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At the start of the second of three public meetings held last week to discuss the government’s proposal to expand the Virgin Islands’ main airport, Clive Smith told attendees that …
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The government’s latest proposals to expand the runway at the Virgin Islands’ main airport were unveiled at a public meeting the evening of Nov. 26, but major details about the …
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Former premier Andrew Fahie has launched an appeal of his United States conviction on drug-conspiracy charges, but the Florida appeal lawyer who previously represented him is withdrawing from the case …
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With emotion audible in her voice, Charlene Henderson spoke slowly in short sentences that commanded the room’s attention. “Bucky was dying. He could hardly breathe. He was breathing through his …
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MIAMI, Florida – Former premier Andrew Fahie sat expressionless in a Miami courtroom this afternoon as a federal judge sentenced him to a little over 11 years in prison for …
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Former premier Andrew Fahie is pushing back against prosecutors’ contention that he led a plan to smuggle cocaine into the United States, instead arguing that it was a Drug Enforcement …
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After two years of public speculation about the identity of alleged co-conspirators in the cocaine-smuggling scheme that landed ex-premier Andrew Fahie in a Miami prison, United States prosecutors recently linked …
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A 30-year veteran of the United Kingdom’s policing service has been named the “implementation manager” responsible for overseeing immediate priority reforms across the Virgin Islands’ law-enforcement and justice-administration agencies. Governor’s …
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Last month, former premier Andrew Fahie asked a Miami judge to sentence him to the minimum 10 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine into …
Police and prison holding facilities described as “squalid” and “inhumane.” Evidence left unsecured on police officers’ desks in a “chaotic” manner. An unsafe police gun range where shooting drills occur …
During a friendly lunch meeting in St. Thomas in March 2022, Oleanvine Maynard explained her financial goals to an undercover operative she believed to be a member of Mexico’s Sinaloa …
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An attorney for ex-premier Andrew Fahie argued last week that he was accused of acting only as a “figurehead” in the cocaine-trafficking scheme that led to his conviction and should …
Ninety-one-year-old billionaire Dr. Henry Jarecki — the owner of Guana and Norman islands in the Virgin Islands — has been sued in United States court by a female model who …
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United States District Court Judge Kathleen Williams has once again delayed the sentencing of Oleanvine Maynard, forcing the former BVI Ports Authority managing director to wait until June to know …
Former premier Andrew Fahie’s sentencing on drug-conspiracy charges was initially scheduled for this month in Miami, but it has been delayed until June 25 after his lawyer requested more time …
More companies were incorporated in the territory in the third quarter of 2023 than in the previous three months, a bright spot for a financial services sector that has grappled …
A United States judge ruled today that the Feb. 8 guilty verdicts against former premier Andrew Fahie will stand despite concerns reportedly raised by two jurors shortly after his trial, …
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Police seized 60 bales containing about 1,800 kilograms of cocaine shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday after intercepting a go-fast boat near Hodges Creek in what they described as the territory’s …
United States attorneys who led the recent prosecution of former premier Andrew Fahie on drug-conspiracy charges are open to the idea of an inquiry into last month’s contested guilty verdict, …
Two weeks after a Miami jury found former premier Andrew Fahie guilty of a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, his future remains uncertain as attorneys spar over whether the court should investigate …
Two jurors in the drug conspiracy trial of former Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie said they changed their minds shortly after delivering a guilty verdict last week, plunging the case …
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MIAMI, Florida — Former Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie was found guilty on Thursday afternoon of conspiring to smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States while laundering …
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MIAMI, Florida — At exactly 11:01 a.m. on Tuesday, a United States Marshal opened the side door to Courtroom 11-3 as his colleague gingerly pushed a wheelchair carrying 62-year-old Oleanvine …
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Shortly after jurors in the ongoing drug conspiracy trial of former Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie took their mid-morning break around 10:30 a.m. on Monday, defence attorney Theresa Van Vliet …
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During his Thursday testimony in the drug-conspiracy trial of former premier Andrew Fahie, United States Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Brian Witek confirmed what many Virgin Islands residents had already …
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