Akeem Durrant, 35, of Belle Vue, was charged with murder in the shooting death of Corey Butler on the night of June 21, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton stated on …
July 1, 2022
July 1, 2022
Cops seize four illegal motorbikes
Police seized four oversized motorbikes over the weekend after an off-duty officer spotted the min the Cane Garden Bay area and alerted several teams of officers who helped confiscate the …
July 1, 2022
Top cop apologises for leaked video
Police Commissioner Mark Collins apologised on Monday for a video circulating on social media that used footage of shootings and boat chases to portray the Virgin Islands as a paradise …
June 30, 2022
One charged in Elmore Stoutt High School wall probe
As a result of investigations into the Elmore Stoutt High School perimeter wall project, Kelvin Thomas, of Chalwell Estate, has been charged with obtaining property by deception, making a false …
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June 30, 2022
Premier says government is on track to hit COI targets
The National Unity Government is on track to meet most of the deadlines stipulated by its agreement with the United Kingdom for implementing the Commission of Inquiry recommendations and avoiding …
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June 28, 2022
Fahie could face steep odds at trial
The April 28 arrest of then-Premier Andrew Fahie in Miami plunged the Virgin Islands into the most uncertain period in recent history and sullied the reputation and political ambitions of …
June 23, 2022
Joes Hill homes done early
About five months after government officials held a ground-breaking ceremony at the Joes Hill housing project in April 2017, Hurricane Irma decimated the territory, scuttling the development before it even …
June 16, 2022
Lost sailboat found near Culebra
After working on his sailboat into the evening of June 2, Nick Buckell returned to the mooring field at St. Thomas Bay, Virgin Gorda, the following morning to find that …
June 16, 2022
Fahie out on bond after Albion “Bobby” Hodge posts his $500k surety
Former Premier Andrew Fahie was released from the Federal Detention Center in Miami on Monday pending his trial after his lawyer and prosecutors argued over his bond for more than …
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June 16, 2022
Reform proposal includes dozens of deadlines
Along with the broader governance reforms laid out in the proposal, the National Unity Government committed to an extensive list of deadlines for carrying out recommendations included in the Commission …
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June 12, 2022
Eight new cops promoted to constable
After completing police training, eight officers were promoted from auxiliaries to constables on the morning of June 1, police announced the same day. All eight were part of the last …
June 12, 2022
HOA okays $31 million in spending variations
After spending nearly seven hours in closed-door committee on Tuesday, the House of Assembly passed a motion approving a Schedule of Additional Provisions on Tuesday with a unanimous vote, freeing …
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June 3, 2022
Nearly $1.5 million spent on $3.5 million ‘water network’ plan
Government has spent nearly $1.5 million of $3.5 million allocated for a “water network improvement plan” via an August 2018 Cabinet memorandum, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said last Thursday …
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June 3, 2022
Government to pay $1.4 million to fix sewage treatment plant
Since hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, the sewage treatment plant at Burt Point has been inoperable, leaving Tortola flushing much of its sewage into the ocean as the two …
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June 3, 2022
Incinerator repair date bumped again
After two fires at the Pockwood Pond dump last month sent thick smoke over West End and beyond, Health and Social Development Minister Marlon Penn said May 26 in the …
May 27, 2022
COI: Fahie deployed radar barges unilaterally
In May 2020, then-Premier Andrew Fahie received an unsolicited offer from the company EZ Shipping to use radar barges to help secure the territory’s borders, which were closed to gird …
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May 26, 2022
Another migrant flees detention at Castle Maria
Immigration officials are asking the public to help locate Haiti national Elena Milford, who they say escaped from detention at Hotel Castle Maria last week and remains at large. “The …
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May 26, 2022
VI mourns death of track star and coach
Sanya Penn, a former track star who represented the Virgin Islands on the world stage and later coached youths back home, died last week, prompting family, friends and co-workers to …
May 26, 2022
Autopsy ordered for firefighter Shaquoi Smith
The family of Shaquoi Smith, a 24-year-old firefighter who died on April 22 after reportedly succumbing to injuries sustained during an April 18 scooter wreck on Hope Hill, has ordered …
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May 25, 2022
COI suspects ‘serious dishonesty’ in Covid grants
As residents struggled to stay afloat during the Covid-19 border shutdowns two years ago, House of Assembly members were each allotted an extra $300,000 to disburse to needy residents as …
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May 25, 2022
Fahie pleads not guilty in Miami after judge ups bond to $1 million
Former Premier Andrew Fahie pleaded not guilty yesterday in Miami to charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and launder money, Reuters reported. Mr. Fahie’s arraignment was …
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May 25, 2022
COI: Halt assistance grants straightaway
In 2009, government auditors blasted the House of Assembly Assistance Grants Programme for a lack of transparency and accountability, noting that legislators had approved constituents’ funding requests for items including …
May 24, 2022
Judge grants Fahie’s bond but ups it to $1 million
After United States prosecutors moved to revoke former Premier Andrew Fahie’s $500,000 bond, a federal judge yesterday ruled that Mr. Fahie could be released from custody but doubled the amount …
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May 19, 2022
Fahie and US prosecutors continue battle over bond release
While awaiting trial for conspiracy drug and money laundering charges, former premier Andrew Fahie is being held in the general population at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, where family …
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May 19, 2022
On Facebook, photos prompt new questions in mystery of missing men
Police believe that on Dec. 31, 2021, Khori Prince and Kelvin Turnbull Jr. boarded the 36-foot Avanti speed-boat Gorda Sound. They’ve been missing ever since, but on Monday a photo …
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