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Today’s play of the day comes from Mic Love
Nateshon Thomas, better known as “Shadow”, started playing baseball in 1996 at the age of eight for leisure and to have some fun in his hometown Tortola, British Virgin Islands. At the time, there were no diamonds or baseball fields in the Virgin Islands and sadly this is still the current state. But as time […]
Former Chairperson of the Miss BVI Pageant Committee of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs, Alecia Hamm has been seeking to set the record straight regarding the BVI representative for the Miss Universe Pageant. In an exclusive Interview with the Fuze Morning Brew with DJ Dre, Hamm said she was told that her services as […]
Premier Andrew Fahie says the United Kingdom wants to treat the people of the BVI like second class citizens and hold them to a standard that they themselves don’t adhere to. Premier Fahie’s comments were made as he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry on Monday, October 11th answering questions relating to belonger status. The […]
The recently dispatched community officers are again moving around and making their mark within the assigned communities. Acting Deputy Commissioner Jacqueline Vanterpool says the COVID-19 outbreak in July and August halted much of the in-person links the officers intended to build, however work restarted in September. Vanterpool said they are pleased with the pleased with […]
This Cruise season will see the return of Carnival Cruise Lines to the territory. This was confirmed by Premier and Minister of Tourism Andrew Fahie during a press conference last week. Carnival Cruise lines had pulled out of the territory in 2013. Premier Fahie told the press conference, that during Seatrade Global close to two […]
Founder of BVI reading is Fun week, Teacher H. Linden Smith has been awarded for her work in promoting literacy in the territory. Smith was presented with the Literacy Award during the opening ceremony of Reading is Fun week on Sunday, October 10th. Education Officer for Languages Janice George Harris says Smith has been selected […]
Work on the long awaited modern tertiary sewerage treatment project for the Cane Garden Bay community is said to be underway. Utilities Minister Kye Rymer said the construction phase of the project is expected to last nine (9) months, or until June 2022. Rymer thanked the residents of the Cane Garden Bay community for their […]
Premier and Minister for Tourism Andrew Fahie said that since the further amendment of the entry protocols from 1 October, 2021, they have been receiving reports about increased bookings for hotels and the Marine Sector. Premier Fahie said they expect to have a robust season of Cruise tourism safeguarded by constant monitoring and adjustments as […]
BVI is in for a Bumper Tourism/Cruise Season, with officials saying that the territory would get close to 200 calls beginning on Wednesday, October 13th. During a press conference last week, Junior Minister of Tourism Sharie De Castro said that those calls are as a result of the BVI’s participation in Seatrade Global which ended […]