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The Anegada airport closed without warning over the Dec. 2-3 weekend after its fire truck was taken to replace a malfunctioning truck at the Virgin Gorda airport, but it reopened …
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The BVI Airports Authority is seeking proposals for a comprehensive business case to decide the way forward for the development of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. The study — …
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Two weeks after an active-shooter drill panicked tourists at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, the BVI Airports Authority broke its silence on Monday and defended the exercise. The Oct. …
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A Tortola fire officer maintained his innocence this week after he was charged in connection with about 34 kilograms of cocaine that police said they found while executing a search …
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Mudslides during Tropical Storm Philippe this month delivered the latest blow to the Joes Hill housing project at a time when the Social Security Board is struggling to sell the …
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Thanks to insurance purchased shortly after Hurricane Irma, the government has received more than half a million dollars to address damage sustained during the passage of Tropical Storm Philippe on …
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New Jersey nurse Nancy Winter came to the Virgin Islands for a five-day vacation to relax, snorkel and share some beach time with her long-time friends. She wasn’t expecting gunmen. …
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A Virgin Islands police detective from the United Kingdom was found dead on the morning of Oct. 7 in a jeep submerged in the ocean near the heliport in Road …
A female prison officer is in stable condition after sustaining injuries when shots were fired at a prison van headed to court on the morning of Oct. 9, officials said …
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Inadequate infrastructure and an influx of sargassum seaweed have caused recent water rationing in The Valley, Virgin Gorda, but plans are in place to address both issues, government announced Sept. …
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After United States prosecutors decided to drop their four-year-old money-laundering case against Virgin Islander Nyron Erickson last month, he was released from house arrest on St. Thomas last week and …
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As part of efforts to repair the incinerator in Pockwood Pond by the end of the year, officials from the Department of Waste Management recently visited the plant’s manufacturer in …
Three men are facing charges after police allegedly found 31 rounds of high velocity ammunition in a vehicle they searched in the Road Town area on Sept. 20. Jointly charged …
Three men in hoodies dropped a bag of guns as they fled police near His Majesty’s Prison on Sept. 21, according to the Police Information Office. No related arrests have …
A public Crown Land Allocation Register will be created soon and posted online, according to Ronald Smith-Berkeley, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change. …
The Constitutional Review Commission has requested and received a six-month extension beyond its original June deadline to produce a report, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said recently in the House …
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When police seized a Cessna airplane on Anegada on Aug. 19, they also seized more than 800 kilograms of cocaine, the Police Information Office announced in a Sept. 1 update …
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Faced with complaints about smelly public water on Virgin Gorda, government announced Sept. 1 that it had resolved the problem by flushing waterlines and cleaning sargassum from Handsome Bay near …
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A Miami court this week set Nov. 20 as the date for sentencing Kadeem Maynard for the alleged cocaine-smuggling conspiracy that he admitted undertaking last year with his mother Oleanvine …
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Nearly two weeks after seizing an airplane carrying suspected cocaine on Anegada on Aug. 19, police are still refusing to provide details about the incident or to address online reports …
The Taddy Bay International Airport on Virgin Gorda closed Aug. 29 for its annual runway maintenance programme, and it is due to reopen Sept. 7, according to a press release …
After recently being incarcerated for nearly three years while facing United States charges, Virgin Islander Nyron “Batt” Erickson could soon walk free as US prosecutors move to dismiss their case …
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One of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force’s new A400 transport airplanes landed at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Aug. 16 as part of efforts to prepare for …
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After seizing an airplane carrying a “significant amount” of suspected cocaine on Aug. 19 on Anegada, police released a three-sentence statement about the incident. Then they went quiet. The Aug. …
The government hosted a stakeholder meeting on Aug. 18 to discuss its plan to expand the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport. But the public and the media weren’t invited. “This …
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