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14 active COVID-19 cases currently in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands currently has 14 recorded active COVID-19 cases, with all of the cases currently on Tortola.
Senior Anegada resident blasts NDP for neglecting medical airlift for Sister Islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - 93-year-old Anegada resident Darvin G. Potter has blasted the former National Democratic Party (NDP) Government for years of neglecting to address the urgent issue of emergency medical airlifts from the Sister Islands to Tortola.
US charity makes donation to WINBVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Members of the United States-based organisation Nehemiah Foundation made an intentional stop in the Virgin Islands on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, to meet and make donations to the WINBVI Organisation as a first step to what promises to blossom into a new partnership.
Deliberate? UK paraded VI leaders past & present across CoI stage– Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called out the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI), for what he references as the parading of local leadership, past and present, which he said has eroded the trust of the people in its leaders.
C’Bean states have ‘legal leg’ against unfair EU Backlisting – Regional Economist
HAMILTON, Bermuda – British Caribbean Overseas Territory (OTs) and other regional countries may be able to take legal action against unfair black and greylisting by the European Union (EU) in a process rooted in double standards.
Referendum not necessary for VI to seek independence– Dr Carlyle Corbin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Consultant and clergyman Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says the Virgin Islands (VI) should not have to seek permission from its colonisers, the UK, for independence.
Global oil supply crisis pushing VI towards more green energy– Hon Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has reinforced the need for the Virgin Islands (VI) to use more green energy, pointing to the global increase in oil prices as a prime example.
VI seems to be returning to days of Sodom & Gomorrah- Lesmore Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Businessman Lesmore Smith, who will be a candidate in the upcoming 2023 General Elections in the Virgin Islands (VI), has called on the people of the territory to follow Christ rather than return to the days of "Sodom and Gomorrah.”
‘We need to build agri & fisheries industries together’- Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- During the celebration of farmers and fishers this week, it is the hope that much emphasis will be placed on the need to build the local agriculture and fisheries industries together.
VI delegation completes fact-finding mission to UK parliament
LONDON, United Kingdom– A Virgin Islands (VI) delegation headed by Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Julian Willock has completed a fact-finding mission to the United Kingdom Parliament to engage in capacity building from March 21 to 24, 2022.

