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Students win laptops, tablets in COVID-19 back-to-school essay competition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Out of 60 entries, 6 students from across three educational levels in the Virgin Islands (VI) walked away as winners in the 2020 Back to School Essay Competition, an initiative of Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL), the Junior Minister for Tourism.
'Higher education' key to re-tooling human capital post COVID-19– Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has pushed for greater investments in the education sector, which he said is needed if the Caribbean is to develop both the institutional capacity required to help drive sustainable development; and to produce graduates needed to support the diversification of regional economies.
Cabinet announcing full school reopening by next week – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced that given no active confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the territory, the VI cabinet will be making moves to fully reopen schools.
Bars, nightclubs set to re-open following inspection
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Bars and nightclubs in the Virgin Islands (VI) will finally be re-opening since an August 21, 2020, closure as a result of a then spike in COVID-19 cases.
VI free of confirmed COVID-19 cases; New 14-day curfew announced
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL), in a COVID-19 update this afternoon, Wednesday, October 7, 2020, confirmed that the one remaining positive COVID-19 case in the [British] Virgin Islands has fully recovered.
Dream Big Group partners with businesses to help struggling families
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local youth group the Dream Big Group, in recognising the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on families and lives, have teamed up with a number of businesses and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) to offer some support to the affected.
Only 1 active COVID-19 case remaining in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the Virgin Islands (VI) has dwindled to just 1 active case with no new recorded cases, sparking a cause for celebration among government and local health authorities.
Businesses using pandemic to make 'slaves of our people'– Hon Maduro-Caines
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Sixth District Representative in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines (R6) says some businesses have now started to use the COVID-19 pandemic to take advantage of their workers.
No Excuse! ‘If you are working, pay your rent’ – Hon Maduro-Caines
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Sixth District Representative in the Virgin Islands (VI), House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines (R6) has called on persons to continue paying their rent amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, if they are still employed.
Virgin Islanders continue to lose property in COVID-19 era – Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Commentator Claude O. Skelton-Cline says it remains concerning that Virgin Islanders are losing property as a result of financial difficulties in the COVID-19 era.
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