Premier Andrew Fahie has said that all funds awarded to individuals in the various stimulus grant programmes can be fully accounted for. The premier’s comments follow the recent developments from the ongoing Commission of Inquiry COI, where an audit which was conducted by Auditor General Sonia Webster on one of the programmes revealed a number … Continued
The Tortola Toastmasters Club of the BVI installed it’s 2021-2022 Executive Committee Members as the new year commences 1 July, 2021. At the Red-Letter-Affair Installation Dinner with Past President Dereck Alphonso as the Toastmaster of the Evening and Area Director Ernald George conducting the installation. The installation ceremony was themed with a quote from Johann … Continued
The BVI Health Services Authority is taking a two-pronged approach to the current uptick in Covid 19 cases. Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority has implemented multiple protocols to address various pandemic-related scenarios. In consideration of the current strides to return the Territory to normalcy … Continued
The British Virgin Islands continues to endure a spike in positive COVID-19 cases with the total leaping from 49 to now 91 in a short span of just three days. This was revealed in a COVID-19 epidemiological summary that was published on Thursday July 1, which detailed the COVID situation in the territory. According to … Continued
The Ministry of Health and Social Development is notifying the community that Simmonds Preschool will be closed temporarily for 14 days following the detection of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 positive cases in the pediatric population. “A full assessment was conducted on the 29th of June, after which we quarantined the primary contacts. On Thursday July 1, … Continued
Will one dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine protect me? Yes, but not nearly as much as if you had both doses. Experts recommend getting fully vaccinated, especially with the emergence of worrisome coronavirus mutations such as the delta variant first identified in India. The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out globally were developed to target the original version … Continued
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Agriculture and Fisheries has handed over the first 2020 Don Hanson Charitable Foundation box filled with books to the Willard Wheatley Primary School. The box, which is referred to as the “Hanson Box” was handed over by the His Excellency the Governor John James Rankin, CMG to the … Continued
Minister for Natural Resources, Labor and Immigration, Honorable Vincent Wheatley has announced that beaches will remain open to the BVI public despite requests from a cruise company to have it open only to their passengers and a flyer circulating from the National Parks Trust that suggests otherwise. The flyer posted to the National Parks Trust … Continued
Following the plight of positive COVID-19 cases in the British Virgin Islands Governor John Rankin is urging residents to rise beyond their fears and get vaccinated. Governor Ranking made the statement on Wednesday June 30, after the territory COVID-19 positive active cases had risen from 13 to 49 cases. He said, “I am speaking to … Continued
Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has said that the bureaucratic structure within the Royal Virgin Islands Police is very frustrating and needs to be reviewed. Commissioner Collins was speaking during the Commission of Inquiry (COI) where he revealed that the bureaucratic nature of the force is stalling a number of initiatives that are urgently needed … Continued
