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COVID-19 grants were provided in ‘good faith’ to meet real needs– Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has defended his government’s issuance of COVID-19 cash grants, despite criticisms from the Auditor General Sonia M. Webster.
Skelton-Cline reiterates calls for ‘national conversation’ on VI’s future
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has reiterated calls for a national conversation on leadership and the future of the Virgin Islands (VI) as a territory under the United Kingdom (UK).
Barbadian dentist only doing business with vaccinated patients
BARBADOS NATION
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A former President of the Barbados Dental Association, Dr Vidya Armogan, who says his dental care facility will only be doing business with vaccinated patients, is calling on Government and the business community to get around mandatory vaccination by using strategic measures that encourage more Barbadians to get inoculated.
RVIPF officers honoured for saving mentally ill youth from drowning
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have been honoured for their recent heroic act of saving a mentally ill youth from drowning at the Road Town Jetty last month.
Residents asked to indicate whether pandemic was ‘dreadful or not so serious’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Persons in the Virgin Islands are being tasked to indicate a number of opinions, as part of a new COVID-19 Individual Impact and Public Perception Survey from the Central Statistics Office.
CoI ‘feels like targeting & victimisation’ toward me as a private citizen - Skelton-Cline
WICKHAMS CAY II, Tortola, VI – Local clergyman and talk show host, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has blasted the United Kingdom-sponsored Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry for what he called victimisation and a public lynching towards him in his private capacity as a citizen.
Partially decomposed body of man found in VG home
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- A man in his 60s was found dead in his home on Virgin Gorda yesterday, October 3, 2021.
‘No words could bring full comfort’- Premier Fahie on Maya Marcano's death
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has joined in the VI’s collective mourning over the death of Miya Marcano after her body was believed to be discovered in Orange County, Florida on October 2, 2021.
The enforcers of good governance
By Dickson C. Igwe
OK. Residents in the Virgin Islands are today witnessing the true meaning of Rule of Law, as it applies to the powerful.
And we all understand that in the absence of enforcement mechanisms any talk of transparency, accountability, and justice, by those who are tasked with rule over the land—government—is just that: talk.
Lone driver crashes into ditch @ SCB
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – The lone driver of a small white car reportedly lost control of his vehicle and drove into a ditch at Sea Cows Bay, in the vicinity of the Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre this morning Saturday, October 2, 2021, at around 1:00 am.
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