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Florida law banning COVID Passports for cruising could keep ships anchored
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Government House on Monday, June 7, 2021, announced that Governor Albert A. Bryan has sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron D. DeSantis asking him to reconsider legislation that bans cruise ships embarking from Florida ports from requiring proof of vaccination, an action Mr Bryan said contradicts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and would stifle the restart of the cruise industry.
Investigate looting, mysterious death too – Resident to CoI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the focus of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) seemingly appearing to be one-sided, a resident of the Virgin Islands (VI) decided to pen his thoughts on some other crucial areas that the CoI should also investigate, like the widespread looting after the hurricanes of September 2017 and the mysterious death of a Jamaican expatriate employed as a gardener for the Governor.
VG Easter Festival Sub-Committee resigns
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda VI- In a surprise move, all members of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Sub Committee, led my Ms Lyra A. George, resigned as of September 18, 2019.
4 Backbenchers write to Premier Smith objecting to Recovery Agency & Board!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Four Backbenchers, along with Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3), have written to Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) expressing their objection to the establishment of the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency and Board, which was stipulated by the United Kingdom in its High Level Framework for UK Support of BVI Recovery.
Premier fights local company VI Airlink; Letter to US unearthed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the United Kingdom appointed Governor John S. Duncan OBE is slowly stripping Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) of his Finance portfolio, he is busy writing the United States Government’s Department of Transportation (DoT) battling against a local company.
UK Foreign Secretary Responds to Letter by Turks and Caicos Premier
By the Caribbean Journal staff
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague has officially responded to a letter written to him by Turks and Caicos Premier Dr Rufus Ewing last month, saying the Premier’s claims “substantially misrepresent” the present situation.
Concerned citizen writes to UK for intervention in Cruise pier project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following a recent investigative article written by this news site of July 26, 2012, regarding the United Kingdom’s concern with some aspects of the multi-million dollar proposed Cruise Pier Park Development, a letter has been obtained from one resident who had written to the UK and called for its intervention in the project.
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