News
New local Manager @ Delta Petroleum VI branch
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A new management shake-up at Delta Petroleum (Caribbean) LTD across the region, well see a newly appointed local Country Manager, Ms Sharon Hobson taking the helm of Delta's [British] Virgin Islands (VI) operations.
VI’s high starch, alcohol & sugary diets have genesis in slavery- Eugenia O'Neal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – VI Author and researcher, Eugenia O'Neal has linked the current unhealthy high starch and sugary foods of Virgin Islanders to the legacies of slavery and the plantation diet.
DDM monitoring Tropical Wave 3 on VI path
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgins Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is currently monitoring Tropical Wave 3 which is the closest Tropical Wave to the [British] Virgin Islands and located over the west-central tropical Atlantic at an estimate of 824 miles off Road Town.
New 11:00pm to 5:00am curfew as restricted businesses allowed to re-open
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands has revised the territory’s Curfew Order to run from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am for a period of fourteen days with an initial review after the first seven (7) days.
The CoI is the friend of good governance & residents
By Dickson C. Igwe
Now make no mistake: the COI is a good thing for the majority of residents in these majestic Virgin Islands, especially taxpayers, who are the majority.
COVID-19 death toll now 37; hospitalisations & active infections drop
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The COVID-19 death toll in the Virgin Islands (VI) has increased to 37 as of August 5, 2021, however, total infections and hospitalisations have dropped significantly, Health Minister Hon Carvin Malone (AL) announced tonight April 6, 2021.
COVID-19: HoA Speaker supports ‘mandatory vaccination’ in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Speaker of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Julian Willock says he personally supports mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all in the VI, with some specific exceptions.
Busy schedule prevents VI Olympians from returning to territory now
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Athletes from the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) who competed in the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics, have indicated that they will not be returning to the territory anytime soon for various reasons.
UK PM snubs Scotland’s First Minister; Dodges questions on Scottish independence
EDINBURGH, Scotland- It is not only the [British] Virgin Islands’ aspirations for self-determination that is being strongly resisted by the United Kingdom (UK) Government but also the wishes for independence by Scotland.
‘Too much ingratitude’ festering & growing in VI - Patsy C. Lake
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Businesswoman and community activist, Ms Patsy C. Lake said there is too much ingratitude being allowed to fester and grow in the Virgin Islands community even as the Andrew A. Fahie Government has tried to do its best during this very challenging time.