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Female body found at sea, male still missing
Jost van Dyke, VI- The body of a female was discovered at sea off Jost van Dyke on Thursday night, September 5, 2024 by Marine Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR).
Pioneer JvD businesswoman Gertrude A. Callwood passes
WHITE BAY, Jost van Dyke, VI- Immediate family, many friends, employees and ordinary residents of the Virgin Islands, especially from Jost van Dyke (JvD), are in mourning over the passing of grandmother, mother, aunt and pioneer businesswoman Ms Gertrude Aloma Callwood.
Doctors available for limited days on Anegada, JvD & VG- Hon Wheatley
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has announced that persons on the Sister Islands needing to see a doctor will now have an opportunity to do so without having to travel to Tortola.
JvD finally re-connected to VI electricity grid after months of generator power
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – As first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) about work restarting to restore Jost van Dyke with electricity from the grid, the Island has now been fully re-connected following damage to an undersea cable that completely cut the island off.
Opposition Leader ‘Misspoke’ on JvD electricity issue- Dr Neil M. Smith
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI– General Manager of the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Dr Neil M. Smith has refuted claims made by Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) that residents of Jost van Dyke are being charged more for electricity.
JvD residents charged ‘exorbitant’ electricity bills for standby generator- Hon Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) has claimed that residents of Jost van Dyke (JvD) are being faced with “exorbitant” electricity bills due to the high costs associated with running a temporary generator on that island.
JvD to get public library
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Plans are underway to have a library on Jost van Dyke that would be assessable by both students and the community.
HLSCC to establish campus on JvD- Hon Sharie B. de Castro
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Residents of Jost van Dyke will soon have the opportunity to attend H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) without having to travel to Tortola.
$4.3M JvD Primary School officially opens!
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- The brand new Jost van Dyke (JvD) Primary School, constructed at the tune of $4,333, 743.86 by Quality Construction Limited and executed by the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA), had its official opening ceremony yesterday, January 18, 2024.
UPDATE: Man pulled from water @ JvD reportedly dies
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the man who was pulled from the water at Jost van Dyke this morning, January 15, 2023, has reportedly died.
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