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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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