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July 1st, 2021
OTs Unite & United Nations

Thomas C. Famous

In the 1950s, two young girls from the island of Tortola in the Virgin Islands sat next to each other in primary school and high school.

June 30th, 2021
Magistrate’s Court closed after staff tests positive for COVID-19

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Magistrate’s Court in John’s Hole, Tortola has been closed after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

June 30th, 2021
Cruise passengers free to explore VI under strict guidelines- Hon Malone

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With just a day away before the Virgin Islands (VI) accepts its first official passenger cruise call since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new details have been revealed regarding the freedom of vaccinated tourists who will arrive as passengers of the Celebrity Millennium.

June 29th, 2021
Health Minister reminds COVID vaccine stock expiring July 31, 2021

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has reminded that all vaccines in stock, which are accessible from the BVI Health Services Authority and private medical healthcare facility partners in the Virgin Islands (VI), are expiring on July 31, 2021.

June 28th, 2021
New book by local author Andria D. Flax salutes VI seniors

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground,” is a popular African proverb illustrating that seniors have a lot to share regarding their knowledge and wisdom, having lived a long life.

June 26th, 2021
The Virgin Islands - post Commission of Inquiry

By Dickson C. Igwe

Like Hurricanes Irma and Maria, when the talk was what would the Virgin Islands look like after the devastating storms: it appears the country has learned very little from the two devastating hurricanes.

June 26th, 2021
Cloudy spells with stable weather forecasted for Saturday

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Weather forecast information coming out of the Virgin Islands (VI) Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is that the weather for Saturday, June 26, 2021, some instability and trailing moisture could generate cloudy spells and showers mainly during the morning period.

June 25th, 2021
CoI: ‘We got to be careful about how we criticise our own’- Angelle A. Cameron

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Talk show host and former Mrs BVI, Angelle A. Cameron has hinted that the first stage of the United Kingdom (UK) sponsored Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry (CoI) may have a hidden agenda to first cause ‘reasonable doubt’ about our elected politicians, before attempting to take over the territory.

June 25th, 2021
Tribute to Moleto Turnbull

Thomas C. Famous

“The stone that the builder refused, has become the head cornerstone.”

Psalm 118:22

Growing up in the rural mountains of Tortola in the Virgin Islands, my mother and her four sisters never had to worry about going hungry, being bullied, or worrying about a roof over their head.

June 24th, 2021
VI Gov’t launches COVID-19 Income Support Programme

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In another initiative to assist its people, the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) has launched a COVID-19 Income Support Programme to support vulnerable individuals and families experiencing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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