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VI's Eustace C. Freeman aka 'Boss' awarded CARIFESTA Icon Award
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Local musician Eustace C. Freeman, aka 'Boss', has been awarded the CARIFESTA Music Icon Award, which he views as a symbol of longevity, love, passion, and dedication to his art.
Non-stop energy @ 2025 Rise & Shine Tramp
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands was in party mode early this morning, August 4, 2025, as hundreds stormed the streets of Road Town for the Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival’s Rise and Shine Tramp.
'Pandora Papers' show London is a key hub for tax avoidance
LONDON, United Kingdom- While the United Kingdom has been pressuring the [British] Virgin Islands and other Overseas Territories to have Public Registers of Beneficial Ownership to fight against what it termed 'dirty money', the Pandora Papers has revealed London is a key destination of choice for some of the world’s richest and most powerful people to conceal their cash and avoid tax.
Eustace C. Freeman In! Stephen Payne Out! as Exec. Dir. of Recreation Trust
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The post of Executive Director of the Recreation Trust will be held by a Virgin Islander for the first time since its creation some eight years ago.
Local artistes should get advance payment for Festival - Resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident stated that he couldn’t understand why local artistes were still awaiting payment for performances during the Emancipation Festival even as overseas artistes were already paid in full.
Premier says no artiste met him on Festival non-payment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The issue of the non-payment of local artistes who recently performed during the Emancipation Festival activities was laid squarely at the feet of Education and Culture Minister Hon. Myron V. Walwyn recently by Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith.
60th VI Festival in early limbo as ‘Alliance’ threatens boycott!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – President of the Grate VI Music Alliance group Mr Eustace ‘Boss’ Freeman said local artists and bands may be forced to boycott the 60th anniversary celebration of the Virgin Islands Emancipation festivities next year if their members have not been paid for services rendered this year.
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