Dancing in the streets by the hundreds for the first time in years, the Virgin Islands community showed up in force to celebrate being outside together for the 68th annual August Emancipation Festival. The annual celebration highlighted the best of VI food, music, dancing, history,...
August 7, 2022
August 6, 2022
Emancipation Service held on August Sunday
Within the first two lines of the territorial song — “out of the huts of history’s pain, our ancestors bled and died” — lie a commemoration, one that was celebrated on Sunday during the annual emancipation service led by Reverend Dr. Melvin A. Turnbull. “As...
August 5, 2022
11 graduate with EMT and AEMT certificates
It was an occasion of pomp and circumstance for 11 people who received their basic and advanced emergency medical technician certifications. Some completed their advanced EMT certificates while others will step into the role for the first time. During a ceremony in the Dr. D. Orlando...
July 28, 2022
VI celebrates emancipation
The August Emancipation Festival is officially under way. With the slicing of a pink ribbon strung across the stage, the Bernard “Yampie” Nibbs Festival Village officially opened on July 27. Gospel musicians including headliner Sherwin Gardner then took to the stage, drawing hundreds of attendees...
July 29, 2022
Summer Sizzle returns
When youth models took the stage and launched watermelon-coloured beach balls into the cheering crowd, an upbeat celebration was announced at the Global Glamour Runway Show on July 23 at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park. The show headlined Summer Sizzle BVI Fashion &...
July 29, 2022
Christmas in July draws 400 boats
On Monday, Tomas Dardet and nearly 20 of his friends and family members toured The Baths in Virgin Gorda, climbing in and out of the rock pools and exploring the grottoes. Although the popular tourist attraction was crowded, the Puerto Rican felt right at home....
July 29, 2022
Premier says COI reforms still on track
The framework for carrying out Commission of Inquiry recommendations includes a deluge of deadlines for July, but Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said last week that his National Unity Government is on track to meet those targets and others coming up this fall thanks in...
July 29, 2022
‘Tourism off-season is changing,’ premier says
After major hits to the tourism sector during the pandemic, the Virgin Islands is figuring out the best way forward in new circumstances under new leadership, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said on July 21 in the House of Assembly. In the first four months...
July 29, 2022
HOA okays public Register of Interests
On June 30, legislators missed their deadline to make the Register of Interests public and establish penalties for violating declaration rules. On July 21, however, they passed a bill to get the job done. The Register of Interests (Amendment) Act, 2022, omits a controversial earlier...
July 29, 2022
No decisions yet on closed Road Town school
After suddenly closing Althea Scatliffe Primary School last month because of concerns about its structural integrity, government officials are still figuring out the best options to temporarily house students, according to Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sharie De Castro. After Ms. De Castro...
July 28, 2022
Remains identified as missing senior
Following DNA tests and other forensic analysis, police believe that skeleton remains found in December belong to Walter Todman, an 83-year-old who went missing almost four years ago, they said on July 21. The remains were discovered by hikers in a ghut leading to Brewers...
