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71st VI Emancipation Festival to be launched Friday, May 30, 2025
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The 71st Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival will be launched at the Road Town Market Square on Friday, May 30, 2025.
Anti-Bullying Week activities to empower children to ‘choose respect’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The New Horizon Guidance and Counselling Unit will engage in several activities aimed at choosing respect for Anti-Bullying Week 2024.
Premier applauds SDA Church & Pathfinders for seeking to make VI ‘a much better place’
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) almost delivered a sermonette when he had the task of declaring the 48th VI/USVI Congressoree open on Friday, May 24, 2024.
‘Love’ is the theme for Culture Thursday in Carrot Bay today
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Love-themed poems and songs will be among the highlights for Cultural Thursday in Carrot Bay this afternoon, February 15, 2024.
2023 Festival Village to be named in honour of Irene F. Penn-O’Neal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Festival & Fairs Committee (VIF&FC), has announced that the 2023 Festival Village will be named in honour of former legislator and former Miss BVI, Mrs Irene F. Penn-O’Neal.
VI urged to improve food safety on World Food Safety Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Environmental Health Division is encouraging the community to do its part to improve food safety as the Territory prepares to observe World Food Safety Day on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
VI urged to challenge stereotypes surrounding ageing & senior citizens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the Virgin Islands observes Senior Citizens Month 2023, its people are being urged to challenge stereotypes surrounding ageing and senior citizens.
RVIPF kicks off Police Week events to mark 55 years
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI– After a hiatus of five years, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is marking its 55th year of service as a police force this week under the slogan, ‘Making the right changes for the right reasons.’
Hon Malone recognises ‘Unsung Heroes’ on International Women’s Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On International Women’s Day being observed today, March 8, 2022, persons in the Virgin Islands (VI) have been challenged on the women, who in our early years, molded the persons and characters that we have become.
Need for school counsellors now greater than ever– Education Minister
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries, and Agriculture Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has pointed to the need for school/guidance counsellors as even greater as a result of challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

