To support teaching and learning at home, Oxford University Press is now providing free access to 200+ digital versions of Student Books for persons to access in light of the coronavirus pandemic. To overcome the difficulties in accessing information, the university made all of their CSEC and CAPE textbooks freely available for online reading. Feel … Continued
VOA Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ Jamaica Labour Party won a decisive victory in Thursday’s general election, retaining power by claiming 49 seats compared to the People’s National Party’s 14 seats in the preliminary tally. The final ballot count from all 63 constituencies will continue Friday. Speaking from the JLP’s headquarters in Kingston, Holness said … Continued
GIS The Office of the Governor invites Virgin Islanders interested in postgraduate study in the United Kingdom (UK) to apply for the Chevening Scholarship Award from September 3 to November 3. The prestigious scholarship awarded by the UK Government offers full financial support for future leaders from across the world to study for a Master’s … Continued
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force is now investigating the gruesome murder of George “Shawala” Burrows who was shot dead in his Purcell Estate home last night. Akia Thomas of the RVIPF said “officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force responded to a report,received after 9:30pm on September 2, of a shooting in Purcell Estate. On arrival one … Continued
The Centres for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning against travel to the British Virgin Islands. The CDC’s risk assessment of the BVI classified the territory as having Level 3 COVID-19 transmission status, which means the risk of contracting the virus is “high and new cases are increasing”. The warning states that … Continued
(VI CONSORTIUM) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a far-reaching order which halts millions of residential renters from being evicted, for the remaining of 2020. The CDC says this move is aimed at combating the novel coronavirus. The expansive action covers all of the U.S.’s 43 million renters who fall in … Continued
GIS Companies and organisations can now begin to register as part of Phase two of the Virgin Islands’ Restricted Border and Controlled Re-Entry Plan. The registration process will continue to be facilitated on the online portal www.bvitravel.vg which will allow for owners or employers to register their company and/or organisation and the employee who they wish to … Continued
Loop Actor Michael B Jordan has broken his silence on the passing of his friend and colleague, Chadwick Boseman. On Sunday he posted a statement on Instagram which said he’d spent a lot of time reflecting on every encounter and experience he shared with his fellow Black Panther actor. “One of the last times we … Continued
AP Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of the coronavirus by building more of the necessary technology directly into phone software. That could make it much easier for people to get the tool on their phone even if their local … Continued
(CNN) – Authorities have found 39 missing children in Georgia during a two-week effort to rescue endangered minors. The US Marshals Service Missing Child Unit led the search, dubbed “Operation Not Forgotten.” It collaborated with the agency’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and state and local agencies. … Continued
