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USVI Gov't House staff evacuated over smoke conditions
VI CONSORTIUM
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix— Government House staff on St. Croix were evacuated on friday following a report of smoke conditions in the building. The Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services (VI Fire/EMS) were dispatched to investigate the incident.
Dr. Connie E. George now first Director of VI Public Service Learning Institute
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A former Chief Education Officer, Dr. Connie E. George has been officially appointed as the first Director of the Virgin Islands Public Service Learning Institute, effective June 18, 2024, and comes following a period of her assignment as the Interim Director of the Institute, since its launch in August 2023.
Saharan Dust haze to decrease air quality, visibility this weekend – DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management in its weekend forecast from the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services has shared that relatively dry and stable atmospheric conditions associated with the presence of a high-pressure ridge in the atmosphere across the area will continue to restrict shower activity over and around the islands during the next 24 hours.
Hundreds benefit from free dental, optical & medical services by United Hands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Hundreds of persons in the Virgin Islands have benefitted from free dental, optical and medical services offered by the Florida-based non-profit organisation Gifted Hands this week.
52 persons take Oath to become British Citizens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Fifty-two (52) persons recently took the Oath of Allegiance and Pledge of Loyalty in the Virgin Islands (VI) to become British Citizens.
BVICC Hurricane Supplication Service set for July 23, 2024
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The BVI Christian Council believes that the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much. (John 5:16).
UK Labour Gov’t can mend fences with Caribbean territories
E. Benito Wheatley
The Labour Party's landslide victory at the polls presents a fresh opportunity for the United Kingdom to establish a genuine modern partnership with the Overseas Territories (OTs) after 14 years of Conservative Party rule in which the relationship with the Territories was severely strained by heavy-handed UK Government policies and actions that smacked of colonialism, particularly in the Caribbean where Anguilla, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Cayman, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Opposition must be cautious of terms like ‘No confidence’ in HoA– Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has cautioned the House of Assembly (HoA), particularly the Opposition, about using terms like “No Confidence’ in the HoA, which he says can paint a picture of instability in the [British] Virgin Islands.
CGB woman charged for allegedly uttering forged document to Immigration Dept- RVIPF
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- As part of an investigation into a forged document presented to the Immigration Department in 2022, a female was arrested on July 4, 2024.
Man shot in Sea Cows Bay
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- A man is currently hospitalised at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital with a gunshot wound he received sometime after midnight in the Sea Cows Bay area of Tortola.
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