the post of chief technical director at the Financial Investigations Division (FID).

July 2nd, 2025
Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths

THE GUARDIAN

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA- Barack Obama and George W Bush have criticised the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as a study warned it could result in “a staggering number” of avoidable deaths – more than 14 million over five years.

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