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Air pollution concerns in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, ST Croix, USVI- The [US] VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources has issued a statement emphasising the diverse nature of air pollution and its potential impact on human health.
SVG volcanic emission could reach VI- DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The chance of volcanic emissions from La Soufriere in St Vincent reaching the [British] Virgin Islands is low but there is a reasonable worst-case scenario of it happening, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has said.
High Court Registry Staff moved to alternative office!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was our newsroom that first and accurately broke the disgraceful story on December 9, 2016 that civil servant staff of the High Court Registry, who were housed upstairs the old post office (Old Administration Quarters) building on Main Street, Road Town, had to wear face masks to work.
Motorists, residents outraged with high-day road closure in SCB
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- The unfinished road work in the Sea Cows Bay area of Tortola has been ongoing for almost three months.
'Address dust & fumes from quarry & incinerator' – WE residents
WEST END, Tortola, VI – “We don’t care who say it's elections time that we complaining now but enough is enough and what goes for the goose goes for the gander. It’s time for this incinerator to be upgraded and more than anything, we need this heavy dust from the quarry to be much less if not totally stopped,” said a resident of West End.
JVD business owners blast uncaring drivers; Police
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost Van Dyke, VI - Residents of Jost Van Dyke (JVD) have condemned the alleged uncaring acts of drivers who constantly speed along the beach front area of Great Harbour much to the detriment of others along their path.