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Daughter makes blood donation plea for terminally ill dad
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Vice President of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HSLCC), Dr Arlene L. Smith-Thompson has sounded an appeal for persons to donate blood not only towards her terminally ill dad, but to donate blood so that supplies can remain high at the hospital.
Quarantine could be lifted for vaccinated persons entering VI- Hon Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has indicated that the Virgin Islands (VI) could soon remove the quarantine requirements for persons entering the territory once a majority of the territory is vaccinated.
RVIPF seizes illegal scooters, cars in street clean up
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have removed six scooters, six vehicles and arrested four persons in a weekend 'Clean the Streets' operation where the vehicles were confiscated for being unlicensed and uninsured.
Zero active COVID-19 VI gets Level 1 travel rating from CDC!
ATLANTA, Georgia, USA- Thanks to proactive and decisive COVID-19 containment and suppression measures by the Andrew A. Fahie-led Government, the [British] Virgin Islands is not only free of active cases of COVID-19, but is now enjoying a Level 1 rating for travel by the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Employers should make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory – Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Social Commentator and talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of employees, especially those working in the public service on the frontline and have been refusing to get vaccinated.
UK attempting direct rule, control of VI’s political future - Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff's Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline has accused the United Kingdom (UK) of attempting direct rule and imposing policies on the Virgin Islands (VI) and other British OTs under the guise of a ‘global Britain’.
UN should not dictate on VI’s self-determination timeline - Kevon S. Lettsome
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Opposition Leader of the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP), Mr Kevon S. Lettsome has proposed that while the Virgin Islands (VI) should walk the part of full self-determination, it must do so by taking steps and not be dictated on by the 2030 United Nations (UN) resolution on decolonisation.
C'bean tourism arrivals fell by 65.5% in 2020 - CTO
ST MICHEAL, Barbados - Caribbean tourism fell by 65.5 per cent in 2020, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), of which the [British] Virgin Islands is a part.
We cannot let UK be ‘chief author & publisher’ of VI story - Bria A. Smith
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Reigning Miss British Virgin Islands and the Deputy Premier in the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP), Mr Bria A. Smith says the Virgin Islands (VI) can no longer allow the United Kingdom (UK) to write its future.
COVID-19 vaccine doses will now be given 12 weeks apart – Hon Malone
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – On the advice of the acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronald E. Goerges, the Virgin Islands (VI) has adjusted the intervals between the first and second doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines when administered to persons in the territory.
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