The Guardian Britain will seek to exclude the City of London’s financial services companies from a global tax overhaul targeting the world’s most profitable businesses agreed between G7 finance ministers last weekend. The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is concerned that under a version of the plan put forward by the US president – which involves redistributing … Continued
Observer Gunmen have been on a murderous rampage, killing at least 18 people over a 48-hour period on the weekend. Seven of the murders occurred over an eight-hour period on Saturday, while 11 killings happened on Friday. A two-year-old infant was shot and injured in one of the incidents. The staggering two-day death toll comes … Continued
VI Consortium The U.S. Virgin Islands, which as of Thursday had the lowest Covid-19 vaccination rate in the United States according to Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion, currently ranks 7 in all of the country in deaths per 100,000 residents. According to data the New York Times continues to gather from the U.S. Department of Health … Continued
St Vincent and the Grenadines has now added the gamma variant to the list of COVID-19 variants recorded on island. The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment says it was informed by CARPHA on September 12 of the COVID-19 sequencing results of a positive sample collected from a patient in St Vincent and the … Continued
A second bar on Tortola was fined $1000 and immediately ordered to close by the Social Distancing Task Force following another breach of COVID-19 protocols. The Family Bar and Restaurant which is located in Paraquita Bay was said to be in breach of social distancing protocols on the night of Sunday September 12. According to … Continued
The US Virgin Islands has experienced 10 Covid-related deaths in 11 days following the latest announcement from the V.I. Dept. of Health Saturday. “After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s sixty-sixth death related to Covid-19. The deceased … Continued
The public is invited to join in a week of National Repentance from September 13 to 19 spearheaded by the BVI Christian Council, in collaboration with the Government of the Virgin Islands. Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie said the week of National Repentance comes on the heels of the 21 Days … Continued
The Virgin Islands community is urged to unite to stop the epidemic of chronic non-communicable diseases as the Territory observes Caribbean Wellness Day 2021. Public Health Nutritionist, Patrice Maduro said the term wellness should inspire action to make good decisions regarding one’s physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and social health. “We want persons to actively pursue … Continued
The Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town kicked off its Basic Education and Literacy Month with Guest Speaker Mr. Kayron Todman, Principal of the Enis Adams Primary School. Mr. Todman an educator of some 15 years and a local musician, delivered a presentation on Musical Literacy, sharing his musical perspective of literacy with a cultural … Continued
In a recent Facebook post, Miss British Virgin Islands Pageant Contestant number 3 Miss Jareena Penn shared her platform for the upcoming Miss BVI pageant as well as her personal story of surviving sexual assault with the public, which lead to her choosing said platform. In the post Penn shared, “My name is Jareena … Continued
