NATURE’S Little Secrets were fully exposed last night at the official opening ceremony for the Rotary 7020 District Conference at the Eileene L. Parsons ...
Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured, before a judge sentenced her to three months in ...
The Virgin Gorda Festivals and Fairs Committee has given the assurance that it will fulfil all obligations amid claims that a number of persons are yet to be paid ...
Significant changes are in the offing for the August parade in East End this year as organisers prepare to shift focus from adult to children troupes, according to ...
Sistah Joyce was in a no-nonsense mood Saturday night as she lyrically tackled her critics and governmental authorities in the build-up to her second successive ...
BVI News Photographer was on hand once again to capture action from the Virgin Gorda Easter Monday Parade. Enjoy!
Last Saturday, the Rotary Club of Road Town held its Annual Kite Flying Competition. The participation of the entire Rotary Club and the public was somewhat lacking, ...
Brandywine Estate Restaurant, in collaboration with Green VI, Nutmeg Designs and Veuve Clicquot/Caribbean Cellars, will be hosting a reception for Maui-based master ...
Head of Territorial Policing Superintendent St. Clair Amory has threatened to suspend promoters who breach permits granted under the Noise Abatement Act, effecting ...
Culture Minister Myron Walwyn has broken his silence in relation to the controversy surrounding the 2012 annual report submitted by Chairman of the BVI Festivals and ...
Although the Ministry of Education and Culture has budgeted $100,000 for the upcoming Virgin Gorda Easter Festival, the overall cost of the event which starts on ...
The Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Committee has set out guidelines this year to ensure that the 2013 calypso show host does not pass out drunk again. During the 2012 ...
David Michael Rudder is no stranger to the BVI having performed at the BVI Music Fest in the past, however on 16th March Rudder’s fans and residents of the Virgin ...
Sunday 27th January 2013, the Anegada Community gathered at the Emile Dunlop Community Centre for an afternoon of fun and games. This event was conceive and produced ...
The new and upcoming artiste Ca’ssandra’, is gearing up to release and perform her new single “I Rise”, on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the ‘VI Artist ...
The Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Committee presents the 2013 Miss Gorgeous Pageant. It’s A Mardi Gras affair! An evening of elegance, creativity and excitement ...
HLSCC continues with its 18th Performing Arts Series, and this time brings to you the VI Showcase-Virgin Islands Women in Song, with performances by Nicole Donovan, ...
On February 10 Fifth District Representative Delores Christopher delivered on one of her 2011 campaign promises by executing an event to showcase Virgin Island ...
For the first time in its 8-year history the annual ‘Jazz on the Hill’ series, set this year for April 26 – 27, hosted a launch party. The ...
British piano bar entertainer James Barr is performing in the British Virgin Islands through the end of February in Sam’s Piano Bar at The Rock Café on Virgin ...
As part of the Sandy Lane Centre’s sister islands outreach initiative the 18th Annual Artists Against Addiction Showcase will be hosted on Virgin Gorda. The ...
The Elmore Stoutt High School Pageant Committee is inviting the community to support Akeila Louis, La’Quan Reid, Kadian Johnson, Sherise Stapleton and Armoy James ...
Andrea France and Akeem Howell of Road Town, British Virgin Islands, will perform at the 57th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C. with the Lee ...
New Yorkers are in for a treat this weekend when Virgin Islands Grammy-winning jazz great, Dion Parson and the 21st Century Band perform at the Abyssinian Baptist ...
The BVI Music Festival Committee has intensified its preparation for the 2013 event since last year by focusing on increased community involvement. Weeks following ...
17-year-old Puerto Rico-born BVIslander Josef George is a performing artiste making waves locally and overseas. For his exploits Page 31 magazine has featured him in ...
So it would appear that Harry Styles and Taylor Swift are *not* getting their ski on with Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber as was rumoured yesterday, oh no. Because ...
Piano bar entertainer Mike McCabe is returning to the British Virgin Islands to perform January 5 through February 1 in Sam’s Piano Bar at The Rock Café on ...
BVI News Online’s photographer Andre ‘Shadow’ Dawson, as usual, was out there doing his thing. This time he was was on Jost Van Dyke for the Old ...
Christmas went beyond the ordinary in one section of Tortola when several adults and children gathered beneath the evening skies to celebrate the birth of Jesus by ...
The controversy between David “Mavado” Brooks and the Festivals and Fairs Committee has been settled, paving the way for the top-rated Jamaican artiste to ...
Miss Teen British Virgin Islands 2012, Kamyce Penn is scheduled to depart the Territory on Thursday, December 27, 2012 for St. Kitts to represent the British Virgin ...
Thousands of people are expected to flock the shores of Jost Van Dyke in the BVI for back-to-back live performances by renowned Jamaican musicians Shaggy and Tarrus ...
Spectacular Spencer Read is returning to the British Virgin Islands to perform December 5 through January 4 in Sam’s Piano Bar at The Rock Café on Virgin ...
JAMAICA OBSERVER: Imprisoned reggae artiste Buju Banton has been granted an evidentiary hearing by United States Magistrate James Moody. The artiste will be taken ...
November 17th is fast approaching, and as revealed last month, the Upper Room Victory Church led by charismatic and energetic Pastor Mervin Herbert, will be ...
The opportunity is being afforded to all in the BVI to attend today’s crucial fundraising venture which will go a long way to assist the work of the territory’s ...
Tortola-based Rastafarian reggae singer, Maccabee, said he has high hopes in his recently released single “Turn Your Lights Down Low”. The track is one of the ...
On October 18, five years ago, the legendary Lucky Dube lost his life to a violent attack by robbers in his hometown in South Africa. He was 43 years old. News of ...
H. Lavity Stoutt Community College is about to launch its 2012-2013 Performing Arts Season with the first concert in the series slated for Saturday, October 27 at ...
The daughter of Devon and Symone Penn is the winner of the 2012 Miss Teen BVI Pageant held at the Eileen L. Parsons Auditorium of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community ...
Popular entertainer Clifford Smith more widely known as Mr Vegas known for his singles ‘Hot Wuk’ and ‘Bruk it Down’, went on social media earlier today to ...
Festival and Fairs Chairman Marvin Blyden has kept his promise and submitted the BVI 2012 Festival report to the Minister of Culture Myron Walwyn on time. Blyden, in ...
The eye-catching cover of Da-Jedi’s upcoming album is by no means coincidental. It is intended to be a blend of symbolism, depicting the making of a true musical ...
Last week Mr. Oren Hodge, lead singer of local band Blue Essence, ended a sizzling summer of music and poetry at the London 2012 Festival including two performances ...
BVI Calypso Monarch Luther B said one of his priorities in the coming weeks is to give some of the money he won from this year’s competition to a worthy cause. The ...
The central theme of Festival 2012 was the rhythmic shaking of gravel in gallon bottles, and therefore it was only fitting that the almost three-week event ended ...
BVI Calypso Monarch Luther B said the Festival and Fairs Committee should have ensured that he had attended the Leeward Islands Calypso Competition held in Anguilla ...
Chairman of the Festival and Fairs Committee Marvin Blyden feels that the just concluded festival in Road Town was a success. “Success in terms we accomplished ...
Children Traditional Majorettes 1st – Twirling Striders En Masse 2nd – Diamond Girls Majorettes 3rd – U’Neek Dancers 4th – Fete ...
Although he didn’t get the coveted first place at the August 11 VI Idol competition, congratulations are still in order for local rapper Bumpy or BBreezy who came ...
Photos from day two of the East End/Long Look Festival by Andre ‘Shadow’ Dawson
Below are photos from the Carrot Bay Festival, from cultural day to the night event. Photos by Andre ‘Shadow’ Dawson PLENTY FISH! CULTURAL DAY ACTIVITIES ...
Photos of the Aug. 6, 2012 August Monday Festival Parade. Enjoy!
Residents of the Virgin Islands were urged to stay focus and to be aware that slavery is still alive, although in a different form. The advice was delivered by ...
The 2012 Rise and Shine tramp went off without a hitch and hundreds of revelers descended on the cruise ship dock for what can be described as a brief impromptu band ...
The judges’ decision is final but from all indications all are in agreement that contestant number five Sharie de Castro earned the crown, new car and other prizes ...
It was a large party at the Claudette “Boopie” Smith Festival during the international soca night. The event attracted the largest crowd since the village opened ...
After 5:00 this morning a large crowd left the Claudette “Boopie” Smith Festiville after a great show that featured headline acts such Destra, Barrington Levy, ...
The culture night activities that were organized by the Festival Committee did not go as planned, but persons who went to the Festival Village on Wednesday, August 1 ...
The performers at Tuesday evening’s Youth Night were superb, and the persons who ventured out to enjoy the local performances included Premier Dr. The Hon. D. ...
Rev. Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., is this year’s guest speaker for the Emancipation Service at the Sunday Morning Well on Sunday, 5th August at 4pm and the Sunrise ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 1st August 2012 – Two months after performing live before hundreds at the BVI Music Festival, 2011 X Factor (US) winner Melanie ...
USVI soca singer Pumpa’s “Massage the Pum” song has become quite popular in the Virgin Islands and has been getting significant play on local radio stations ...
Even though he won the calypso competition for the third consecutive year on Saturday evening, Calypso Monarch Luther B feels Saturday night’s finals was a ...