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September 4th, 2021
Commissioners past & present salute retired Deputy Alwin James

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former Commissioner of Police Mr Michael B. Matthews joined current Commissioner Mark Collins and other officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force in paying tribute to Deputy Commissioner of Police Alwin James following his recently announced retirement.

September 4th, 2021
VI Politics & the Commission of Inquiry- Part 2

By Dickson C. Igwe

Now, any person claiming to know the political and constitutional outcomes for the British Virgin Islands from the very public Commission of Inquiry, and the subsequent impact on politics from the investigation, is either a prophet or a liar.

September 4th, 2021
11:00pm -5:00am curfew extended until Sept 18, 2021

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Authorities in the Virgin Islands (VI) have extended the 11:00 pm to 5:00 am national curfew for two more weeks according to a new curfew order that will take effect from today, Saturday, September 4, 2021.

September 4th, 2021
VI's active COVID-19 cases increase to 66

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands (VI) have increased to 66 as of September 3, 2021, according to the latest epidemiology report from the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI).

September 1st, 2021
VI receives 2,000 more doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) on August 31, 2021, received 2,000 additional doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the United Kingdom, according to Deputy Governor David D. Archer Jr during a Government Information Service (GIS) report.

September 1st, 2021
Fire starts in EE apartment after man goes shopping & leaves iron on

CHAPEL HILL, Tortola, VI- A fire that started in an apartment at Chapel Hill, East End, on August 31, 2021, was reportedly due to an iron left unattended, according to reports reaching our newsroom.

September 1st, 2021
Ex-Gov Jaspert provoked Premier Fahie ahead of CoI- Elroy A. Turnbull

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Former Educator Mr Elroy A. Turnbull said, as an outsider observing the relationship between the embattled ex-Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert and the democratically elected Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1), the then Governor allegedly provoked the Premier as part of a plan to set the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into motion.

August 30th, 2021
CoI has no ‘evidence of corruption’ – Premier asserts

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew. A. Fahie (R1) is confident that after more than six months, the United Kingdom’s Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has not found any information of corruption in the Virgin Islands.

August 29th, 2021
EE/LL Sewerage Project: Main pump line installed from Long Swamp to Paraquita Bay

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Work on the recently recommissioned East End/Long Look Sewerage Project is progressing smoothly.

August 29th, 2021
Cyclist run down by car on James Walter Francis Drive

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A pedal cyclist was taken to Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital this morning, August 29, 2021, after he was struck while riding on the eastern carriageway of James Walter Francis Drive in the vicinity of the new B&F Medical building.

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