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‘There is no way’ SSB can pay unemployment benefits – Antonette Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following calls by a number of persons in the Territory, including medical practitioner and businessman, Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool, for the Social Security Board (SSB) to step up in this COVID-19 crisis and make a payout to persons made unemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Director of SSB Ms Antonette Skelton has made known that the hands of the SSB are tied due to no legislation being in place for it to give unemployment benefits.
Improvise, adapt, overcome
Thomas C. Famous
Today, like everyday, I woke up thinking of a number of my family members; my Grandmother in St Eustatius, my aunts and uncles in Tortola, my cousins in St Kitts, my friends in Barbados, Cayman Islands and St Lucia.
USVI’s 1st COVID-19 death was 85-yr-old STT man
CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health (DOH) has released more information regarding the first person in the USVI to succumb to COVID-19 disease.
All 17 COVID-19 samples have returned 'negative'- Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has confirmed that all 17 samples of the Persons Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands (VI) have tested negative for the virus by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).
‘We will succeed’- Queen on COVID-19 pandemic
LONDON, United Kingdom- In a rare speech to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth today, April 5, 2020, Queen Elizabeth II said the UK "will succeed" in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as she thanked people for following government policies to stay at home and praised those "coming together to help others".
Now that the virus is here, what’s next??
Alred C. Frett
The Hypocrisy of Bureaucracy:
You have always known the things I say because they are true and not new to you or most others… The Corona pestilence is upon us and this is no time for pretense or walking on eggshells. Government may be trying their best at following others and while this brings some degree of comfort, it may be getting much too late in this dilemma and merely following will not help us get ahead of the Virus.
First Coronavirus death recorded in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday morning, April 5, 2020 announced the first coronavirus death in the USVI.
VI now awaiting 17 COVID-19 test results
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Another eight samples from the Virgin Islands have been sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad to test for COVID-19, bringing the total awaiting test results to 17.
Confirmed USVI coronavirus cases climb to 40; No deaths
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI - With no reported deaths, the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health, has provided the territory with its latest coronavirus update, revealing that there were 40 confirmed cases as of Friday night, April 3, 2020, territory-wide, with a number of people hospitalised.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Crystal A. K. Estridge
By Ron O. D'Avilar
A medical professional working at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital in the Virgin Islands (VI), 29-year-old Young Professional Crystal A. K. Estridge, like her colleagues, is battling on the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, supplying her expertise in behavioural health as the nation fights to remain in control of the virus.
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