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LIME & CCT customers affected by disruption in internet services
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Customers of LIME were without broadband internet service for hours this morning, September 25, 2013 as the service reportedly suffered a temporary disruption in the Virgin Islands and some parts of the Caribbean.
Local artistes should get advance payment for Festival - Resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident stated that he couldn’t understand why local artistes were still awaiting payment for performances during the Emancipation Festival even as overseas artistes were already paid in full.
FATCA reporting out of scope of gov’t – Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Wheatley has taken issue with the government’s intention to facilitate reporting related to the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act [FATCA] for citizens of the United States (US), positing that it is outside the scope of the Virgin Islands (VI) government.
Still no trace of Aunt Rita!
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI - Still holding on to hopes that there will be some clue to what may have led to the disappearance of the elderly Anegada woman Mrs Marguerita Faulkner–Clinton aka Aunt Rita, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), international search and rescue organisation KlaasKids Foundation, relatives of Aunt Rita and other concerned persons are continuing the search of the island and its immediate surroundings.
UPDATE: Govt is weak & not bargaining for us- LIME workers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “We feel as if we are being taken advantage of and victimised because we have a government that is weak and not bargaining for us. We are out in the wilderness on our own but we will continue to plea our cause because this is injustice,” said a worker of the Service Support and Delivery (SSD) Department of LIME BVI.
Chantal L. Flax the newest addition to VI Bar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “One of the most prevalent social ills affecting the Virgin Islands (VI), remains the rising level of crime. In the arena of criminal law, an attorney’s actions are directly applicable to their clients' lives, and indirectly influential to the society at large. As a criminal practitioner I would hope to be involved in effecting a change socially.”
Hon Fraser scoffs at Premier over France blacklisting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Third District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser, RA expressed that he literally gasped after seeing the reaction from Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith after learning that France had decided to blacklist the Virgin Islands.
Health Minister should replace doctors at Peebles - Commentator
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Some doctors at the Peebles Hospital should be replaced once several complaints are made about them, according to talk show host Julio Sam Henry.
Mrs Parsons pleads for help to complete building for Heritage Dancers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It may have been her Investiture Ceremony for being honoured with the Order of the British Empire (OBE), but Mrs Eileene L. Parsons was not too proud to use the occasion to make an impassioned plea to Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith to help the Heritage Dancers get their building "off the ground".
Utility companies should stop reconnection fees – resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - One resident of the Virgin Islands has expressed his disgust at being charged a reconnection fee by local utility companies after being disconnected for what he described as small amounts of money.
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