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Bars, nightclubs can now re-open with fully vaccinated staff & patrons
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Cabinet of the Virgin Islands (VI) has given approval for nightclubs and entertainment spots to re-open under the condition that all staff and patrons are fully vaccinated.
‘Far too many’ COVID-19 protocol breaches over holiday weekend - Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says that despite the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the country’s strict entry protocols, persons and businesses are still breaching the laws and flouting the protocols.
Bars, clubs, beauty shops to be given automatic Gold Seal certification
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Owners and staff within the entertainment and beauty sectors can breathe a sigh of relief as they would not need to go through the re-inspection process for the reopening of the territory to tourists come December 1, 2020.
Touching of nightclub entertainers banned!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Any night lifer craving a lap dance at nightclubs will have to resist the urge as COVID-19 protocols for nightclubs have banned close contact with performers.
‘Follow the law’: Skelton-Cline urges nightlife businesses & patrons
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Now that the curfew has been lifted to midnight to 5:00am following no reported active COVID-19 cases and bars and night clubs are now allowed to operate once more, commentator Claude O. Skelton-Cline has appealed to nightlife business operators and patrons to be responsible and follow the COVID-19 suppression protocols in place.
'Total disregard' for COVID-19 protocols @ bars & nightclubs– CEHO Michael
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Chief Environmental Health Officer (CEHO) Mr Lionel E. Michael said social distancing, hand hygiene and other protocols put in place to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus in the Virgin Islands went out of the window when bars and nightclubs opened last weekend.
After 8 years of promises, still no updated Liquor License Law
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In 2003-2007 when the National Democratic Party (NDP) first came to power, they promised the people of the Virgin Islands (VI), revised and modernised Liquor License rules in what they described then as the ‘State of the Territory Address.’
St Croix nightclubs now being patrolled by police
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Nightclubs on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) are now being patrolled by officers of the Virgin Islands Police Department, a move that the force hopes will diminish crime — many of which occur after these establishments shut their doors.
Immigration/RVIPF raid Tortola nightclubs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Immigration Department of the Virgin Islands and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) held a joint operation over the weekend on a number of nightclubs in Road Town and on the eastern end of Tortola.
Surviving in a ‘tight’ entertainment industry- the DJ Commodore story
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – DJ Commodore, born Ian Thomas, has become a household name in the Virgin Islands and very popular in the entertainment industry. He can be easily regarded as one of the longest serving disc jockeys in the Virgin Islands.