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When Victoreen Romney-Varlack was appointed registrar of interests in 2008, she worked full time for a month setting up shop as keeper of the Register of Interests, a log meant …
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Both defence attorney Corine George and Senior Crown Counsel Valston Graham asked High Court Justice Nicola Byer on Friday that Walter Cameron not be incarcerated after a jury found him …
Government petty contracts — those under $100,000, which do not have to be put out to tender — will be a focus area for the Audit Department this year, Auditor …
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Painters, carvers and other artists from around the region came together to show off their wares this weekend in Trellis Bay, and today the members of the Caribbean Artisan Network …
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Finance officials are in negotiations with two banks in hopes of consolidating the Virgin Islands’ $106 million national debt, Financial Secretary Neil Smith told the Standing Finance Committee earlier this …
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About 30 stakeholders from the tourism and fishing industries and from several government departments took a hard look at the stages of making environmental policy in the Virgin Islands, and …
For every government agency, there is one public officer with whom the buck is supposed to stop. Whether a permanent secretary or the head of a statutory board, he or …
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Compiled by government officers and his family members, the H. Lavity Stoutt Memorial Collection, opened in 2008 inside the college’s Learning Resource Centre, contains items from Mr. Stoutt’s political and …
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The rape trial of Sylon “Sly” Forbes began Tuesday morning with the jury selection.
Even as the Virgin Islands has continued to step up its regulations and criminal penalties to deter financial crimes in recent years, the United States government once again has named …
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Michael Wheatley was 19 years old in 1986 when he got mixed up with the wrong crowd and began using crack cocaine.
Virgin Islands Search and Rescue volunteers recovered the body of Natanael Gumbs Tuesday around 7 a.m. at Little Bay, 18 hours after he was reported missing, according a press release …
Eight suspected illegal immigrants were detained on Peter Island on Saturday, according to Police Information Officer Diane Drayton.
Virgin Gorda resident Bakembe George was sentenced to 33 months in prison at Magistrates’ Court on Friday for the charge of cultivating cannabis.
The territory’s construction industry has had a rough time since the 2008 global economic downturn, and an oversupply of villas and office space still persists. But industry observers see positive …
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The Virgin Islands has a lot to thank H. Lavity Stoutt for, from his commitment to education to the groundwork he laid for critical infrastructure and economic development, said Education …
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LOCATION KEY: ANC – Anchorage GS – Gorda Sound CP – Cruise Pier SOP – Soper’s Hole NI – Norman Island ANE – Anegada JVD – Jost Van Dyke BI …
This year’s Police Week featured the unveiling of a new initiative that will place one “community officer” in each of seven different areas on Tortola.
Drop, cover and hold. If you haven’t been drilled lately, you might not know that those three words are the recipe for safety during an earthquake.
Roughly 15 tonnes of lead still pollutes Carrot Shoal as lawyers representing the owners of the superyacht that grounded on the reef more than a year ago try to minimise …
Both the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Magistrates’ Court are seeking more staffers, according to the annual report on the deliberations of the Standing Finance Committee.
Deputy Premier Dr. Kedrick Pickering represented the territory at two events in the United States this week.
Drop, cover and hold. If you haven’t been drilled lately, you might not know that those three words are the recipe for safety during an earthquake.
Last week the Virgin Islands Cancer Society came one step closer to its goal of establishing a branch on each of the four main Virgin Islands.
This year’s Police Week featured the unveiling of a new initiative that will place one “community officer” in each of seven different areas on Tortola.
