He has been wowing the entire Virgin Islands community for over 25 years in his craft, and on the 2nd of August 2016, Andrew “Charlie” Turnbull was given the high honor of having the East End/Long Look emancipation celebration grounds, named after him. A cultural stalwart, and a well- known stilt walking giant, Turnbull founded […]
He began illustrating fashion pieces, sewing and dressing up his sister’s Barbie dolls as a young boy and today he is one of the most highly respected designers in the world, dressing up the crème de la crème models, including those from the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean for the past seven years in the […]
You ever saw someone and thought they were just another person until someone tells you something phenomenal about them? I am guilty! This was the case with Alberto Francis. I saw him being hospitable with tourist and said that’s what Taxi men do. Then someone said he is 89 years old and I was blown […]
Another son of the virgin soil, Dr. Charles Hugo Wheatley was born right here in Tortola on February 16, 1938 and was the oldest of 12 children of the late Alturo Wheatley and Marie Durante-Wheatley. The foundation for what has been a lengthy educational career started at the East End Methodist School and continued at […]
[blockquote style=”1″]All she said to me just do what she wants, when she tell me to stop, I must stop, when she tell me to move on, I must move on, things like that” said Joseph E. Williams who was awarded for his special service 50 years ago said, remembering his conversation with Her Majesty […]
My excitement was evident as I impatiently awaited the ferry that would take me to the island of Virgin Gorda, for my very first Virgin Gorda Easter Festival. The 15.7 mile-trip from the ferry dock in Road Town Tortola, was uneventful, but the festivity kick started as soon as we arrived. Loud folk and hip-hop […]
High winds and twelve foot waves described the weather conditions during the 20th year of the Spanish Town Fisherman’s Jamboree (STFJ) – Wahoo Madness tournament. It is said that the high winds and sea was the second worse weather since the tournament’s inception which was the cause for several other boats to pull out from […]
“The Gem” of the Virgin Islands-Virgin Gorda, as it is so often referred to, has celebrated its 49th Annual Easter Festival March 26 – 28, 2016 under the theme “Celebrating 2016 with Class, a Festival of Pure Mass”. As customary, one individual is honored, and, this time, the enthusiastic community activist, Franka Pickering was chosen. […]
Thursday, March 24, 2016, one day before Good Friday was a special day, one of royalty, gift giving and strengthening relations. One pound of island salt, decked in a small purple pouch for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, was the reason why we gathered just off the beach and a short distance from the source […]
