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‘Do not play doctor’ over COVID vaccine decisions – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has warned persons in the territory to not ‘play doctor’ when it comes to decisions surrounding COVID-19 vaccination.
25 COVID-19 deaths now in VI; active cases drop to 1,109
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI) has seen a drop in total active coronavirus cases with some 667 recoveries to bring the territory's total active cases to 1,109, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has announced.
Make the Commission permanent
By Dickson C. Igwe
The Commission of Inqury in the Virgin Islands is revealing that oversight and investigation are the sole guarantees of honest and equitable governance. The Commission is an excellent model for an agency that ensures good government.
Political advisors for ministers approved by Cabinet!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In an online meeting chaired by His Excellency, the Governor John J. Rankin, CMG, on July 8, 2021, Cabinet considered and granted approval for ministers and junior ministers to be assigned Ministerial Political Advisors.
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.
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