News
Julio S. Henry aka ‘Sam’ has passed
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Information just reaching our news centre is that businessman and talk show host Mr Julio S. Henry aka Sam has died.
Wheatley praises VI First Ladies as O'Neal announces retirement
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Wheatley praised the role played by first ladies in the Virgin Islands following the announcement of Opposition Leader Ralph T. O’Neal’s retirement from the political landscape yesterday, May 27, 2014.
‘Insurance companies raping VI’ - Henry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Julio Sam Henry is of the view that the National Health Insurance (NHI) which was recently approved in the House of Assembly could not be any worse than current insurance providers in place in the Virgin Islands (VI).
‘Youths not lazy; they want to work’ - Commentator
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Contrary to what some might believe, young people in the Virgin Islands want to work and are willing to be trained in order to get this done according to commentator and talk show host, Julio Sam Henry.
Youths fear victimisation in VI politics - Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Young people continue to be afraid of victimisation in the Virgin Islands’ political sphere and this has been continuing to hamper their active involvement, according to one commentator.
Gov’t should subsidise agriculture in VI - Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governments the world over subsidise agriculture and according to commentator Douglas Wheatley, the Virgin Islands should be no different.
Pastors & politicians are both hypocrites - Edmund Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Edmund Maduro is in agreement that the Virgin Islands (VI) is losing cruise passengers due to its ban on gambling in the Territory.
Woe to you, columnists and commentators
By Dickson Igwe
A series of article on the political pulse of the Virgin Islands as midterm approaches states that opinion givers have gotten a bad rap recently. This story investigates why this is.
UPDATE: Tourist group samples VI ‘Agri Tourism’ product
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – A small group of eleven persons were the first to experience the new brand of a Virgin Islands (VI) tourism initiative being pioneered by Virgin Islands resident Julio S. Henry.