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Not breaking news!
Shaina M. Smith-Archer
It is not breaking news that the Virgin Islands is surrounded by water so there are only two ways to enter the country – by air or sea. From childhood I have grown up around and, on the sea, and I probably learned to sail a boat before I learned to drive a car.
60% chance of rain today due to approaching tropical wave- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Today, July 23, 2021, may be a good day for dry cisterns as, according to the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), there is the likelihood of showers.
Letter to the Editor- 'A family tie is like a tree...'
By Moleto A. Smith Jr- President, League of British Virgin Islanders
Dear Editor:
There is an African proverb that goes like this, “A family tie is like a tree; it might bend but it cannot break”.
VI in worse pandemic days yet demanding CoI persists– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Honestly Speaking radio host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline said amidst the most challenging days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Virgin Islands (VI), the United Kingdom (UK) sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the Virgin Islands (VI) is still being demanding towards public officers and witnesses.
VIYP Premier Kevin S. Fahie is new Lions Club of Tortola President
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Premier of the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP), Mr Kevin S. Fahie has been named new President of the Lions Club of Tortola.
Unvaccinated persons feeling 'ostracised'– John I. Cline
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline has said unvaccinated persons in the Virgin Islands are feeling slighted and that persons should desist from making the COVID-19 related deaths about vaccination.
Police pepper spray alleged curfew/COVID protocol breakers in EE & LL
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Information reaching our newsroom is that ranks of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) allegedly used pepper spray to disperse persons allegedly breaching COVID-19 protocols in East End and Long Look yesterday, July 19, 2021.
UPDATE: Island-wide power outage occurred after unit ‘tripped’- Deputy GM
POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI- The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has said it is investigating the “root cause” of the island-wide power outage this morning, July 20, 2021.
7:00pm to 5:00 am curfew to continue in VI– Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) has said the 7:00 pm to 5:00 am curfew currently in place in the Virgin Islands will continue for 14 more days.
COVID realities
Thomas C. Famous
Condolences to those who have lost loved ones recently
Every time that I get an update from home in reference to COVID, it really hits me hard to see the pain we are going through as a people.
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