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The Recovery and Development Agency signed an Oct. 28 contract worth more than $170,000 for the construction of two new temporary housing units on Jost Van Dyke, and the upgrading …
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On Sunday of last week, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force got word of a speed boat being pursued by agents of the United States Coast Guard, a prosecutor said …
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On the day of the general election in February, former Premier Dr. Orlando Smith signed a development agreement giving preliminary permission to expand a planned community of ten villas into …
Continue reading “$300 million Virgin Gorda resort okayed on Election Day”
Four men were arrested during a joint operation between police in this territory and authorities in the United States Virgin Islands, resulting in the seizure of 200-300 kilograms of cocaine, …
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Government launched a programme Tuesday aimed at fortifying disaster shelters and better training residents from all walks of life to respond to situations like the 2017 hurricanes. As part of …
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With the school year in full swing, the government is expanding the territory’s existing academic offerings and instituting new programmes, according to Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister …
The BVI Electricity Corporation board was dissolved in April, and its members have not been replaced since then, Premier Andrew Fahie said last Thursday in the House of Assembly. However, …
Under bright blue skies, Darnell Birmingham walked in front of a stage full of musicians in St. Thomas’s Crown Bay on Saturday, and sang a rendition of an American standard. …
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On March 2, Ashan Westcott of Tortola crashed his motorcycle into another vehicle in St. Thomas, and police who responded found a loaded handgun in his backpack, according to an …
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Kim Hollis, a Queen’s Counsel who has served the territory since 2016, will resign as the director of public prosecutions in December, Deputy Governor David Archer Jr. announced last week. …
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A St. Lucia national who is accused of threatening to murder a man he believed was planning on testifying against Kimo Creque in a legal matter was offered $70,000 bail …
Last year on Valentine’s Day, Seanna Jack went grocery shopping with Shannon John, the father of her child, later stopping for drinks at Sabrina’s Bar. Also at the bar was …
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An inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison will be tried in November and December for allegations that he assaulted two prison guards and damaged government property during two separate incidents that …
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A Virgin Gorda man was fined more than $1,000 last Thursday for assaulting his significant other and breaking her phone. Upon entering his home on Nov. 17, 2018, Theodore Wiclisle …
Kate Mathew was eating nachos on the beach in Cane Garden Bay Sunday evening, while a few yards away kids tossed a ball in the surf and swimmers lazed around …
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Almost two weeks after the East End public library closed without warning or explanation, government has yet to issue an update regarding when it will reopen or what prompted the …
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Police officers were executing a search warrant on Wilston Stoutt’s property on May 18, 2017 when they noticed marijuana plants growing in his yard, Crown Counsel Kael London alleged in …
Government announced Friday that Cane Garden Bay beach was “closed for recreational use” after water quality samples found high levels of harmful bacteria, but beachgoers continued to swim there and …
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After failing to express regret for injuring a woman and breaking her phone, a man was sentenced last Thursday to spend seven months in prison and to pay compensation of …
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A recent lawsuit alleges that H.Lavity Stoutt Community College owes more than $750,000 to a firm that helped it settle an insurance claim after the 2017 hurricanes. According to the July …
Initially expected to drop up to six inches of rain in Anegada and up to three inches elsewhere in the territory, Hurricane Jerry passed to the north of the Virgin …
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Less than a week after Tropical Storm Jerry brushed the Virgin Islands, Amanda Debique was frustrated to once again find herself waiting for bad weather to clear on Tuesday evening. …
The East End Public Library closed on Friday until further notice, leaving Tortola without an operational public library facility. Since the Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke libraries also remain …
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The Town and Country Planning Department unveiled a new system Tuesday that names every street in the Road Town area and assigns a numbered address to each building in the …
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Weeks after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, killing at least 50 people and leaving around 1,300 missing, aid efforts continue in the Virgin Islands. Darryl Flanders, a school-teacher and the …
Continue reading “As Bahamas struggles, VI effort stays strong”
