“Our Heritage, our People, our Cultural Arts! When Culture meets Tourism, we Capture all Hearts, that’s the theme for the second annual Culture and Tourism month this November. This year, it is a collaboration with several partners including the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, the Virgin Islands Communal Association (VICA), the Association for the Promotion […]
An online petition is in circulation for persons to sign, showing their disapproval of the motion. That initiative is being spearheaded by 22 year old Lawrence Kirton Wheatley, popularly known on social media as Bunchie from Anegada. Wheatley said they have already collected 1000 signatures. He is encouraging persons to go online and sign the […]
Today’s play of the day comes from Adele.
As the government gets ready to take a motion to the House of Assembly today to exempt the Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock, from paying legal fees to which he was ordered to do so by the courts, protest action is being planned to coincide with that sitting. It is being led […]
Premier and Minister of Finance Andrew Fahie indicated in the House of Assembly on Thursday to bring a motion to exempt the Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock, from paying legal fees to which he was ordered to do so by the courts. The announcement by the Premier to debate the motion to […]
It was the second day of protest action by teachers on Thursday, but this time Teachers and the Senior Division of the Elmore Stoutt High School. On Wednesday teachers at the Junior Division at ESHS staged a sick-out. At the crux of the matter, teachers say they need to be taken as priority and the […]
The community is being encouraged to wear pink today October 29, as the BVI Cancer Society presents the 2021 edition of ‘Paint The Town Pink.” Each year the BVI Cancer Society organizes the “Paint The Town Pink” event on the last Friday of October, which is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness month. The event is […]
Government is making moves so that the George Auguste Airport on Anegada can be opened for international flights. Premier and Minister with responsibility for tourism Andrew Fahie said recently that to get this done, they are seeking to have immigration, customs and health officials stationed on that sister island. Premier Fahie also said that now […]
Cabinet has appointed a management committee which would look at the criteria for designating National Heroes. Word on this from the Deputy Premier and Culture Minister Dr. Nathalio Wheatley during the VIP’s Let’s Talk Programme last week. Dr. Wheatley said it is important they celebrate persons in their history who contributed to the development of […]
A Tourist is still missing off Cooper Island. The Police Information Office said that Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) and Customs officers are assisting officers of the Marine Branch of Royal Virgin Islands Police Force in their search for a male snorkeler who was reported missing Monday morning while off Cooper Island. Initial investigations […]