Territorial At-Large Representative and junior minister for Trade and Economic Development Hon. Shereen Flax Charles recently represented the BVI at a virtual multisector meeting by the OECS on Omicron. Recognising the need for “All Hands on Deck”, in light of the unprecedented increase in COVID-19 cases related to the arrival of the Omicron variant in … Continued
A team of Virgin Islanders now lead the recently established Salt Island Lands Advisory committee. They are Mr. Wallace Leonard and Mr. Paul Leonard; Ms. Lydia Durante and Mr. Sean Durrant of the Smith Family; Mr. Roosevelt Smith and Mr. Arnold C. Smith from the Abbott family; Dr. Charles Wheatley OBE and Mr. Melvin Stoutt … Continued
Reports reaching our newsroom this evening from close family have confirmed that prominent businessman Desmond ‘DA’ Alphonso died today in his home country of Guyana. Mr. Desmond ‘DA’ Alphonso along with his family held prominent businesses in both the British Virgin Islands and Guyana. In a Facebook post his older brother Franky Alphonso paid … Continued
GULF TIMES Spain is calling for Covid-19 to be treated as an endemic disease, like the flu, becoming the first major European nation to explicitly suggest that people live with it. The idea has gradually been gaining traction and could prompt a re-evaluation of government strategies on dealing with the virus. British Education Secretary Nadhim … Continued
The BVI Health Services Authority has added Virgin Gorda to the weekend Vaccination Drive initiative that commenced last weekend (8th and 9th January, 2022). Nineth District residents are asked to note that AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines will be offered to persons seeking first, second, and booster doses this Saturday. Those interested are asked to attend … Continued
At a Government contract signing former Communication and Works Minister Hon. Mark Vanterpool applauded former PS with the ministry at that time Mr. Anthony McMaster for his work and contributions on the Tortola Pier Park. Vanterpool at the time was addressing the issue of McMaster still acting as RDA head. The legislator called for McMaster … Continued
In a recent Facebook post former Education Minister and local attorney called out the present Government of the Virgin Islands on the handling of the rebuilding of the Elmore Stoutt High school. Recently the demolition of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) buildings which were ravished by the hurricanes of 2017 have been completed and … Continued
In a recent episode of his radio program Honestly Speaking, social commentator and local Pastor Claude Skelton Cline, pleaded with officials to find a solution to the Covid-19 pandemic as it concerns education and to include giving students face-to-face time in school and not just online learning. Cline who was at the time addressing the … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM Well over two thousand people were listed as newly recovered from Covid-19 in the USVI on Tuesday, sending active cases tumbling to 1,882 from Monday’s 3,713, a difference of 1,831 cases. The V.I. Dept. of Health reported Tuesday that 2,178 people had newly recovered from the virus, as total recoveries climbed to 10,981 … Continued
Alexa Hodge and Hanan Bazaz, Elmore Stoutt High School; Ashleigh Hearne, Cedar International and Sarah Ramdatt, St. Georges Secondary School, have been selected as the three winning entries of the ‘A Day with the Governor’ competition. The climate change competition was launched October 2021 and invited students in the Virgin Islands, aged 12-17, to submit … Continued
