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'Ms P' blasts VI men for ‘allowing’ their women to 'expose' themselves in public
PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Former legislator Eileene L. Parsons, OBE has called on the men of the Virgin Islands (VI) to stop allowing their women and females to go on the streets dressing provocatively during festivals.
Global corporate income tax of 15%? Small island states under pressure by OECD!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The world remains one-sided with the big powers having the ability to bully the small island states and this also affects the Virgin Islands (VI).
Leslie F. Malone ‘rolling in grave’ over 2023 EE/LL emancipation festival– Hon Penn
EAST END, Tortola, VI – Eight District representative in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has voiced his disappointment in the emancipation celebrations of the East End/Long Look community for the 2023 year.
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'Electrifying' Rise & Shine Tramp hits Road Town
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– As the three-day emancipation holiday gets started today, Monday, August 7, 2023, hundreds of revelers flooded the streets of Tortola this morning, tramping from Port Purcell into De Castro Street to Administration Drive in Road Town, the capital of Tortola for the 2023 Emancipation Rise and Shine Tramp.
STT duo arrested for assault & robbery linked to sexual favors
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI — Two women involved in an incident of alleged assault and robbery last week were arrested and appeared in court on Friday, facing several felony charges.
'We don’t need coercive measures to reform Gov’t– Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has vowed to continue advocating for the removal of the Order-in-Council in reserve, to suspend the VI’s constitution should his government fail to reform Governance as per the recommendations of the Commission on Inquiry (CoI) report.
Persons pushing ‘politically driven’ narratives about VI– Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has rejected what he referred to as ‘narratives’ which paints a doom and gloom outlook for the VI in relation to the affairs of the territory.
RVIPF officers complete Armed Response Training & D.A.R.E Program
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have recently completed an Armed Response Training program, along with a D.A.R.E Program, which ran simultaneously at the Road Town Police Station over the last four to six weeks.
Despite slight disagreements ‘it's been my joy’ to work with Gov Rankin– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Governor John J. Rankin, CMG is set to enter retirement from the United Kingdom (UK) civil service when he demits the Governor's Office in a few months' time and Mr Daniel Pruce has already been named the next Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) effective January 2024.
OECS blasts UK imposition, reserved Order in Council for direct rule in VI
CASTRIES, St, Lucia – The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has congratulated the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) for carrying out reforms in the best interest of the people, while at the same time blasting the UK for not only the reserved Order in Council, but for undemocratically imposing legislative and policy changes on the people of the VI.
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