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Scores ring in 2021 @ Trellis Bay
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI – As the old year 2020 came to an end, scores of persons rang in the new year 2021 at the Loose Mongoose Bar at Trellis Bay on Beef Island.
Deputy CoP Alwin James awarded Queen’s Police Medal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Mr Alwin James, has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal in Her Majesty the Queen’s 2021 New Year Honours.
BREXIT impacts on VI trade & travel starts Jan 1, 2021- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has warned of the implications of BREXIT on the territory, which takes effect from today January 1, 2021.
10 of 15 accidents in December 2020 involved motorcycles – RVIPF
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – New stats coming out from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is that 10 out of 15 road accidents with injuries recorded in December 2020, involved scooters or motorcycles, with eight of the ten riders requiring hospitalization.
VI announce UK travel ban; Curfew remains until January 15, 2021
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has announced a UK travel ban effective January 11, 2021, amidst concerns of new COVID-19 variants around the world.
National Thanksgiving Service set for Fri, Jan 1, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islanders are being invited to a special Praise and Thanksgiving Service entitled, ‘A Time of Praise & Prayer,’ on January 1, 2021, when the territory breaks the new year.
A new year for another chance to build back better
Alred C. Frett
Will Someone Please Explain What Happens Next?
We ask what will Tomorrow bring only to find that no one has the answer and the best we can do, is prepare as best we can, knowing all we have in common is Time – Our Fears and Dreams may differ but your Second is my Second and your Decade is my Decade so, whether we are here or not, this year shall pass and whether we are there or not, the next year shall come.
‘It would be lovely if I could enjoy same-sex unions here’- Kishma V.S. Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - At least one outspoken local photographer and visual artist has admitted that she would be pleased to ‘enjoy’ life in the Virgin Islands, in a same-sex union.
‘VI becoming morally & spiritually bankrupt’- Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Outspoken Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church (NLBC), Bishop John I. Cline says that the integrity of the Virgin Islands (VI) as being a Caribbean country that is rich in morality and spirituality, is being eroded.
USVIPD warns against firing gunshots in air
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALE, St Thomas, USVI - The USVI Police Department is urging locals with guns to abstain from firing gunshots into the air on New Year's Eve, as the result could turn deadly and those responsible could be jailed.
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