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Following protest action by Jost Van Dyke residents on Wednesday about the deplorable condition of the Jost Van Dyke Primary School, the government is said to be moving to implement temporary measures to address the issues. Lets Fuze VI understands that Premier and Minister of Finance Andrew Fahie, Education Minister Dr. Natalio Wheatley and technical […]
Three summons have been issued for immigration related offenses and two persons arrested and charged for unrelated matters following a successful operation by the Joint Task Force on Virgin Gorda last weekend. Chair of the Joint Task Force, Commissioner of Customs Wade Smith said the operation was carried out on September 12 and targeted persons […]
Health Minister Carvin Malone says while the number of active Covid19 cases in the territory have dropped to 45, currently contact tracing is underway at different establishments. Minister Malone said the last number they had was 50, but it is now down to 45. He said they are going through a particular period where they […]
Parents joined teachers of the Jost Van Dyke Primary School and protested outside the institution this morning for what they termed is the deplorable conditions there. Representative for the Second District -Melvin Mitch Turnbull who was part of the protest action says he continues to bring the condition of the school to the attention of […]
Police charged five prisoners on Wednesday morning in relation to May’s stabbing at the Prison that resulted in the death of Nichail Chambers. Investigations conducted by officers of the RVIPF Major Crime Team led to the arrests of Andraes Norford, Essadro Jefferson, Rean-J Christopher, Dee Dijon Hodge, and Kareem Durant. Police say all five were […]
The Virgin Islands community is urged to unite to stop the epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases as the Territory observes Caribbean Wellness Day 2021. Public Health Nutritionist, Patrice Maduro said the term wellness should inspire action to make good decisions regarding one’s physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and social health. Maduro said they want persons to […]
Labour and Immigration Minister Vincent Wheatley has been further explaining the revised categories of Work Permit Exemption. Last month Cabinet agreed to new categories for exemption. It is no longer based on years spent in the territory. These categories are Exemption by Marriage; Exemption by Education; and Exemption by Minister’s Discretion. Minister Wheatley said that […]
Investigations are continuing into the discovery of a container containing 44 kilos of cocaine that was discovered at Port Purcell on Monday. The discovery was made by officers of the Customs Department and later members of the Joint Task Force headed by Commissioner of Customs – Wade Smith became involved. Smith said the container was […]
Acting Postmaster General Iris Romney has disclosed that effective Friday, October 1, the reciprocal International Postal Money Order service between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the Virgin Islands Postal Service (BVI Post) will come to an end. Romney said all International Postal Money Orders issued up to Thursday, September 30 by the USPS […]
Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael is admonishing the public that they cannot be acting normal in an abnormal situation. Michael’s comments come as the Environmental Health Division was forced to close two bars over the weekend which were in violation of the public health measures. Michael said these are not normal circumstances and persons […]