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VI celebrates 2020 Olympians with massive motorcade
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Hundreds of vehicles stretched along the roadways throughout the territory of the Virgin Islands (VI) celebrating the accomplishments of four Olympians who participated in the Senior and Junior Olympics this year- Kyron A. McMaster, Chantel E. Malone, Elinah Phillp and Adaejah Hodge.
COVID-19 over sanitisation killing the ‘good germs’- Angelle A. Cameron
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former Mrs BVI Angelle A. Cameron, who also hosts the weekly ‘My BVI’ webcast talk show, has warned that an overabundance of sanitisation in the Virgin Islands (VI) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic may be killing out ‘good germs’ vital to building immunity.
Governor extends VI curfew to August 20, 2021
WICKHAM'S CAY 1, Tortola, VI- His Excellency Governor John J. Rankin CMG has extended the existing curfew to August 20, 2021, as per the powers conferred on him by sections three and four of the Curfew Act, 2017 (No. 20 of 2017).
CARICOM citizens urged to participate in region wide census
LOOP NEWS CARIBBEAN
Delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CARICOM has finally launched its population and housing census.
US couple who pointed guns @ Black Lives protesters pardoned
BBC NEWS
A US couple who gained nationwide notoriety after they pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters last year have been pardoned.
Haiti police say former Supreme Court judge suspect in president’s killing
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian police on Friday outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, saying she had met with some Colombian mercenaries accused of killing him.
Jamaica probing trimming of Rastafarian’s hair @ police lock-up
JAMAICA GLEANER
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has ordered an immediate probe into claims that a 19-year-old Rastafarian woman, Nzinga King was trimmed by a policewoman at a lock-up in Clarendon.
First cohort of VI youths departs territory for vaccination in USVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – More than 35 Virgin Islands (VI) youths departed the territory this afternoon, August 3, 2021, as the first cohort of persons to travel to the US Virgin Islands (USVI) for alternative COVID-19 vaccines under the BVI-USVI Vaccination Bubble initiative.
McMaster astonished 47.08 was only good for 4th @ 2020 Olympics
TOKYO, Japan- Virgin Islands Kyron A. McMaster's 47.08 in the Men's 400m Hurdles Final would have ensured him a gold medal if it was the 2016 Olympics. It was; however, the 2020 Olympics and the greatest Olympic 400m Hurdles race ever seen on August 2, 2021 (VI time).
NY Governor Cuomo 'sexually harassed multiple women' & violated federal & state law, investigation finds
CBS NEWS
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple current and former staffers as well as women who did not work for his administration, the state's attorney general Letitia James said Tuesday during a press conference summarizing the findings of an independent investigation.
