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FREEMAN ROGERS

May 12, 2023

At dumpsite, ministers promise better, but incinerator still down

Seven days before the general election, Dr. Karl Dawson stood outside the House of Assembly to protest burning at the Pockwood Pond dump that had been sending clouds of acrid …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
dumpsite tour
April 24, 2023

Coalition likely after no party wins majority

The Virgin Islands Party won six of 13 seats in the House of Assembly on Polling Day, falling one shy of the majority needed to form a government, election officials …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
April 14, 2023

‘King Paido’ keeps crown in first VI calypso contest since 2019

Reynold “King Paido” Phillips wouldn’t have missed the calypso competition on Sunday night at the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival. After all, he had a title to defend. Because of the …

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king paido
April 8, 2023

Alums say good-bye to Althea Scatliffe Primary School

The end of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School building in Road Town came all too soon for many graduates, who gathered on its lawn on April 1 to share their …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
ASPS demolition
March 31, 2023

‘Economic Zone’ plan revised amid delays

When leaders broke ground on the Huntums Ghut Economic Zone in October 2020, they said the project would include three commercial warehouses that would accommodate up to six businesses each. …

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Huntums Ghut economic zone revised
March 30, 2023

BVIPA keeps deal with cruise group secret

Under a new agreement, the Virgin Islands government will receive guidance from the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association on “enhancing” the territory’s “product” and increasing cruise calls, the trade association announced last …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
March 24, 2023

Ex-health chair questions removal

Last year, the Commission of Inquiry blasted then-Premier Andrew Fahie for overstepping his authority and unlawfully revoking the membership of the Climate Change Trust Fund Board before the end of …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
March 17, 2023

Minister pledges to finalise land transfer to college

Twenty years after the government procured 134 acres of land on behalf of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, only 13 acres have been transferred to the school, Natural Resources and …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
HLSCC
January 1, 2023

After Covid work, Harrigan honoured by king

During the Covid-19 pandemic, BVI Tourist Board Marketing Manager Lynette Harrigan quickly became known as the go-to source for travellers struggling to navigate the territory’s fast-changing entry protocols. In honour …

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Lynette Harrigan
December 19, 2022

Virgin Islands’ four telecoms renew licences

The territory’s four telecommunications providers all have recently renewed their unitary licences, allowing them to continue operating here for a second 15-year period subject to compliance assessments every five years, …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
November 25, 2022

Virgin Islands women offered free pap smears

Arliene Penn credits a pap smear screening in 2001 with saving her life by detecting her cervical cancer before it progressed to an advanced stage. Now she is using her …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
October 13, 2022

BVI Christian Council leader lists homosexuality with child abuse, drug abuse, war

Less than two weeks after the BVI Christian Council delayed a legal challenge to the territory’s same-sex marriage ban, BVICC Vice President Rosemarie Flax used the council’s “Weekly Devotion” to …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
October 13, 2022

Hats off to mental health

About 50 students wearing all sorts of attention-grabbing hats marched and danced from the Festival Village Grounds to Queen Elizabeth II Park on Monday morning. The parade celebrated World Mental …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
September 22, 2022

Government denies cancelling horse track lease

Following an online news report about the recent closure of Ellis Thomas Downs, government issued a statement last week denying that it cancelled a lease granted to the Thomas family …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
September 15, 2022

Gov’t to subsidise electricity bills through December

Following a dramatic increase in the cost of electricity since the start of the war in Ukraine, the Virgin Islands government will subsidise residential power bills through the end of …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
September 12, 2022

Government auditors get new teeth

The recent Commission of Inquiry reported finding evidence that the Premier’s Office under former Premier Andrew Fahie may have obstructed government auditors investigating Covid-19 assistance programmes. A new law is …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
auditor general
September 9, 2022

Global HR society launches Virgin Islands chapter

A global human resources association now has a new presence in the territory. The Virgin Islands chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management installed its inaugural executive board during …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Society of Human Resource Management
September 6, 2022

Irma, then and now: Five years later

The Virgin Islands has transformed in the five years since it was devastated by Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6, 2017. Scroll down to compare scenes photographed shortly after Irma to …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
September 1, 2022

Unite BVI to help house displaced students

The non-profit organisation Unite BVI will fund infrastructural works needed to relocate students displaced after the Althea Scatliffe Primary School was closed on June 17 due to structural issues, officials …

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Althea Scatliffe Primary School
August 29, 2022

EDITORIAL: Gov’t right to apologise and re-form climate board

It’s about time. More than three years ago, then-Premier Andrew Fahie’s newly elected government unlawfully disbanded the Climate Change Trust Fund Board, stalling years of hard work and showing a …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
August 26, 2022

Gov’t mum on reports that customs boss sent on leave

Amidst an ongoing police investigation into the Customs Department, at least four online news sites reported on Aug. 19 that Customs Commissioner Wade Smith had been placed on administrative leave. …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
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 …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
May 6, 2022

‘Unity government’ sworn in, but UK still silent

Hours after the House of Assembly voted to revoke Andrew Fahie’s premiership on Thursday, Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley was sworn in to head a new “national unity government” that is …

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Premier Dr. Natalio "Sowande" Wheatley
May 3, 2022

Willock resigns, claims he was a “sacrificial lamb”

Speaker of the House Julian Willock plans to resign from the House of Assembly on the request of acting Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley, Mr. Willock said at the start …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
April 29, 2022

Criminal complaint details claims against premier, port boss [FULL COMPLAINT]

Premier Andrew Fahie and BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard have been accused of agreeing to allow cocaine to pass through Tortola ports in exchange for a percentage of …

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