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November 3rd, 2020
Tourists can be COVID-19 tested & isolated on boats – Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Boats sitting in VI’s waters can be used as quarantine facilities, according to medical doctor and businessman, Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool, who suggested that the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) finds innovative ways to quarantine tourists while opening up the economy.

November 2nd, 2020
SCB career civil servant Kishma P. Forbes achieves life-long business dream

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Sea Cows Bay resident Ms Kishma P. Forbes has used her 23 years of civil service experience to hone her skills as an entrepreneur and has founded Virgin Islands School and Office Supplies (VISOS).

October 31st, 2020
‘Saving my life while killing my business is not saving my life’- Bishop John I. Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Outspoken Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church (NLBC), Bishop John I. Cline has called on the Fahie administration to pay more attention to the private sector, particularly the hospitality sector when drafting COVID-19 policies.

October 31st, 2020
Gov Jaspert ‘in a difficult position’ to apologise – CoP Matthews

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – United Kingdom (UK) national and Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael B. Matthews says the Governor of the Virgin Islands, Mr Augustus J.U. Jaspert is in a difficult position to apologise for comments he made regarding the UK not paying reparations to the descendants of slaves in the VI.

October 31st, 2020
Inaugural ‘Culture & Tourism Month’ starts November 2020

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Although the COVID-19 pandemic has brought tourists arrivals to a standstill, the first-ever Culture and Tourism Month in the Virgin Islands (VI) will kick off in November 2020, which will see the territory celebrating not just its culture, but accomplishments in the tourism sector.

October 31st, 2020
The BREXIT horror hovering about the UK

By Dickson C. Igwe

Ok. This Old Boy, to the consternation of his army of critics, never believed Brexit was a good idea. He understood that in a world where regions were integrating and where the two main superpowers- China and the USA- were increasingly bellicose, staying within a united Europe offered the type of protection one obtains living in a well-fortified castle in a vast, terrifying, and violent forest.

October 30th, 2020
‘Trump is an existential threat to the human race’– Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Local radio host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called the incumbent US President Donald J. Trump, a threat to the human race, more so if he wins another year of presidency in the USA at the upcoming elections.

October 30th, 2020
‘VI will get more cases & deaths from COVID-19’ - Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool predicts

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Medical Doctor and proprietor of Bougainvillea Clinic, Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool has predicted a Virgin Islands filled with more COVID-19 cases and deaths; however, he said the territory must still figure out ways to generate income.

October 29th, 2020
Opposition admits to having no documented plan for tourism reopening

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Although the Virgin Islands Opposition has been loud with criticisms of the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie administration regarding the tourism protocols, calling them onerous, stringent and impractical, Opposition Legislator Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) has admitted that the Opposition does not have a documented plan of its own.

October 28th, 2020
8th day COVID-19 test for tourists under review

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In an effort to bring down the associated costs of COVID-19 testing to tourists, as well as reducing the number of tests to be administered, Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) said the administration is working to review the 4th COVID-19 test requirement.

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