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July 24th, 2021
Make the Commission permanent

By Dickson C. Igwe

The Commission of Inqury in the Virgin Islands is revealing that oversight and investigation are the sole guarantees of honest and equitable governance. The Commission is an excellent model for an agency that ensures good government.

July 23rd, 2021
‘I am guilty’ of not defending Gov’t for keeping VI safe- Patsy C. Lake

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands icon and businesswoman, Patsy C. Lake says she is overcome with guilt for not defending the COVID-19 strategy of the government of Andrew A. Fahie (R1) at a time when critics were berating the government for keeping the territory safe.

July 23rd, 2021
COVID-19: ‘We had done well, we took it for granted’- Dr Pickering

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Medical doctor and former Deputy Premier in the Virgin Islands, Dr Kedrick D. Pickering has pointed to pride as the reason why the Virgin Islands (VI) is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases and deaths.

July 22nd, 2021
Shaun Massicott charged in connection to Hodges Creek cocaine bust

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) today July 22, 2021, announced that a second male, Shaun Massicott, has been charged in connection with a January 2021 operation that resulted in the seizure of over 200 kilos of cocaine at Hodges Creek, Tortola.

July 22nd, 2021
VI in worse pandemic days yet demanding CoI persists– Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Honestly Speaking radio host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline said amidst the most challenging days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Virgin Islands (VI), the United Kingdom (UK) sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the Virgin Islands (VI) is still being demanding towards public officers and witnesses.

July 21st, 2021
Herbal remedies for COVID-19 not being counted out- Hon Malone

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgins Islands (VI) Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has not factored out the use of herbal medicines and remedies to treat COVID-19.

July 21st, 2021
Unvaccinated persons feeling 'ostracised'– John I. Cline

DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline has said unvaccinated persons in the Virgin Islands are feeling slighted and that persons should desist from making the COVID-19 related deaths about vaccination.

July 20th, 2021
Antigua PM blames Lionel E. Michael for VI’s COVID outbreak!

SAINT JOHN'S, Antigua & Barbuda – Chairman of Caricom and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Mr Gaston A. Browne has blamed local Chief Environmental Health Officer, Mr Lionel E. Michael for the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak in the VI.

July 20th, 2021
COVID:19 deaths: ‘These are the moments that I dreaded most!’- Hon Malone

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As COVID-19 deaths and infections rise in the [British] Virgin Islands, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has said the current situation in the territory is one that he dreaded the most.

July 19th, 2021
COVID deaths in VI’s ‘close-knit community’ impacting all- Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Calling the recent spate of COVID-19 deaths ‘too many,’ Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) says the impacts of the deaths are affecting not just the families of the deceased, but the VI community as a whole.

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