On Feb. 19, detectives charged 29-year-old Ashan Westcott with the murder of Nickera Smith almost four years after her body was discovered beneath a blue tarpaulin in Hawks Nest, according …
March 6, 2020
March 6, 2020
New statutory body to help oversee farming industry
As part of efforts to bolster farming in the territory, the government plans to establish a statutory body to handle the commercial aspects of the industry, leaving regulation in the …
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March 6, 2020
As audit looms, government tackles marine pollution
Virgin Islands leaders are working on a plan to curb marine pollution from boats ahead of a coming audit of the VI Shipping Registry, Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister …
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March 5, 2020
Two robbed at gunpoint in Long Bush, police say.
A video circulating on WhatsApp appears to show two men robbed at gunpoint at 3 a.m. on Feb. 24 outside The Edge Reloaded nightclub in Long Bush, Police Information Officer …
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March 5, 2020
Anthony McMaster appointed acting CEO of Recovery and Development Agency
Anthony McMaster, a Virgin Islander who has been working as director of operations at the Recovery and Development Agency, has been tapped to lead the agency following the resignation of …
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March 5, 2020
A leader from ‘country’: territory honours H. Lavity Stoutt
Once a semester, Hamilton Lavity Stoutt — the territory’s first chief minister — would visit BVI High School to speak at the general assembly, said Najan Christopher, a BVI HS …
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February 28, 2020
Corporation to help insure depositors
Premier Andrew Fahie has signed a contract with a United States-based consultant to help devise a scheme that will insure money deposited into Virgin Island banks, commencing an effort to …
February 27, 2020
East End man killed in ATV wreck
Kehinda Frett, 30, of The Sound, East End, died early Saturday morning after crashing his all-terrain vehicle on the dual carriageway near One Mart, Police Information Officer Akia Thomas said. …
February 27, 2020
Tourist dies after swimming off coast of Virgin Gorda
Agnes Cormack, a 62-year-old Canadian vacationing in the Virgin Islands, died after swimming off the coast of Virgin Gorda Friday afternoon, according to Police Information Officer Akia Thomas. After Virgin …
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February 20, 2020
Police issue warrant for WE man
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Nyron Erickson, 27, of West End, according to a Feb. 12 press release from the Police Information Office. The press release did not …
February 20, 2020
VG man killed by bus
Norwell Creque, of Virgin Gorda, died Sunday morning after being struck by a bus, police said. Responding to an 11:06 a.m. report of a male trapped beneath a bus, police …
February 20, 2020
Man shot during robbery
At around 3 a.m. on Saturday, a Virgin Islands businessman was shot outside his home while being robbed, according to Police Information Officer Akia Thomas. She added that investigations are …
February 14, 2020
Jury trials resume in High Court
High Court resumed jury trials on Jan. 29, almost seven months after it halted them in July due to a judge’s ruling that the list from which the court’s registrar …
February 14, 2020
Recovery and Development Agency acquires new tech to explore VI oceans
Standing on a boat in the waters off Cane Garden Bay last summer, Atoya George, a government lab technician, peered into a screen displaying a video feed from a camera …
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February 13, 2020
Police seek info on 2018 double murder
Clevaughn Sweeney and Michael Stevens, then 25 and 26, were driving between Tobacco Wharf and Station Avenue early in the morning on Feb. 10, 2018, when their vehicle came under …
February 13, 2020
Man arrested on bail sent to prison for pot charge
A Purcell Estate man has spent more than two years in prison awaiting trial for a gun charge after his bail was revoked following his 2017 arrest for 17 grams …
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February 7, 2020
RDA plans more work at recreation grounds
C.W. General Maintenance and Caribbean Environmental Restoration Limited — two companies owned by Cliff Williams, a coach and former athlete in the Virgin Islands — were awarded contracts totaling more …
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February 6, 2020
Facing uncertainty, VI leaders looking ahead
Delegates from here and the United States Virgin Islands gathered at Maria’s by the Sea Tuesday for a meeting of the Inter-Virgin Islands Council, a day of deliberations on the …
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February 6, 2020
1 dead 1 wounded in weekend wrecks
One man was killed and another seriously injured in two separate wrecks over the weekend on Tortola, police said. At about 3 a.m. Saturday, Reon Stephens, a 25-year-old Guyana national …
February 6, 2020
Teacher accused of making student gargle Pine Sol
Speaking last Thursday to JTV broadcaster Cathy Richards about allegations that a teacher at Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay instructed a student to gargle Pine Sol as …
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February 6, 2020
Tortola resident wanted after gun seizure
Police are seeking information from the public regarding the whereabouts of a Johnsons Ghut resident after the Armed Response Unit seized a semi-automatic weapon and ammunition at about 3:30 p.m. …
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January 31, 2020
Virgin Islands to receive rescue training and equipment
Governor Gus Jaspert signed a memorandum of understanding last Monday that is designed to help shore up the Territorial Search and Rescue Team by providing specialised training and equipment. Under …
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January 30, 2020
HLSCC to offer solar technician training
As the Virgin Islands works to meet ambitious clean energy goals, government last week announced a partnership with a non-profit organisation co-founded by NFL Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, which …
January 29, 2020
Police to target illegal motorbikes
The police have drawn up a two-tiered approach to reduce the disturbances caused by motorbikes and all-terrain vehicles, according to a Monday press release. In response to complaints from residents, …
January 24, 2020
Man sentenced for cheating disabled woman
On June 13, Kelvin Lloyd allegedly met a woman in front of Simply Delicious restaurant to collect money for an apartment he falsely claimed he would rent to her, Magistrate …
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