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April 10th, 2020
'Gov't doing a credible job' handling COVID-19 pandemic - Dr Pickering

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Former Deputy Premier under the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Independent Candidate in the 2019 General Elections in the Virgin Islands, Dr Kedrick D. Pickering has commended the Fahie administration for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 9th, 2020
Be clear on whether UK will help VI or not- Skelton-Cline to Gov Jaspert

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Consultant and outspoken moderator of the Honestly Speaking show, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has remarked that even as Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert says the Virgin Islands (VI) has healthy reserves and enough finances to handle its own affairs regarding COVID-19, the United Kingdom (UK) still has to approve the funds.

April 8th, 2020
COVID-19: Governor praises Fahie administration for bold strategies

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Governor of the Virgin Islands H.E. Augustus J. U. Jaspert says while he is encouraged to learn that the Government’s strategy for containing COVID-19 in this Territory appears to be working, all is not over as yet.

April 6th, 2020
All 17 COVID-19 samples have returned 'negative'- Hon Malone

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has confirmed that all 17 samples of the Persons Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands (VI) have tested negative for the virus by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).

April 6th, 2020
Caller: 'The landlord don't want hear nothing about COVID-19'

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - A female caller on ZBVI 780AM, during a special interactive session with Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL), had complained that when it comes to COVID-19, her landlord is not accepting it as an excuse for non-payment of rent.

April 6th, 2020
Power struggle? 'Governor not crediting VI Gov't for COVID-19 fight' - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - On the heels of a Friday, April 3, 2020 statement by Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) H.E. Mr Augustus J.U. Jaspert, on the arrival of additional COVID-19 test kits in the Territory, local pastor and commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has accused the Governor of trying to upstage the Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) administration.

April 5th, 2020
‘We will succeed’- Queen on COVID-19 pandemic

LONDON, United Kingdom- In a rare speech to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth today, April 5, 2020, Queen Elizabeth II said the UK "will succeed" in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as she thanked people for following government policies to stay at home and praised those "coming together to help others".

April 4th, 2020
'UK does not have good history' of meaningful assistance to VI - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Following remarks from the United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor of the Virgin Islands, H.E. Augustus J.U. Jaspert that the Virgin Islands (VI) is capable of financing its own initiatives, ZBVI 780am 'Honestly Speaking' radio moderator Claude O. Skelton-Cline has urged the local government to stop looking to the UK for help.

April 4th, 2020
COVID-19: ‘I rather be criticised for overdoing it, than underdoing it’ - CoP Matthews

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael B. Matthews says with regards to the extreme measures that the territory is taking to bring COVID-19 under control, he would rather be criticised for doing too much, than doing too little and have the virus go out of control.

April 4th, 2020
Confirmed USVI coronavirus cases climb to 40; No deaths

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - With no reported deaths, the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health, has provided the territory with its latest coronavirus update, revealing that there were 40 confirmed cases as of Friday night, April 3, 2020, territory-wide, with a number of people hospitalised.

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