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When musicians 3G’s took the stage at Sebastian’s on the Beach on Feb. 26 to debut their new single, they performed to a crowd so large that restaurant staff prepared …
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Three new officials recently have been appointed to the upper echelons of the Virgin Islands legal system, including a new Criminal Division head, a new High Court justice, and a …
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Police Commissioner Michael Matthews and Customs Commissioner Wade Smith sat next to each other while receiving their first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at Police Headquarters last Thursday morning. Outside, …
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On Friday, police recovered the body of Waleid Kachhour from the ocean next to the Sea Cows Bay Community Centre, making him the fourth victim in a string of violent …
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Following a spate of recent armed robberies, police charged Dabari Jonique Mercer, 26, of Baughers Bay, with carrying an unlicensed firearm and illegal tinting following a traffic stop on Sunday …
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Police are asking the public to help them locate Ballast Bay resident Shamori “Savage” Callwood, who is wanted in connection with “a number of firearm-related” incidents, they stated last week. …
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As of Feb. 10, police had released no further information about the Feb. 6 deaths of Rodney Simmonds Sr. and Andrew Skerritt other than their names and the areas where …
Earl “Bob” Hodge, who in recent years successfully dodged the United States’ repeated attempts to extradite him on drug-trafficking charges, was shot and killed at his home in Hannahs Estate …
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On Feb. 4, customs officers found $360,060 cash on a boat in the Port Purcell wharf that had arrived from St. Maarten, Customs Commissioner Wade Smith told the Beacon yesterday. …
Two adjoining businesses in Sea Cows Bay were robbed at gunpoint on Jan. 28, and police said the next day they are seeking witnesses who might be able to help …
After some 2.3 tonnes of cocaine was seized from a police officer’s property during a Nov. 6 raid at Balsam Ghut, the confiscated drugs were shipped out of the territory …
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Police will continue to enforce the territory’s mask and social distancing rules by issuing fines to people and establishments that violate them, they warned on Monday. The rules, as outlined in …
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Devon Bedford, 32, of Harrigan Estate, was denied bail during a virtual Magistrates’ Court hearing on Jan. 29 after being charged in connection with a Jan. 19 police seizure of …
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Although they had been friends for years and owned neighbouring businesses in Virgin Gorda, Paget Jarvis and Mohamed Kaddoura found themselves facing off in Magistrates’ Court on Jan. 25, with …
Police have recorded several seemingly “random” assaults this month, they stated in a Tuesday press release. Police Commissioner Michael Matthews expressed his disappointment with these apparently indiscriminate attacks on community …
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After completing their mandatory four-day quarantine period, travellers to the Virgin Islands must now wait an additional ten days before appearing at the Magistrates’ Court, Court Manager Annette Williams-Sylvester announced …
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Scooters continue to be involved in dangerous traffic accidents in the Virgin Islands, with three of the five wrecks resulting in injuries last week involving the vehicles, police stated on …
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Mark Collins, a former United Kingdom police chief who has served for more than 33 years, will take up the post of Virgin Islands police commissioner for three years starting …
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Speaking at a special virtual sitting to mark the commencement of the 2021 law year, Dame Janice Pereira, chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, said the Covid-19 pandemic …
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Roughly a year after a Maryland solar developer named Rob Wallace announced that he had inked a memorandum of understanding with H. Lavity Stoutt Community College to start a solar …
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A blast from an air horn rang out, and the 29 people lined up on the beach at Sandy Cay grabbed their paddleboards, rushed into the water, and commenced their …
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After years of delays, the Youth Empowerment Project on Jan. 7 became the first entity on Tortola to be approved by the BVI Electricity Corporation to sell electricity it generates …
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On Saturday, police recorded at least three vehicular collisions, including a crash between a bicycle and a motor scooter, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton said Monday via WhatsApp. The scooter …
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Police received two reports of gunshots in the areas of Cane Garden Bay and Ballast Bay at around midnight on Sunday, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton said via WhatsApp on …
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After a 52-year-old male was charged Dec. 15 with raping a minor, the St. Vincent native was scheduled to appear in a closed sitting of the Magistrates’ Court, police stated …