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August 6th, 2021
COVID-19: HoA Speaker supports ‘mandatory vaccination’ in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Speaker of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Julian Willock says he personally supports mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all in the VI, with some specific exceptions.

August 6th, 2021
Public urged to help reduce COVID numbers ahead of HEOC advice on school

WICKHAM'S CAY 1, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has urged all to play their part in reducing the number of coronavirus cases in the territory ahead of the Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) advice on the new school year.

August 4th, 2021
COVID-19 over sanitisation killing the ‘good germs’- Angelle A. Cameron

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former Mrs BVI Angelle A. Cameron, who also hosts the weekly ‘My BVI’ webcast talk show, has warned that an overabundance of sanitisation in the Virgin Islands (VI) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may be killing out ‘good germs’ vital to building immunity.

August 3rd, 2021
First cohort of VI youths departs territory for vaccination in USVI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – More than 35 Virgin Islands (VI) youths departed the territory this afternoon, August 3, 2021, as the first cohort of persons to travel to the US Virgin Islands (USVI) for alternative COVID-19 vaccines under the BVI-USVI Vaccination Bubble initiative.

August 3rd, 2021
CDC warns against travel to USVI unless fully vaccinated

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday, August 2, 2021, warned Americans against traveling to the US Virgin Islands unless fully vaccinated, activating its "very high" danger alert as Covid-19 cases surge in the USVI — a result of the Delta variant's spread in the US territory.

August 2nd, 2021
Barbados & Guyana considering mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- As COVID-19 continues to result in hospitalisations, deaths and adversely affected economies in the Caribbean and around the world, CARICOM nations Barbados and Guyana are considering mandatory vaccination for the virus.

August 2nd, 2021
21 Days of Prayer & Fasting has worked for VI– Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie(R1) has said the recent 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting in the Virgin Islands has paid off.

August 1st, 2021
Bush tea can’t kill COVID

Thomas C. Famous

“Men lie, women lie, numbers don't lie”

Jay Z

Condolences to the friends and families of those who have passed away in the Virgin Islands due to COVID-19 over the last month.

July 31st, 2021
Pfizer, J&J COVID-19 vaccines now available to VI residents

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Persons in the [British] Virgin Islands opting to receive the Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines will now be able to do so through the introduction of the BVI-USVI Vaccination Bubble initiative.

July 30th, 2021
USVI Gov Bryan blazes COVID vaccine doubters & conspiracists

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), Mr Albert A. Bryan Jr has expressed his frustration with vaccine doubters and conspiracy theorists, contending that people abuse their bodies all the time and that if the government wanted to kill people it could have done so already.

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