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November 12th, 2021
Medical marijuana industry delayed ‘but will not be denied’- Premier Fahie

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R) has pointed out that the United Kingdom's delay of the territory’s medical marijuana industry is one that continues to rob the country of proven economic benefits.

November 12th, 2021
Local taxi driver celebrates son becoming pilot @ age 23

EAST END, Tortola, VI – A local taxi driver, Mr Bob A. Henry, is elated at seeing his son Dillon A. Henry, 23, becoming one of the youngest pilots to fly in the VI.

November 12th, 2021
Gov’t establishing ‘Teacher Education Institute’ by September 2022

DUFF’S Bottom, Tortola, VI – As part of more moves to improve the local education sector, Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced the establishment of a local training institute for VI teachers.

November 11th, 2021
Budget 2022: $8.5M allocated to education infrastructure upgrades

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced a large injection of monies into the local education sector, as part of the Government’s mandate to address the outstanding upgrade needs and other concerns raised by local teachers.

November 11th, 2021
Budget 2022: Premier Fahie to present 4th budget in less than 3 years

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Virgins Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) will this morning November 11, 2021, present the Appropriation (2022) Act, 2021, better known as the 2022 Budget, at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola.

November 10th, 2021
Rosan-Jones calls on Gov’t workers to ‘sick-out’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government critic and talk show host, Rosemary Cindy Rosan-Jones has called on Government workers to stage a massive sick-out over her personal grievances with the Andrew A. Fahie (R1) administration and House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Julian Willock.

November 9th, 2021
Persons in VI/USVI vaccine bubble must immediately return to VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) health authorities are warning that persons who take up the VI/USVI vaccination bubble offer must immediately return to the VI on taking their first dose of the vaccine or face penalties.

November 9th, 2021
Disagree without 'degrading character' – Premier Fahie urges

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has called on persons in the VI to remember their culture as it related to respect and values, especially when disagreeing on an issue.

November 9th, 2021
UK PM refuses to apologise for latest corruption scandal

LONDON, UK- In a clear case of being ‘wrong and strong’, United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has refused to apologise after his attempt to overhaul Westminster’s disciplinary procedures collapsed in disastrous fashion last week.

November 8th, 2021
VI ‘now feels like a pressure cooker’- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– ‘Honestly Speaking’ talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said the Virgin Islands (VI) now has several social, political, and business challenges compounded, which he says have now made the territory feel like a "pressure cooker".

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