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Miss World boss plans Fiji trip after fiasco

NICK PERRY,Associated Press

The head of the Miss World beauty queen franchise says she plans to travel to Fiji “as soon as possible” to address the problems that turned last month’s pageant in the island nation into a fiasco….


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This Week We Feature Young Professional Nicola J. Maduro

BY JAVON LIBURD

Every child has a teacher growing up who they just adore, they want to be just like her, but as time rolls on and age accumulates, they drift into different fields and career paths. This week as our young professional, we feature Ms. Nicola J. Maduro, who stuck with her dream as a child and became a Mathematics Teacher currently em…


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Premier: Gun Creek a start to a better Virgin Islands

NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. Hon. D. Orlando Smith in declaring the Gun Creek Port in North Sound, Virgin Gorda an official port of entry, today May 18, 2012, stated that it is a start to a better Virgin Islands (VI)….


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Financial Management protocols ties VI Gov’t hands!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While Premier of the Virgin Islands Dr. the Hon. D. Orlando Smith is boasting that his budget does not have to go to the United Kingdom (UK) for approval, the same document that he signed on April 23, 2012 imposes a long laundry list of restrictions on his Administration….


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Plaza Mini-Mart opens with community in mind

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Sixth District community now has a new place to shop – a one-stop mini-mart that promises the best prices was opened this morning May 18, 2012….


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Search operation underway on mailing service

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI [Posted 1:06 p.m.] – Currently members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), are carrying out a search operation at the Baughers Bay dock on mails that came in for a local mailing service….


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Dog driven on car roof: Cruelty or not?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A confusing sight was behold on Tortola where a dog was being driven on the top of a car with only his neck tied to the side of the car….


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No doubts, expect the unexpected, says Pumpa

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Bat Cave, a local restaurant by day and club by night, is hosting for the first time in 2012, well known soca artist Pumpa from St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands….


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Hon. Fraser wants answers on CDB loan & VI borrowing

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I have not heard in the news or anywhere from the Premier if we are now in a position to borrow? I have not heard that… I have not heard about the $ 15.7M that we got approval from the CDB and this House to fix our infrastructure,” Hon. Julian Fraser declared during the May 10, 2012 House of Assembly Sitting….


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Shots fired in Huntums Ghut; no injuries reported!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI [posted 8:36 p.m.]– Unconfirmed reports suggest that a vehicle was shot at in Huntums Ghut this evening, May 17, 2012….


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