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Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Department of Agriculture are informing the public of the ferry schedule for the Farmers’ Week 2011 ...
Capital Productions, the local group known for its charitable donations throughout the Virgin Islands (VI) and for its hosting of the official August Festival Car ...
Monday, January 31– The fourth group of public officers was recently recognised for exceptional work and honoured as Government’s Employees of the Quarter for ...
The St. George’s School – Secondary Division is inviting the general public, parents, family, friends and past students to the Annual Sports Day – ...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Department of Agriculture invite the public to the opening ceremony for Farmers’ Week 2011 at Department of ...
The BVIFA’s after school programme kicked off last week as the BVIFA look to get as many youngsters as possible into the sport. With over 500 youngsters taught in ...
BVIFA National League Results Wolues 2 – 1 Old Madrid VG Ballstars 3 – 0 One Love Islanders 4 – 0 Sugar Boys Luican Stars 3 – 0 VG United (Forfeit) January ...
The British Virgin Islands Red Cross has been serving the BVI Community for over fifty years; providing humanitarian aid to those who are most vulnerable in the time ...
Police are carrying out investigations into a robbery that took place at a radio station sometime last evening. ZBVI in its 12:10 newscast today said robbers entered ...
The Kandy James/Akeem Richardson saga will be heard by Judge and jury in the February assizes. The announcement of the case’s committal to the High Court was ...
HLSCC will conduct a course in Basic Clothing Construction beginning Saturday, February 12 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Elmore Stoutt High School Sewing Lab. ...
International offshore law firm Harneys increased the number of lawyers in its Hong Kong office with the recent hiring of three new lawyers. Cheng Cheng Tan, Kane ...
As Purple Dragon International continued to celebrate their 40th Anniversary, members of the British Virgin Islands Branches received Professor Don Jacob and Sensei ...
Monday, January 31—In one empathic leap to victory, University of Texas Longhorns senior Chantel uncorked her 2011 Indoor Long Jump season into a new stratosphere ...
“And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: ...
The HIV-AIDS Foundation (BVI) Limited, a non-Government not-for-profit charitable organization registered under the laws of the Virgin Islands, hosted its 6th annual ...
General elections are constitutionally due in the territory by November this year and according to Supervisor of Elections Juliette Penn, there has been a steady ...
Colombo, Sri Lanka – The West Indies will open their three match One Day International Series against Sri Lanka on Monday at the Sinhalese Sports Club. The series ...
Leaders have agreed for nationals of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to travel through the region with the use of national identification cards ...
The Jamaican Government has removed the need for a work permit for overseas technicians required to carry out urgent work on the island not exceeding 30 days. ...
Happy New Year to all! Training has been going really great. I’ve definitely gotten stronger from last season and I must say I am pleased and excited about my ...
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Ramnaresh Sarwan is happy to be back in West Indies colours and is eagerly looking forward to the three One Day Internationals against Sri ...
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced a historic US$360,000 grant programme which is aimed at supporting club cricket across the ...
The BVI Cycling Federation will be holding its season opener, the Road Town Criterium on Sunday, February 6, 2011, starting at 7 a.m. sharp. The race will commence ...
The BVI Cycling Federation is pleased to inform you that our general meeting will now be held on Wednesday, February 2 at 6 p.m. at the BVI Olympic Committee Office ...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has rejected a suggestion by the government of Jamaica to opt for its own final Court of Appeal ...
Friday, January 28 – His Excellency the Governor Boyd McCleary, notes that the health and safety of public officers is of great importance. “Most recently the ...
Friday, January 28 – Minister of Education and Culture Andrew Fahie announced yesterday at a Press Conference the re-opening of the Department of Youth Affairs ...
Local businessman Elton Leonard, who is entangled with the environmental health officials, has to return to the Magistrate’s Court on March 4 to fight a $500 ...
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, January 28, 2011 – FirstCaribbean International Bank is pleased to announce the launch of its new E-Cheque Card. This card is designed to ...
Reportedly, the Chinese character for crisis is of two seemingly opposite concepts: danger and opportunity. In times of social upheaval and political unrest, this ...
Teams have until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1, to register for the BVI Athletics Association third Development Meet scheduled for Saturday, February 5 at the A. O. ...
“And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: ...
There is an evil in modern communities and societies, present in all Western cultures that has been destroying the lives of millions of people, and doing so for ...
Press Secretary Devon Osborne has officially announced his intentions to contest the upcoming general elections again, but his desire to represent the Virgin Islands ...
The British Virgin Islands is faring better economically than many developing countries, including the United States, in light of the global recession. Minister of ...
The BVI Cricket Association will hold its 2011 Annual General Meeting at the Moorings Mariner Inn Conference Room on Monday, January 31 beginning at 6:00p.m. The ...
Police and bank officials are now scratching their heads and wondering after a man allegedly cashed a stolen check of some $44,000 at a commercial bank in Tortola on ...
Based on registration so far, over 500 persons are expected to enroll in the re-opened afterschool programme which begins on Monday, Jan. 31 at six centres with ...
The pleasure is mine at this auspicious occasion to greet everyone under the sound of my voice in the name of the Great God of the Universe through His son Jesus ...
A variety of charges were slapped on Michael Stevens, the young man who carried out a bold and public beating on four police officers who attempted to arrest him. In ...
Thursday, January 27– Acting Premier and Minister of Finance Dancia Penn, has extended condolences to the Premier of the Cayman Islands McKeeva Bush on the passing ...
Thursday, January 27– Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Omar W. Hodge announced recently the commencement of the third phase of the Johnson’s Ghut ...
Thursday, January 27 – Chief Immigration Officer Mr. Dennis Jennings has confirmed that two Haitian nationals and one citizen of the Commonwealth of Dominica were ...
The Ministry of Communications and Works is informing the public that traffic will be interrupted in Purcell Estate in the vicinity of BVI Springs due to road repair ...
THURSDAY 27TH JANUARY, 2010 – The Department of Disaster Management is informing the public that they will be testing their National Siren System and National ...
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board will be re-hosting the first module of the 2011 Taxi Training seminars on Tortola at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College ...
Dear Bella: I am a 22-year-old young man who is deeply in love with a 16-year-old young lady. We have been together for almost three years now and haven’t been ...
Limelight Productions and Rotary Club Sunrise’s performance of CINDERELLA on Saturday January 29 at 7pm has been CANCELLED and moved to Sunday January 30 at ...
Since the lion fish was discovered in BVI waters, conservationists say there has been “limited success” in capturing the invasive fish. Chief Conservation and ...
Premier and Minister of Finance Ralph O’Neal, is in Barbados today for a meeting with the President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr. Compton Bourne, to ...
Billabong BVI Kite Jam is pleased to announce its partnership with Chris Ernst, Laurel Eastman, Digicel and JTV to bring daily reports on Kite Jam to the world. ...
WASHINGTON, USA — The United States said it plans to announce a new amnesty programme aimed at encouraging wealthy Americans with hidden offshore bank accounts ...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — The main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has denied being involved in an alleged plot to assassinate St Vincent and the ...
The British Virgin Islands Amateur Volleyball Association will be starting its Annual Power League Tournament on Saturday February 19, 2011. For Teams interested in ...
The BBC has announced the closure of its Caribbean Service as part of an exercise to rationalise its operation. The BBC says five of its 32 World Service language ...
Representative for the First District is calling on the people of the First District and the territory to support the police more in helping them to solve crime. ...
Bridgetown, Barbados – The West Indies team’s upcoming tour of Sri Lanka is being seen as “good preparation” for next month International Cricket Council’s ...
The Premier’s Office is inviting the public to attend the screening of footage depicting the Virgin Islands in the 1940’s on February 1 at the H. Lavity Stoutt ...
Wednesday, January 26– The Deputy Governor’s Office officially launched its cost-saving competition entitled “Efficiency, Innovate and Save” (EIS) earlier ...
Bridgetown, Barbados – Head Coach of the West Indies Women’s Team Sherwin Campbell has expressed satisfaction with the development and commitment ...
Wednesday, January 26 – Her Majesty’s Customs is affirming its commitment to unity during Customs Week 2011, which is being held from January 23 – 29 under ...
Wednesday, January 26 – Residents of the Territory should expect to see improvements in the cleanliness of their surroundings as approximately 30 persons were ...
It looks like Jamaica’s “Tie a Leaf” or “dukunu”, but if you are in Trinidad it would be called “Paimie”, in Dominica and St. Lucia “Pémi” and in ...
