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PHOTO of the Day: VI Premier officially takes Pfizer booster shot
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has officially taken the COVID-19 booster shot in the form of the BioNTech Pfizer vaccine.
VI publishes first ‘Ecosystem Accounts’ for environmental accountability
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands has published the 2019 ecosystem accounts that would provide evidence to support environmental and economic management for the Territory.
Taddy Bay’s re-opening to commercial flights ‘brings hope' to VG - Premier
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister for Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said the first commercial flight to land at the recently re-opened, Taddy Bay International Airport, brings hope to the people of Virgin Gorda and its economy.
A Christmas Story - Part 2
Dickson C. Igwe
OK: the central message of December and the Christmas season is love.
And love is impossible to define. Love has always been. The reason: love is one of those subjects that has too many meanings. The idea of love is subjective. It is based upon individual beliefs. My idea of love can be much different from my neighbors’.
VI resident T. Lester de Castro aka ‘Rabbit’ has died
GREENLAND, East End, Tortola, VI - Word reaching our news centre is that well-known Virgin Islands (VI) resident, Terrance Lester de Castro aka ‘Rabbit’ has died earlier this morning Friday, December 17, 2021, overseas.
VI & UNPD agrees to extend cooperation MoU to 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have agreed to extend their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation until November 2023, as it relates to sustainable development, COVID-19 recovery, the blue economy, and disaster risk reduction.
Gov’t delivered almost $330M in revenues despite COVID-19– Hon Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Member of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Hon Mark Vanterpool (R4) said he is thankful that in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fahie Government was still able to generate nearly $330 Million in revenue.
COVID:19: Phased Pfizer rollout kicks off today, Dec 17, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With some 4,680 doses of the highly anticipate Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines currently in the VI, the Fahie Government is wasting no time to begin administering shots through its public vaccination drive.
Online work permit system only accepting new work permits
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Acting Labour Commissioner, Mrs. Michelle Mc Lean has said that the recently launched Online Work Permit System will only be accepting new work permit applications, effective immediately according to a Wednesday, December 15, 2021, press release.
Lax adherence to public health measures sparking COVID infections - Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronald E. Georges has pointed to more social gatherings and a lax of adherence to local public health measures, as the precursor to the current spike in COVID-19 infections in the territory.
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