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US states legalise marijuana as post-pandemic economic booster
NEW YORK, USA - At least 5 more US states have recently legalised recreational marijuana use, which means 30% of the country allows its adult residents to possess and use cannabis.
New JvD ATM is ‘promise made, promise kept’– Premier Fahie
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – Installation works have been completed on a new ATM on the sister island of Jost van Dyke, Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has revealed in a social media post.
Suspend 'cooperation' with CoI to focus on pandemic- Skelton-Cline to VI Gov't
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Pointing to a spike in active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands, radio talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the Andrew A. Fahie Government to suspend its cooperation with the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) so that more focus can be placed on the pandemic.
Some persons 'sick like dogs’ & refusing to test for COVID-19- VI Epidemiologist
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - National Epidemiologist Harmony Brewley-Messiah has revealed worrying behaviours facing local health authorities as they battle the rising cases of COVID-19 in the territory.
Large crowd converges @ Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital for COVID testing!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that mass confusion has erupted outside the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital where persons have assembled to get tested for COVID-19.
Over 200 placed in quarantine & hundreds in self-isolation- Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With an active COVID-19 case count of 273 as of July 3, 2021, following a sudden virus outbreak in the Virgin Islands, over 200 persons are currently in mandatory quarantine with hundreds more in voluntary self-isolation.
Virgin Islands Day being observed for very first time today, July 5, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands is observing a public holiday, Virgin Islands Day, today, Monday, July 5, 2021, for the very first time.
Statues of Queen Victoria & QE II torn down in Canada
MANITIBA, Winnipeg, Canada- A prominent statue of Queen Victoria and a statue of Queen Elizabeth II have has been torn down by protesters in Canada as anger grows over the deaths of indigenous children at residential schools.
All VI summer programmes postponed due to rising COVID-19 cases
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The public is being advised that officials at the Ministry of Health and Social Development are calling for the postponement of all summer camps and programmes until further notice.
Spike in local COVID-19 cases now considered an ‘outbreak’- Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With 155 active cases of COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands (VI) as of July 2, 2021, with one new death connected to the virus, acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ronald E. Georges said the situation can now be regarded as a local COVID-19 outbreak.
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