Residents and visitors alike welcomed the New Year last week with fireworks, music, carnival rides and more across the territory. Major celebrations included parties at Foxy’s Tamarind Bar on Jost …
January 10, 2025
January 10, 2025
VI welcomes first babies of 2025
The first two babies of 2025 were born a minute apart last Thursday at the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital in Road Town, according to the BVI Health Services Authority. …
December 28, 2024
EDITORIAL: After 7 years of strife, the VI must emerge stronger
The past 12 months have not been easy for the Virgin Islands, but 2024 nevertheless brought glimpses of the light at the end of a tunnel the territory entered when …
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December 26, 2023
EDITORIAL: 2023 was a year of healing and laboured progress
As the Virgin Islands approaches the New Year, it’s prudent to reflect on the many high points of 2023 and to analyse what could have gone better. In many ways, …
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October 30, 2023
New options for ringing in a new year
Virgin Islands residents and visitors will have two new options for ringing in 2024, and organisers have already started promoting both. In Road Town, Tortola Pier Park Ltd. will feature …
January 27, 2023
Virgin Islands rings in the New Year
At its annual celebration of the end of one year and start of another, Foxy’s Tamarind Bar on Jost Van Dyke welcomed sizable crowds to ring in 2023. Partygoers packed …
December 23, 2022
EDITORIAL: The highs, lows and lessons of 2022
An optimistic look back on 2022 might conjure a year-end image of the Virgin Islands as a phoenix preparing to rise from the ashes of its former self. And after …
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December 22, 2021
EDITORIAL: High hopes for a happier 2022
At the risk of sounding like a broken record for the fifth December in a row, 2021 was tough. Back in January, we had high hopes. The end of the …
January 12, 2021
EDITORIAL: A better 2021? Here’s how.
Following the struggles of the past year, we know we’re not alone in wishing for a much brighter 2021. The following is our list of a few ways to help …
January 9, 2021
New Year’s baby born just before midnight
When Marcia Jennings was nearing her due date, she believed she would have a December baby. But the father, Marcus Maduro, had a feeling the baby would come in January. …
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January 3, 2021
Eleven active cases in the VI as year begins
In an update circulated through WhatsApp yesterday, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone announced that there are 11 active cases of Covid-19 in the territory, bringing the total number …
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January 14, 2019
EDITORIAL: A new year, a new Virgin Islands
It’s a new year, and the Virgin Islands should strive to make 2019 the fresh start it desperately needs. To that end, the time for excuses is over. Instead of …
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December 27, 2018
EDITORIAL: Looking back on an emotional and turbulent year
In the Virgin Islands, 2018 was a rollercoaster of highs and lows. The hurricane recovery, of course, dominated the news, which ranged from inspiring tales of phenomenal heroism to heart-wrenching …
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