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'You can't even see in' some heavily tinted vehicles – Hon Rymer
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has said there needs to be more enforcement of traffic laws in the territory, including on illegal tint and motor scooters.
VI Governor & Top CoP blasted for silence on spate of killings
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host and former Mrs BVI, Angelle A. Cameron is demanding Governor John J. Rankin CMG and new commissioner, Mark Collins speak on the spate of killings that have rocked the Virgin Islands (VI) community over the past weeks.
4 in custody in relation to murder of Catherine Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Four persons are said to be in custody as police investigate the murder of Catherine Pickering, 67, who was shot in the head during a robbery at her residence in Paraquita Bay, Tortola, on April 18, 2021.
Gov’t in talks to bring medical schools to VI- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola – A number of international medical schools have an interest in opening campuses in the Virgin Islands (VI), Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) disclosed during an April 16, 2021, statement on the VI's 'economic boosters' to come.
Higher risk of blood clots from COVID-19 than AstraZeneca vaccine– Dr Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Medical doctor and former Deputy Premier in the Virgin Islands, Dr Kedrick D. Pickering has once again urged the Virgin Islands (VI) to get vaccinated, declaring that the incidents of blood clots by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are so rare, the COVID-19 virus itself presents higher risks of persons getting clots.
Local doctor Rawle R. Hannibal passes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Radiologist, former political candidate and son of the Virgin Islands soil, Dr Rawle R. Hannibal RT, RDMS, MPH, PhD aka 'Lolly' has died.
UPDATE: Motor scooter rider reportedly collided with truck
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- New information just reaching our newsroom is that the accident at Fat Hogs Bay this afternoon, April 18, 2021, which resulted in injuries to a motor scooter rider, also involved a truck.
VI to temporarily host Vincy residents impacted by La Soufriere - Hon Wheatley
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) will temporarily host some residents of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who are being impacted by the ongoing eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano on the island.
Prepare for ‘respiratory irritants’ from La Soufriere in VI - Health officials
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Residents of the Virgin Islands are being warned to take caution against concerning atmospheric conditions that could come as a result of the La Soufriere volcano eruption on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Parties, ideology & Virgin Islands politics
By Dickson C. Igwe
Having an ideology- social, economic, and political- is imperative for effective politics and government. On a specific Facebook thread in April 2021, there were very interesting assertions on Virgin Islands politics.
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