By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Journalist Businessman Shane Winter stood in front a group of mainly young men to deliver a motivational speech, and he couldn’t help but express surprise that he is still alive – still standing. “I […]
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Believe in your power – Malone
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist The first degree Chantel Malone completed five years ago was in Kinesiology, which is the study of mechanics of body movements. That readily gave her a strong foothold into possibly becoming a doctor. […]
Inspire BVI: Family affair in festival booth
At sundown last Saturday, booth number six at the Festival Village in Road Town was abuzz with activity as three generations of Freeman worked hand in glove to prepare their makeshift restaurant and bar for the Emancipation Festival that starts […]
INSPIRE BVI: Lena opens store, for Ashburn
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist The opening of Sew It Seams should have happened a few months ago, but it was delayed. That’s because Ashburn Dawson, who was among key pushers of the plan, was shot dead in […]
INSPIRE BVI: From night club cleaner to boss
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Journalist When she left secondary school at age 17, Evelyn Wong-Dawson landed her first job, which was to clean a night club at Penguin International Hotel in Guyana. Now, decades later, she stands tall […]
INSPIRE BVI: Kaydia breaking gender barriers
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist Kaydia Smith, at only 13 years old, already experienced the glare of gender bias. She however is on a mission to help curb it by showing the world that females can reach the […]
INSPIRE BVI: K’Nesha now living a childhood dream
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff K’Nesha Greenaway could have been elsewhere. But she is on the ground in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) rooting for advancement of her native land. In fact, the aspiring judge perhaps would have […]
INSPIRE BVI: ‘I love him like hog love mud’
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Marriott was expected to pack her belongings and storm out of the relationship when her husband Gregory Smith lost his sight in 1993. But her unshakable love and commitment to the man she […]
INSPIRE BVI: BVI native speaks for over 200 abroad
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff The graduation season has started in fine style for some British Virgin Islands (BVI) students studying abroad; not least among them is Virgin Gorda native Monel Marcellin, who has graduated with the highest […]
INSPIRE BVI: From rejection to distinction
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff When James Halliday made his first attempt to enter the law enforcement profession, he was refused. But, through resilience, the Nevis native is now among the most decorated personnel to have served in […]