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December 30th, 2024
USVI: Licensed gun owner suffers self-inflicted injury @ Festival Village

FREDERIKSTED, St. Croix, USVI- An accidental discharge of a firearm occurred on Sunday evening at Festival Village’s Coney Island area, prompting a swift response from Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD).

July 30th, 2024
‘Put away the guns’ & come to the festival village- Hon Rymer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has called for a gun-free remainder of the 70th Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival.

July 29th, 2024
Festival Village honouree Larina L. Jacobs-Lamothe ready to get cooking

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands 70th Emancipation Celebrations Festival honouree Larina L. Jacobs-Lamothe, better known as ‘Rena’, said she feels “fantastic” and “good” to have the main festival village of the 70th [British] Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival named after her.

July 2nd, 2024
Expats require work permits to work @ Festival booths- VI Gov’t reminds

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the [British] Virgin Islands gears up to celebrate emancipation from slavery, expatriates are being reminded they need work permits to be employed at any of the booths in the Larina Loretta Jacobs-Lamothe Festiville.

June 28th, 2024
70th Anniversary Festival Village will be @ new reclamation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a move that has met the praises of many, the 2024 Road Town Festival Village will be held at the new reclamation site that hosted the return of the Virgin Islands Music Festival.

June 12th, 2024
70th VI Emancipation Festival Village named after Larina L. Jacobs-Lamothe

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The main festival village of the 70th [British] Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival will be named in honour of Jost van Dyke native Larina Loretta Jacobs-Lamothe, who is also affectionately known as ‘Rena’.

January 6th, 2024
Gunshot scare at USVI Festival Village was actually fallen table

VI CONSORTIUM

CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix - In the early hours of Friday, January 5, the festive atmosphere at the Crucian Festival Village was briefly interrupted by a scare that sent attendees into a panic.

August 7th, 2023
‘We need to take back our emancipation village’- Bishop John I. Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Declaring that the people of the [British] Virgin Islands have become an arrogant people, high-minded and self-serving, with a form of Godliness but denying the power thereof, outspoken clergyman Bishop John I. Cline has blasted the current state of affairs of the Festival Village, including the type of artistes being invited to perform.

August 4th, 2023
‘It is totally Free Entry to Coney Island every day’- Dirk L. Walters

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Children, children at heart and parents alike would be relieved to know that entry to Coney Island at Irene Penn-Festiville is absolutely free.

August 3rd, 2023
16 fights parted; cocaine & marijuana seized @ Festival Village- RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is issuing a strong warning to persons who intend to engage in any form of violence or intend to use any form of illegal drugs while on the Festival Grounds.

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