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Premier should have defended VI against cruise ship COVID policies – Julio S. Henry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Tourism operator, business owner and former radio talk show host, Mr Julio S. Henry aka 'Sam' has blasted Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) for not defending the Territory against the COVID-19 policies implemented by cruise ships travelling to the Virgin Islands (VI) as a destination.
COVID-19… Freedom to teach is freedom of speech
Alred C. Frett
Let the Word be heard:
If we talk of Freedom of Speech, then we should welcome it when Persons are praising their Governments… At the same time, it should be realised that it may help more when Governments are criticised since they were employed to do what’s right under all circumstances and, it is crucial that they know when they are doing wrong in order to correct it; so, the Squeaky wheel can get the grease.
Prominent businessman Sinclair H. Flemming Sr aka ‘Sineto’ passes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Prominent Virgin Islands businessman Sinclair H. Flemming Sr aka ‘Sineto’ has died.
Father of abused 4-year-old seeks help to get child to UK
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The father of a four-year-old boy that was recently allegedly physically abused on Virgin Gorda is seeking the help of the Virgin Islands community to assist him with travelling and medical expenses that would enable him to whisk his son away to the United Kingdom to live with him.
New Rotary club makes mangrove restoration a mission
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- As part of their overall thrust of pursuing projects that offer protection and restoration of the environment, the newly formed Rotary Club of Central Tortola has embarked on a mission to partner with local agencies to replant hundreds of mangroves lost to the 2017 hurricanes.
RVIPF warns against taking intimate videos/photos
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Family and Juvenile Unit is urging persons not to take photos or participate in photos or videos of an intimate nature.
Dogs belonging to ‘Cindy’ Rosan-Jones reportedly poisoned @ Mount Healthy
MOUNT HEALTHY, Tortola, VI- The issue of animals being poisoned in the Virgin Islands has come to light again with the recent suspected poisoning of two pups at Mount Healthy on Tortola on May 8, 2021.
‘Turn bitterness into happiness’- Premier Fahie on Mother’s Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the Virgin Islands and the rest of the world celebrates Mother’s Day, Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has hailed all mothers in the Virgin Islands but has also called for broken relationships with mothers to be mended.
New public pound opened to address stray animal woes
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - A new public pound created in response to the roaming livestock issue across the Virgin Islands (VI), has been opened in Paraquita Bay, Tortola.
Social Democracy is the way forward for VI
By Dickson C. Igwe
Supply Sided Trickle Down has not taken the world to Eldorado. And if the Virgin Islands is to fulfill its potential as a hive of social and economic prosperity, then it will only do so by lifting up poor and working people.