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January 25th, 2021
USVI receives 2nd direct stimulus payments from US Treasury

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has received its portion of the stimulus funds to be issued to US Virgin Islanders as part of the second coronavirus relief package signed into law by former President Donald J. Trump late December 2020, revealed Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett.

January 23rd, 2021
7 new COVID-19 cases in VI as recoveries rise

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands (VI) now has 17 active cases of COVID-19, with seven of those cases new since the last update of January 20, 2021.

January 23rd, 2021
Moderna vaccine halts in USVI due to high allergic reactions

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - The USVI Department of Health announced that it would stop administering vaccine doses it received from a particular batch of the Moderna drug, the same vaccine batch sent to counties across California now being blamed a higher than usual number of recipients responding with severe allergic reactions.

January 22nd, 2021
CoI is fishing expedition & witch-hunt based on rumours – Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Social commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he believes the Commission of Inquiry announced by Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert is to prove that the Virgin Islands is corrupt, not on facts but on rumours tantamount to a witch-hunt and fishing expedition.

January 22nd, 2021
Major cruise liner requiring all passengers to be vaccinated

VI CONSORTIUM

LONDON, UK- United Kingdom-based Saga Cruises has become the first major cruise operator to require all its passengers to be Covid-19-vaccinated before participating in cruising on any of its ships.

January 20th, 2021
20 active COVID-19 cases in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands is reporting 20 active cases of COVID-19, six up since the last update of January 14, 2021.

January 20th, 2021
Is CoI a prelude to UK taking control of VI? - Skelton-Cline asks

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Honestly Speaking radio host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has brought into question the true motives of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) ordered by outgoing Governor, Augustus J.U. Jaspert aka 'Gus' into the affairs Government of the Virgin Islands, pointing to previous CoI’s in other Overseas Territories (OTs) as an example of what could come.

January 19th, 2021
Tourist opposed to quarantine complains to US Embassy

NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI- An American tourist opposed to the mandatory quarantine and testing protocols in the Virgin Islands has reportedly lodged a complaint to the US Embassy, alleging their rights were infringed upon.

January 19th, 2021
Gov Jaspert caves! Undergoing 14-day quarantine

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After allegedly refusing to undergo 14-days of quarantine on his return from the United Kingdom (UK) where COVID-19 is running rampant, including a new resistant strain of the virus, controversial outgoing Governor, Mr Augustus J. U. Jaspert has allegedly buckled to pressure and is undergoing the full 14-days of quarantine.

January 19th, 2021
Watching & waiting for the end of trump’s corruption

Alred C. Frett

Accepting Reality in the New Year:

Best Wishes and Happy New Year! 2021 has arrived… Last year was a rough year for everyone except those steeped in Trumpism so, if this year’s sayings sound familiar and repetitious, it’s only because they are based on Reality and necessary for the Future of our Youth… It is unfortunate that, the past 4 years have seen us constantly brutalised into accepting the lies of Leaders over the evidence of Truth.

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