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October 9th, 2023
UPDATE: Police called over bike incident @ ESHS– Education Ministry

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following some pandemonium at the Elmore Stoutt High School today, October 9, 2023, the Ministry of Education has today released a statement on what transpired on the campus.

September 23rd, 2023
Vacationing Officers called back to work as HMP lockdown moves to day 2!

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI - The lockdown at His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) at Balsam Ghut is into day two, after it originally started on Friday, September 22, 2023.

September 22nd, 2023
Prison @ Balsam Ghut on lockdown from about 8 AM Sept 22, 2023

BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our newsroom from persons familiar with the matter is that His Majesty’s Prison at Balsam Ghut on the main island of Tortola has been on lockdown from this morning around 8:00 AM today Friday, September 22, 2023.

January 31st, 2022
UK Partygate report blasts 'failures of leadership' @ UK PM's offices

LONDON, United Kingdom- A damning report into allegations of illegal gatherings at Downing Street has said "failures of leadership and judgment" allowed a culture of drinking and partying to develop, piling further pressure onto United Kingdom Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.

January 27th, 2022
UK PM Boris Johnson refuses to do the 'decent thing' & resign!

LONDON, United Kingdom- A stubborn British Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has refused to resign, even after facing renewed calls to do the "decent thing" and quit over the scandal surrounding Downing Street parties that were organised during a nation-wide lockdown in the United Kingdom.

December 6th, 2021
UK PM's office accused of breaching COVID-19 rules to hold Xmas party during lockdown

LONDON, UK- The Conservative Party government of the United Kingdom (UK), led by the controversial Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, continues to demonstrate that they are a law unto themselves, with the latest allegations being that they broke COVID-19 rules when they held a Christmas party at No. 10 last year December when the country was in lockdown and such events were banned.

September 27th, 2021
Curfews & lockdowns can lead to a pandemic of mental ill-health– Dr Beaubrun

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Dr Tanya D. Beaubrun, Family Practitioner in St Lucia, said long term curfews and lockdowns could lead to a pandemic of mental ill-health.

June 13th, 2021
St Kitts & Nevis on 14-day COVID-19 lockdown

BASSETERRE, St Kitts & Nevis, WI- Due to the continuous growth of new COVID-19 cases on the island, the government of St Kitts and Nevis has decided to place the country into a 14-day lockdown.

March 31st, 2021
VI ‘dead in the water’ if faced with another lockdown– Skelton-Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the Virgin Islands (VI) currently at 9 active COVID-19 cases and aggressive contact tracing on the way following a possible super-spreader event, local health authorities have called on citizens to voluntary vaccinate against the virus.

December 7th, 2020
Puerto Rico to lockdown on Sundays, close marinas for holidays

VI CONSORTIUM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday, December 3, 2020, announced stricter measures to fight COVID-19, including a lockdown on Sundays and the closure of all marinas as the US territory grapples with an increase in cases and deaths.

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