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Premier hints @ 'media conspiracy' to discredit VIP Gov't
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has hinted at a conspiracy by some sectors of the VI media to discredit him and the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government as they execute their duties and make legislative changes.
Fake News! Hon Fahie debunks article on crypto currency wealth loophole
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) yesterday, July 2, 2020, found himself to be a target of an online phishing campaign designed to get Virgin Islanders to make investments into offshore businesses, including a bakery and the cryptocurrency market.
Fake News! 2 returning locals test negative for COVID-19
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Contrary to reports erroneously published by BVI News on June 27, 2020, that two returning nationals were COVID-19 positive, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) has said the two persons have both tested negative for the virus but are still undergoing the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
Fake News! Ex Tourism Director was NOT escorted by Police
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our news centre, well established for its accuracy, has investigated reports and headlines circulating in social media and some in the local press fraternity that the former Director of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), Mrs Sharon P. Flax-Brutus, was escorted out of the Tourist Board Office by Police. That information has been found to be false and misleading.
Fake News! WhatsApp message circulating that VI confirms case of COVID-19
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A WhatsApp message stating that local radio station ZBVI 780 AM has announced that the Virgin Islands has recorded its first confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been deemed as ‘fake news’.
Premier scoffs & labels ‘Fake News’ report that Gov Jaspert is a hero
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) today November 13, 2017 in the House of Assembly, while responding to a question from Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3), called reports written in the international media that Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert was hailed as a hero, Fake News.
UNICEF report 'Fake News' – Rhodni A. Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – At least one Virgin Islander, Rhodni A. Skelton, has publicly challenged the published United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report of 2016, calling it 'Fake News'.
‘Fake News’; No USA Visa free travel for Caribbean nationals!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The rise of fake news around the world has become a cause for concern as many persons are unable to differentiate the fact from misinformation.