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Summer Sizzle BVI 2022 expresses gratitude for sucess of 2022 event
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Summer Sizzle BVI returned to the Virgin Islands in all its glory to host a spectacular five-day weekend (7/20-7/25) in celebration of the event's 12-year anniversary and following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic.
HoA rejects Motion for amendments to ToR of Constitutional Review Commission
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The Unity Government has shut down a motion brought to the House of Assembly (HoA) by Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone (AL) for amendments to the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Constitutional Review Commission. The proposed amendments, according to Hon Malone, would have been taken to the public for consultations.
Legal Shakeup ousts Valston M. Graham as St Kitts & Nevis DPP
BASSETERRE, St Kitts & Nevis –Virgin Islands Belonger Valston M. Graham who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions for St Kitts and Nevis will now see his tenure come to an end, after a legal shakeup in the country’s DPP office.
JvD residents bypassed for jobs on JvD school construction - Gerald E. Chinnery
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke – Businessman Gerald E. Chinnery is alleging that skilled residents based on Jost van Dyke are being bypassed for jobs on the new Jost van Dyke Primary School construction project, which he says should not be the case but rather it should be a community collaboration.
Haiti unrest worsens misery as residences face water shortage
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti– Thousands in Haiti faced water shortages after days of protest virtually halted distribution, eyewitnesses said yesterday, as an approaching storm caused more worry in the reeling country.
'Futuristic approach' being taken for new JvD Primary School – Hon de Castro
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke - A futuristic approach will be taken for the new Jost van Dyke Primary School, which will be built with the community and its future generations in mind.
UPDATE: TB Lettsome Airport reopens; VG & Anegada’s still closed
BEEF ISLAND, VI- The BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) has reopened the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island, following the passage of Fiona as a Tropical Storm at the weekend.
Inspector Adrianne Grant-Davis to represent VI in Queens Funeral Procession
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Inspector Adrianne Grant-Davis of the RVIPF has been selected to represent the Virgin Islands at the funeral procession of Her Majesty The Queen, on Monday, September 19, 2022.
TS Fiona forces postponement of HLSCC College Classic VG Race
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – Tropical Storm activity in the Virgin Islands has forced the postponement of the annual H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), 'College Classic Races' now in its 27th year.
Local Port facilities closed in anticipation of rough seas - Acting Gov Archer Jr
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In anticipation of rough seas today, September 17, 2022, Port facilities at Port Purcell, the Road Town Ferry Terminal, Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Gorda, and Anegada will be closed today, September 17, 2022.
