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Assassination of Haitian president a ‘heinous act’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has described the assassination of Haitian President Mr Jovenel Moise as a ‘Heinous act’ perpetrated on a Caricom leader of Government.
Anti-vaxxers should ‘opt not to come to work’ - Lorna G. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former First lady, Mrs Lorna G. Smith said she is horrified at the views of anti-vaxxers in the territory, as it relates to their resistance to the life-saving COVID-19 vaccines.
US states legalise marijuana as post-pandemic economic booster
NEW YORK, USA - At least 5 more US states have recently legalised recreational marijuana use, which means 30% of the country allows its adult residents to possess and use cannabis.
New JvD ATM is ‘promise made, promise kept’– Premier Fahie
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – Installation works have been completed on a new ATM on the sister island of Jost van Dyke, Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has revealed in a social media post.
Suspend 'cooperation' with CoI to focus on pandemic- Skelton-Cline to VI Gov't
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Pointing to a spike in active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands, radio talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the Andrew A. Fahie Government to suspend its cooperation with the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) so that more focus can be placed on the pandemic.
Some persons 'sick like dogs’ & refusing to test for COVID-19- VI Epidemiologist
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - National Epidemiologist Harmony Brewley-Messiah has revealed worrying behaviours facing local health authorities as they battle the rising cases of COVID-19 in the territory.
Large crowd converges @ Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital for COVID testing!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that mass confusion has erupted outside the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital where persons have assembled to get tested for COVID-19.
Over 200 placed in quarantine & hundreds in self-isolation- Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With an active COVID-19 case count of 273 as of July 3, 2021, following a sudden virus outbreak in the Virgin Islands, over 200 persons are currently in mandatory quarantine with hundreds more in voluntary self-isolation.
Virgin Islands Day being observed for very first time today, July 5, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands is observing a public holiday, Virgin Islands Day, today, Monday, July 5, 2021, for the very first time.
Statues of Queen Victoria & QE II torn down in Canada
MANITIBA, Winnipeg, Canada- A prominent statue of Queen Victoria and a statue of Queen Elizabeth II have has been torn down by protesters in Canada as anger grows over the deaths of indigenous children at residential schools.
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