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Four new vehicles added to RVIPF fleet
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) will be adding four new law enforcement vehicles to their police fleet through a direct investment from the Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) administration.
COVID-19 cases climbing in USVI ahead of Thanksgiving
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- COVID-19 cases are growing in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) as Thanksgiving approaches and as infections continue to surge on the US mainland.
Cruise ships & cargo vessels scrapped for $$ as pandemic continues
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of slowing, the number of cruise liners and cargo ships appearing at sites to be scrapped in the recycling market this year has grown. The growth is owing to cruise liners' and cargo ship operators' need to turn grounded vessels into cash.
6 COVID-19 cases on first post-pandemic C’bean cruise
VI CONSORTIUM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean in the era of COVID-19 turned up with 6 positive coronavirus cases, with Barbados providing help to the ship to isolate the patients and quell further spread.
PAID ARTICLE: Your financial discipline begins with your budget
By Banco Popular
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- For many, the recommendations to stay home due to the COVID-19 pandemic imply working remotely, homeschooling or remote learning for children, and dealing with daily household chores that are now modified by the emergency, among other issues.
23rd COVID-19 death announced in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A 58-year-old woman from St Thomas was the 23rd person in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) to die of COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday night, November 3, 2020.
VI needs ‘think tank’ void of politics to explore growth– Bishop John I. Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Outspoken clergyman and Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church (NLBC), Bishop John I. Cline believes a think tank void of politics is the best way forward for the Virgin Islands (VI) to ultimately find success in an era of crisis where there are new opportunities to be explored.
COVID-19 & your poor neighbour
By Dickson C. Igwe
The pandemic is driving poverty and wealth inequality. Thirty years from today in the 2050s, a new world powered by robotics, artificial intelligence, and quantum physics will be upon us.
Many more ‘new’ money-making initiatives to come – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In spite of the difficult fiscal climate caused by the global pandemic, the Government of the Virgin Islands has said many more innovative money-making initiatives are on the horizon.
A new world of restricted travel
By Dickson C. Igwe
The global travel and tourism industry will inevitably contract and decline significantly, as the Corona Virus Pandemic continues its devastating journey through the world economy. For the Caribbean, a region wholly dependent upon tourism for its economic existence, this will be no easy time.
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