GIS The Government will introduce Environmental Management and Climate Resilience Act during the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly to provide for the sound and sustainable management of natural resources in the Territory. On Thursday, November 5, His Excellency the Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert in delivering the Speech from the Throne outlining the … Continued
VI Consortium The Department of Tourism on Saturday gave the inaugural flight of JetBlue Airways from the John F. Kennedy Airport to Cyril E. King Airport an exceptional welcome that included Moko Jumbie performances and some cultural dancing. First Lady Yolanda Bryan welcomed passengers with gift bags as they deboarded the aircraft. Jetblue announced the nonstop … Continued
Pfizer Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective based on initial trial results, the company said on Monday, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed over a million people and battered the world’s economy. Experts welcomed the first successful interim data from a large-scale clinical test as a … Continued
A local teacher is now hospitalized and and scheduled to be airlifted due to what she claims is negligence. Teacher Cleopatria King-Defreitas is alleging that her sickness stems from a mould infestation at the Ivan Dawson Primary School and took to social media to express her concerns. The Facebook post stated “teachers are definitely suffering … Continued
(CNN) The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows. The developers – Pfizer and BioNTech – described it as a “great day for science and humanity”. Their vaccine has been tested on 43,500 people in six countries and no safety concerns have been raised. … Continued
VI Consortium Virgin Islander and associate professor of internal medicine, public health and management and founding director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center at Yale, Marcella Nunez-Smith, has been appointed co-chair of President-Elect Joe Biden’s 12-member Covid-19 task force. Ms. Nunez-Smith also has ties to the British Virgin Islands. Her father Moleto Smith Sr. … Continued
CNN Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects, after a victory in the state where he was born put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win. Kamala Harris will be the nation’s first Black and South Asian vice president, and first woman to hold that office. With … Continued
GIS The Government of the Virgin Islands and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have pledged greater cooperation on post COVID-19 recovery, climate resilience and the sustainable development goals. This follows the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie and UN Assistant Secretary General/UNDP Regional … Continued
The Minister of Labor, Honorable Vincent Wheatley has extended the temporary termination deadline to January, 2021 as approved by the Cabinet of the Virgin Islands. This was revealed in a public statement in which the Minister said “though I realize this was indeed a hard decision to make, I am mindful of the woes of … Continued
As of November 5th 2020, the Cabinet of the Virgin Islands has issued a new curfew order, Curfew (No. 37) Order, 2020, which will further relax the previous curfew conditions. This curfew order imposes the following curfew on the Territory between hours 2:01 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. daily. Business owners are permitted to open and … Continued
