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YEP Building on VG to open this 'summer’- Hon Stacy R. Mather
HANDSOME BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI– Executive Director of the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) Stacy R. Mather (AL) is optimistic that the Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) building at Handsome Bay on Virgin Gorda will open this summer.
Farmers & fishers urged to prepare this hurricane season
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is encouraging farmers and fishers to prepare for the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season which began on June 1, 2026.
Poetry & critical Essay Writing Competition launched
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A poetry and critical essay writing competition as part of activities to observe the Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Freedom at Nottingham Estate, Long Look has been launched. The competition is being hosted by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Long Look 250th Commemorative Committee.
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58 naturalised as BOTs citizens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Fifty-eight persons were naturalised as British Overseas Territories citizens on Friday, May 29, 2026, during a Naturalisation Ceremony held at Government House.
‘Proactive steps’ being taken this hurricane season- Hon Kye M. Rymer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has called on residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) to renew their commitment to preparedness, vigilance and collective responsibility, as the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season commenced on June 1, 2026.
‘We will hunt you down’- Detective Inspector to distributors of edibles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “You are not going to use them [young people] as targets to sell your drugs so that they can end up in prison and you outside here enjoying all the luxuries of what you are using them for.” This is according to Detective Inspector Kendolph A. Bobb of the Family and Juvenile Unit in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
RVIPF offering $50K for info leading to capture of Jose Almestica & John M. Burgos
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is offering a reward of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) each for information leading to the successful capture and arrest of two escaped fugitives, Jose Almestica and John M. Burgos, both residents of the United States Virgin Islands.
'I was in the hospital flatlining'; J'versatile calls on youth to stay away from drugs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Singer and Songwriter, Jan Williams, aka J'versatile, the 2023 Virgin Islands Soca Monarch, has urged the youth of the territory to stay away from drugs after experiencing a life-threatening situation following the ingestion of marijuana edibles.
VI progressed in 'strides' when power was devolved to locals- Justice Farara
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Justice Gerard St. C. Farara, KC, Chair of the 2005 Constitutional Review Commission, member of the 2007 and 2026 Negotiating Team from the Virgin Islands (VI), has encouraged Virgin Islanders to consider the Constitution as more than just an abstract document.
UPDATE: Machete brandished during customer brawl @RiteWay- RVIPF
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- A machete was allegedly brandished during the customer brawl at RiteWay Food Market in Pasea Estate on May 26, 2026.
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