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‘I am a born BVIslander’- Majority owner of surf school in Josiah’s Bay
JOSIAH’S BAY, Tortola, VI- One of the owners of Surf School BVI, Mr Alex Dick-Read located in Josiah’s Bay has sought to clear the air on the recent article by this news site regarding claims by some residents of Josiah’s Bay that they had been suffering unfair competition with expatriates in the surfing business.
Walwyn’s 'enslaved' claims in poor taste & disrespectful – Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Education and Culture Minister Hon. Myron V. Walwyn has been challenged to support his rhetoric in claiming that the children of expatriate parents are enslaved in not receiving immediate rights to citizenship upon their birth in the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: Accident victim rejects Govt’s offer of compensation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Alrick Gilbert is rejecting the offer of compensation being put to him by Government for damages to his vehicle following an accident on August 18, 2010 involving a police vehicle.
Guest worker status in the Virgin Islands
By Dickson Igwe
The Immigration Department must ensure that residents deemed guests do not cut the umbilical cord with their home countries. Guests will be required to return to their home countries after specific intervals, and finally at the end of their guest term. The narrative begins at the New Life Baptist Church in the British Virgin Islands.