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Prolonged online schooling could result in illiterate VI children- Bishop Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Outspoken pastor at the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline has warned that should physical school closures continue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Virgin Islands may end up with a generation of illiterate children.
UK MP Dominic R. Raab praises sterling handling of COVID pandemic in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – UK MP and Secretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Rt Hon Dominic R. Raab has praised the Andrew A. Fahie (R1) Government for its sterling handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Holiday Message
By Kenneth G. Gladstone
My beloved brothers and sisters across the BVI, the Caribbean region and the rest of the world, sincere holiday greetings to you.
USVI records 17th COVID-19 death of 93-year-old male
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The USVI Department of Health (D.O.H) on Saturday, September 5, 2020, confirmed the 17th COVID-19 related death in USVI, with the latest fatality occurring in St. Thomas.
‘Conditions reveal a recipe for an active Atlantic Hurricane Season’- NOAA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Even as the Virgin Islands grapple with the global Coronavirus pandemic it now has to contend with the fact that the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season officially starts on June 1, 2020 and is predicted to be a very active one.
Road Town Fast Ferry resumes cargo trips between VI & USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Port Authority said Friday, May 8, 2020, it has approved a request from Road Town Fast Ferry to transport cargo from St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) to Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands. The trips started Saturday, May 9, 2020.
22 nationals of SVG stuck in VI return home
ARGYLE, St Vincent & The Grenadines- Twenty-two nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), who were in the [British] Virgin Islands and were unable to return to their country due to the coronavirus pandemic, were returned home on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.

