Healthcare facilities across the Territory are being encouraged to achieve effective hand hygiene action at the point of care, in observance of World Hand Hygiene Day. The “Save Lives: Clean Your Hands campaign is observed annually in an effort to support healthcare workers efforts to improve hand hygiene in the healthcare setting. Infection Prevention & … Continued
Teachers and students of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) have received copies of the Virgin Islands Environmental Atlas as the National Parks Trust moves to supply 200 copies to public and private schools across the Territory. Copies of the atlas were presented to the school on May 4 to provide teachers and students with … Continued
Royal Virgin Islands Police Force laid charges on an additional two males yesterday in connection with the robbery that resulted in the death of Catherine Pickering on April 18. Both charged with possession of a prohibited weapon are K’Shoy Alexander of Valley, 20, of The Valley, Virgin Gorda and Richard Haripersad, 18, of Purcell Estate. … Continued
There are disturbing reports in St Vincent and the Grenadines of adults abandoning children and teenagers at emergency shelters as well as the elderly being left alone. Director of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) in SVG Michelle Forbes said they have had children (primary school-aged) being left alone for quite some time and teenagers being abandoned. She said people were going back … Continued
UN News – The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu, but it marks the end of the country’s fourth outbreak of the deadly disease in less than three years, said the World … Continued
Caribbean News Now Yuri Kageyama and Stephen Wade, AP News – Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they’re already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Olympic officials have said they will … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM The government of the Virgin Islands has chosen a company for a new resort development that will replace the current Hotel on the Cay and transform the pristine property into a 115-room facility to be renamed the Christiansted Harbor Resort Hotel & Marina. The resort’s projected cost is $55 million, and it is … Continued
The BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association met with business stakeholders on Virgin Gorda last week, on Wednesday, 28 April 2021, as part of its new initiative to engage businesses across the territory. The focus of the meeting was to discuss their unique hardships and wins since international travel restarted in December 2020, as … Continued
The BVI continues to feel the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the manufacturing industry. Worldwide, the pandemic has disrupted production and supply in home goods, appliances, paper products, food products, lumber, other building materials, and more resulting in shortages and rising prices. Managing Director at CTL Home Center, Michael Thomas said these shortages … Continued
Preliminary tests conducted on volcanic ash from the La Soufriere volcano have revealed the presence of gold deposits. Deputy Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with Loop New Caribbean. “As a matter of fact, one of the preliminary results show that coming out of the recent explosion and that the material that is on the … Continued
