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October 13th, 2021
New 'BVIDigiCert' online platform simplifies VI vaccination certifications

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands on October 11, 2021, launched a new digital platform called 'BVIDigiCert' to facilitate vaccination certifications, with the aim of making proof of vaccination status easy and accessible.

October 13th, 2021
Premier questions if blatant UK corruption is benchmark for VI’s good governance

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has called out the blatant corruption in the United Kingdom’s management of its COVID-19 pandemic and asked whether that is the benchmark the Virgin Islands (VI) should follow for good governance.

October 12th, 2021
Premier wary about being grilled on incomplete & unpublished AG report

WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has raised serious concerns about the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) and its use of an alleged unpublished Auditor General's report that may not have followed due process and was never made public, at least 'to the best of his knowledge'.

October 12th, 2021
VI urged to work together to reduce mosquito breeding sites

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Deputy Chief Environment Health Officer, Henrietta Alexander, has called on everyone in the Virgin Islands to come together and do what is necessary to protect from vector-borne illnesses, including by first reducing mosquito breathing sites.

October 11th, 2021
Gov’t creating 40-bed field hospital in case of another COVID spike- Hon Malone

BEEF ISLAND, VI – The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is investing in a 40-bed field hospital should local COVID-19 cases spike again, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has announced.

October 9th, 2021
COVID variants still a threat to VI's population - Dr Georges

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Residents of the Virgin Islands are being encouraged to remain vigilant and adhere to the local COVID-19 protocols following added confirmation of Mu and Delta variants infecting persons in the territory.

October 9th, 2021
VI receives new batch of 2000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses

BEEF ISLAND, VI – The Virgin Islands on October 7, 2021, received a new shipment of 2000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines, and this time, the doses have a much longer shelf life than before.

October 9th, 2021
VI confirms 176 cruise calls @ 2021 Seatrade Cruise Global– Hon deCastro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Junior Minister for Tourism, Hon Sharie B. deCastro (AL) has announced that the Virgin Islands (VI) has confirmed a total of 176 Cruise calls at the recent 2021 Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami, Florida.

October 9th, 2021
The road to hell

By Dickson C. Igwe

Once upon a time, there was a land on the continent of Africa sitting on the fertile and geographically diverse west coast of that vast continent. This was a country that practically "had it all."

October 8th, 2021
‘Every community will benefit’ from Gov’ts rebooted tourism plan- Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands’ Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has indicated that with the Government’s new tourism plan to be administered in the COVID-19 era, communities across the VI will see economic benefits.

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