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VI to host first leg of WE VI 40 Plus Basketball Tournament this month
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- They may be past their prime but masters’ basketballers from St Thomas, St Croix, Virgin Gorda and Tortola will be eager to show they still have game when the first leg of a 3-leg 40 plus tournament is held on Tortola from December 16-18, 2022.
St. Croix Man gunned down outside Bar @ Estate Colquohoun
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. CROIX, USVI — A man was shot dead during the wee hours of Friday morning, July 15, 2022, in the area of the Frontline Bar & Grill, the USVIPD Department has announced.
USVI confirms 120th COVID-19 related death
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Four days after announcing the 119th Covid-related death in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), the [US] VI Department of Health (DoH) on Monday, July 11, 2022, announced the 120th death tied to the coronavirus in the territory, an indication that though the US Virgin Islands has moved into the endemic phase of the virus, its impact continues.
Active COVID-19 cases surge to 161 in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The BA.2 variant of Covid-19 continues to give rise to new infections in the U.S. Virgin Islands after being identified in the territory last week, but there are few signs that BA.2, which is a subvariant of the original Omicron strain of Covid-19, will cause a surge to the levels seen late December and through January in the Virgin Islands.
Active COVID-19 cases surge to 365 in neighbouring USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALE, St Thomas, USVI - COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Virgin Islands continue to grow at breakneck pace, jumping from 247 on Thursday to 365 on Friday. On Thursday, the V.I. Dept. of Health reported 101 new infections, resulting in a two-day total of 219 new positive cases.
USVI given mid-July clearance for cruise travel by CDC
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. John, USVI - Leisure tourism in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which before March 2020 saw thousands of almost daily cruise travel visitors on the streets of Charlotte Amalie supporting a chain of sectors and daily commerce, could roar back to life in mid-July.
COVID-19 cases surge on St Croix, USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Friday, March 19, 2021, held a press briefing to address what it said was surging COVID-19 cases on the island of St Croix during the week beginning March 12-18, 2021.
11 shot, 4 dead in separate shootings in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, February 28, 2021, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences.
USVI announces 25th COVID-19 related death
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALE, ST. Thomas, USVI - The USVI Department of Health (D.O.H) this week confirmed its 25th COVID-19 related death in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which comes over a month after the 24th fatality.
Former US VP Mike R. Pence vacations on St Croix
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Croix, USVI - Former United States Vice President Mike R. Pence on Wednesday afternoon, January 27, 2021, landed on St. Croix where he will be vacationing. Mr Pence, whose tenure as Vice President ended about a week ago, entered St Croix via the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on an American Airlines flight.