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White Bay Beach on Jost Van Dyke.

Sister island ports will reopen for int’l vessels

The sister islands of Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Gorda, and Anegada will resume/commence operations as international ports of entry in the coming days. Premier Andrew Fahie gave that indication while celebrating the West End Ferry Terminal’s reopening to accept all […]

by / on October 5, 2021 at 6:10 AM /
UPDATE: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back up

UPDATE: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back up

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have regained function. The apps, owned by Facebook, stopped working Monday for millions of users across the globe and were down for more than six hours. PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED STORY: FB, WhatsApp, IG goes down worldwide Facebook and […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 5:32 PM /
Premeir Andrew Fahie

COI displaying a double standard, Premier suggests

Premier Andrew Fahie has suggested that the Commission of Inquiry (COI) is displaying double standards regarding the submission of government documents to assist with proceedings. He made that suggestion against the backdrop of some additional documents his administration recently discovered […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 2:35 PM /
Claude Skelton Cline

I’m not willing to give any evidence on private contract with gov’t

Calling his public appearance ‘theatre’, a seemingly fiery and combative Claude Skelton Cline appeared before the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) today insisting that he is unwilling participant on anything relating to the Neighbourhood Partnership Program government contracted him to […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 12:06 PM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

‘All we could do was hug and cry!’ Premier visits Letty’s family in Florida

Amid reports that Violet ‘Letty’ Delville’s (more commonly known as Letty Hodge) missing granddaughter Miya Marcano was found dead overseas, Premier Andrew Fahie visited the family in Orlando, Florida to lend his support. “All we could do was embrace and […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 7:39 AM /
King Abdullah II is the reigning monarch for the middle eastern country, Jordan. (Photo by Royal Hashemite Court)

Data leak: Monarch uses BVI firm to secretly buy US property

Yet another data leak from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has exposed many of the worlds richest persons and the lengths they have gone to hide their wealth. The Pandora Papers — as the latest leak is being […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 7:20 AM /
HLSCC to commence agricultural training courses in November

HLSCC to commence agricultural training courses in November

The H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) is expected to commence agricultural training courses next month. The proposed courses will be done on the college’s campus in Paraquita Bay and will encompass both practical and theoretical training. The training is […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 7:05 AM /
Former Premier on the previous National Democratic Party (NDP) government, Dr D Orlando Smith

Cruise pier project’s tender process didn’t lack transparency — Dr Smith

Former Premier and Finance Minister Dr D Orlando Smith has refuted claims that the tender process for the cruise pier project lacked transparency. When Dr Smith appeared before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) recently, he was questioned about criticism that […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 6:42 AM /
COMMENTARY: The road to good governance runs through external oversight

COMMENTARY: The road to good governance runs through external oversight

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Without an enforcement mechanism ensuring rules are followed by government officials, good governance is a mirage  OK. Residents in the Virgin Islands are today witnessing the true meaning of rule of law, as it applies to […]

by / on October 4, 2021 at 6:06 AM /
Miya Marcano

UPDATE: Body believed to be Letty’s missing granddaughter found

The following is a Saturday, October 2 news report from American broadcast news corporation, NBC News, about the missing granddaughter of local businesswoman Violet ‘Letty’ Delville (more commonly known as Letty Hodge).  A body believed to be of missing Florida […]

by / on October 2, 2021 at 6:35 PM /