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An additional 2,000 AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the Territory on August 31 as part of the United Kingdom Government’s commitment to the VI’s vaccination programme. Acting Governor, David Archer, Jr. and Minister for Health and Social Development, Carvin Malone received the vaccines at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on behalf of the Government and […]
19-year-old Zara Rutherford has embarked on a journey of trying to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo and she landed in the BVI on Wednesday. She was welcomed by Junior Minister for Tourism Sharie de Castro, Director of the BVI Tourist Board, Clive McCoy, and other tourism officials. Minister Decastro said […]
Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronald Georges said the number of active positive cases of Covid 19 in the BVI is creeping back up. Dr Georges said the number of active positive cases have doubled over the past week and hospitalizations have increased from three to five patients. His comments were made at a meeting […]
Officials in the Cruise Industry have given the BVI an ultimatum to remove the rapid antigen testing from cruise passengers visiting the BVI or risk losing the ships. Director of the BVI Ports Authority – BVIPA Oliviene Maynard told an emergency meeting of Transportation, Industry and taxi officials Tuesday evening that Cabinet amended the Covid-19 […]
Much needed classroom furniture have arrived for the Elmore Stoutt High School, ESHS and the Bregado Flax Educational Centre, BFEC. Education Minister Dr. Nathalio Wheatley had said in a statement a few weeks ago that all the furniture procured through the Caribbean Development Bank 65 million dollar loan have been completed and was expected to […]
Chief Immigration Officer, Ian Penn said preparations are currently being made to repatriate a group of nine Haitian nationals who entered the Territory illegally. Penn thanked everyone who was involved in the apprehension and detention of these individuals. He said their respective departments will continue to work together and remain vigilant while we protect the […]
Maintaining that the British always has an agenda, Former Educator Elroy Turnbull has opined that the Commission of Inquiry is what he called the UK putting BVI in its place. During the Umoja Programme on Monday, Turnbull said that the MO of the British has always been to try and shut down whatever they feel […]
Police say they continue to receive reports of a significant amount of money stolen from purses and wallets left on the seat of unsecured vehicles. In two separate incidents, $700 was stolen from a wallet and $1000 from a purse. Both the wallet and the purse were in the front passenger seat when the monies […]
Public transport operators and stake holders of the Transportation-for-Hire Industry have been called to an emergency meeting today to discuss the return of cruise-ships to the Territory after the re-opening of its seaports. That meeting will take place at 5pm at the Eileen L. Parsons Auditorium at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita […]
Premier Andrew Fahie says the Commission of Inquiry which started in January this year is yet to find any evidence of corruption, abuse in office or other serious dishonesty – areas it set out to look into. This was information given by the Premier that was carried in London’s Business Online Newspaper CITYAM. The statement […]