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'It's not about power for us, it's about empowering our people'- VIP Chairman
SLANEY, Tortola, VI- Gear up for a "very strong 2023 election campaign" was just part of the message to members and supporters at the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) 52nd-anniversary celebrations on March 11, 2023.
VI’s Lynette L. Harrigan bestowed 2023 MBE Honour
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Ms Lynette L. Harrigan, Marketing Manager of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) and former President of the Rotary Club of Tortola has been conferred with a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) as part of the 2023 New Year Honours Overseas and International list.
Rotary aims to raise in excess of $50k from Bahamas relief telethon
WICKHAM’S CAY 1, Tortola, VI- When the three rotary clubs in the Virgin Islands, in collaboration with their youth clubs across the territory, open up the phone lines to take donations for hurricane ravaged Bahamas, they will be doing so with at least $15,000 already in hand.
Harrigan refutes online news article on festival troupes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Public Relations Officer of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC), Ms Lynette L. Harrigan has refuted reports by pro-government news site BVI Platinum News that there is only one troupe registered so far for the 2016 August Monday Parade.
‘Come forward with statistics!’ – Julian Willock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of Advance Marketing and Professional Services Mr Julian Willock has challenged persons linking blogs on news reports of accidents, especially involving tourists, to a reduction in tourism numbers to bring forward statistics showing such a correlation.
Only tourists lives matter to two Sr Gov’t Officials?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a bizarre twist, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Advance Marketing and Professional Services, the parent company of Virgin Islands News Online, Mr Julian Willock, called our newsroom to angrily complain about a phone call he received today Sunday December 6, 2015.
It's Official - Festiville close-out returns to Carrot Bay!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The BVI Festival and Fairs Committee of 2015, headed by Ms Kishma A. Baronville, has heeded the voices of residents and has reverted to having the fete side of things end at Carrot Bay but will also see the religious events closing things off at East End.
VI gets less than 2% of wedding destination business- Ms Flax
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although the Caribbean is considered the number one choice for destination weddings and honeymoons, the Virgin Islands hardly gets a “bite of the cake” as according to Director of the BVI Tourist Board, Sharon Flax, the territory gets less than two percent of the business.
'No one should go hungry @ Xmas’ - Lynette L. Harrigan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In a Territory as blessed as this, and filled with so many warm and generous residents, no one should go hungry especially at Christmas, said Lynette L. Harrigan, Public Relations Director of the Rotary Club of Tortola.
'A bit of good goes a long way' – Rotary Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Rotary Club of Tortola is stepping up to the call by Family Support Network (FSN) and Social Development to help families in genuine need of assistance with daily supplies of food by organising a food drive this coming Saturday August 30, 2014.