GIS Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Honourable Vincent Wheatley has praised the Labour Arbitration Tribunal for its work in clearing the backlog of matters, some dating as far back as 2015. While addressing participants at the first workshop hosted by the tribunal held on Tuesday, March 23 Honourable Wheatley said since Attorney at … Continued
A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. The findings offer little new insight into how the virus … Continued
Saturday 27th March, 10 young people from Valley and North Sound, Virgin Gorda were installed into the Valley Sound Leo Club to reintroduce the club to the Virgin Gorda community. The club which first introduced on 19th February, 1990 has been dormant for five years. The new Leos pledged to reenergize the Virgin Gorda community … Continued
The owner of Sugarcane Restaurant and Saba Rock, Mr. Petr Kellner died in a heli-skiing excursion on Saturday when their chopper crashed near a glacier in Alaska. He was the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic and had been on vacation at a remote luxury lodge located 40-minute flight from Anchorage. The billionaire was pronounced … Continued
Over twenty percent of the population has received their first jab of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the British Virgin Islands. This is according to Minister of Health and Social Development, Honorable Carvin Malone who said “as at March 23rd 2021 approximately only 7,000 first doses have been administered to our elderly, our medical, uniformed … Continued
Sir Richard Branson is inviting the public to experience the luxury of staying at one of his private islands. This spring, the billionaire businessman, 70, is set to open Moskito Island, a 125-acre private paradise in the British Virgin Islands, to the public. It’s located just two miles away from his beloved Necker Island, a strip of … Continued
GIS Local law firm Kobre & Kim (BVI) LP has joined the Adopt-A-School fraternity and is the new parent of the Enis Adams Primary School. The law firm has committed $50,000 to the school and joins Carey Olsen, Digicel, Harney’s, Ogier, Rotary Clubs of Tortola and Road Town and most recently Belmont Community as fellow … Continued
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa Etienne said Tuesday that by early next month, all Caribbean countries will have received their first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX Facility.In fact, some of them could get theirs by the end of this week. However, the PAHO Director warned that COVID-19 is surging dangerously … Continued
GIS Virgin Islanders who are interested in pursuing studies at the master’s level in areas including Risk Management are being invited to apply for scholarships from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC). The scholarships are being offered to Caribbean nationals, including Virgin Islanders, and are open to study in areas … Continued
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Major Crime Team (MCT) continues to seek witnesses in their pursuit of those responsible for Deverson Williams death, exactly one week after he was brutally gunned down. Williams, 38, native of St. Vincent, who resided in Long Trench, was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining several gunshot wounds … Continued
