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September 4th, 2021
11:00pm -5:00am curfew extended until Sept 18, 2021

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Authorities in the Virgin Islands (VI) have extended the 11:00 pm to 5:00 am national curfew for two more weeks according to a new curfew order that will take effect from today, Saturday, September 4, 2021.

September 4th, 2021
VI's active COVID-19 cases increase to 66

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands (VI) have increased to 66 as of September 3, 2021, according to the latest epidemiology report from the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI).

September 2nd, 2021
‘We heading in the wrong direction’- Hon Malone on new COVID infections

BEEF ISLAND, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has expressed concern at the new cases of COVID-19 in the VI and has urged persons to remain vigilant.

September 2nd, 2021
UPDATE: Motion for permanent appointment of SSB Director fails

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – A motion moved by Senior legislator Hon Julian Fraser, RA (R3) to halt the Government’s plans to have Mrs Jeanette Scatliffe-Boynes appointed as the Acting SSB Director for another six months, has failed in the House of Assembly.

September 1st, 2021
VI receives 2,000 more doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) on August 31, 2021, received 2,000 additional doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the United Kingdom, according to Deputy Governor David D. Archer Jr during a Government Information Service (GIS) report.

September 1st, 2021
Ex-Gov Jaspert provoked Premier Fahie ahead of CoI- Elroy A. Turnbull

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Former Educator Mr Elroy A. Turnbull said, as an outsider observing the relationship between the embattled ex-Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert and the democratically elected Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1), the then Governor allegedly provoked the Premier as part of a plan to set the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into motion.

September 1st, 2021
AG agrees CoI Counsel & Solicitors have breached VI laws

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Attorney General, Hon Dawn J. Smith has agreed that the trio hired by the United Kingdom (UK) to assist with the Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) breached VI’s law, specifically, the Legal Profession Act of 2015.

August 31st, 2021
'End fixation on COVID & focus on building VI's healthcare'- Bishop Cline to Hon Malone

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Community leader and Pastor at the New Life Baptist Church is Duff's Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline said he was accused of 'seeking attention' for raising concerns about the quality of healthcare coming out of the Dr D. Orlando Smtith Hospital.

August 28th, 2021
David D. Archer Jr now acting Governor until Sept 7, 2021

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Governor, Mr. David Archer, Jr. will act in the Office of Governor from August 28 to September 7, 2021, in the absence of His Excellency the Governor, Mr. John J. Rankin, CMG who will be out of the Territory.

August 28th, 2021
COVID-19: ‘This semester is going to be trying’- Premier warns VI teachers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has urged Educators across the Virgin Islands to continue inspiring each other as they move forward into the new academic school year and take on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in the classroom.

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