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Has Governor Rankin become the ‘Unwanted Uncle’ @ Thanksgiving Dinner?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Today, Thursday, November 24, 2022, many in the United States of America are celebrating Thanksgiving.
VICA’s ‘Traditional Virgin Islands Christmas’ event a success
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Scores of persons turned out to the Virgin Islands Communal Association’s (VICA) ‘Traditional Virgin Islands Christmas’ event held on the grounds of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) on Saturday, December 19, 2020.
'Tis the Season!' Lions light up Xmas tree @ Pier Park
WICKHAM'S CAY 1, Tortola, VI- Before an enormous crowd, the Lions Club of Tortola rang in the Christmas season with its annual tree lighting and concert at Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park on Wickham's Cay on Sunday, November 29, 2020.
VI author Verna Penn Moll launches revised ‘Funintun’s Christmas’ 2020
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Author and Virgin Islander Mrs Verna Penn Moll, under her Cedar Tree Press publishing house, has launched a 2020 revised edition of her 2015 ‘Funintun’s Christmas’ book ahead of the 2020 holiday season.
On snubbing of Gov swearing in: ‘VI open country, we welcome people’- DG Archer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many residents remember the controversy last year when the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government used the Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Ingrid A. Moses-Scatliffe, to discontinue with the traditional location for the swearing in of the newly appointed senior civil servant in the United Kingdom Diplomatic Service.
Doug Wheatley calls for preservation of caroling in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Host of Speak out BVI on ZBVI 780 AM Doug Wheatley has called for something to be done to ensure that caroling, a long time tradition in the territory, lives on for the sake of future generations.
VI-USVI Friendship Day activities set for Saturday on St Thomas
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A delegation of government officials and civic leaders from the Virgin Islands will travel to St Thomas to take part in activities celebrating the special relationship between the US Virgin Islands (USVI) and the Virgin Islands (VI), Government House announced on September 13, 2016.
Long Bush Xmas parade 2013 in living colour - video exclusive
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - For the residents of Road Town and the surrounding areas, there is no Christmas without the now popular Long Bush Christmas parade. Christmas in the Virgin Islands is held on December 25, each year to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a public holiday.
Craft maker fashions recycled doll for Miss BVI winner
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local entrepreneur and craft maker, Kishmet B. Daniel, has once again created a custom made, hand-crafted doll made especially for the winner of the Miss BVI pageant following her creation that was delivered to last year’s winner, Ms Sharie B. Y. de Castro.
Miss BVI 2012, first for jewellery tradition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The BVI Tourist Board in collaboration with local and popular Jewelers and gift shop, Little Switzerland, in the birth of a tradition, presented Miss BVI 2012 Sharie deCastro with spectacular pieces of jewelry to be passed down to future Miss BVIs.
