Though prosecutors’ recent attack on the media was peculiar and troubling, they got one thing right: Journalists must always maintain an exceedingly high standard of accuracy and fairness when reporting …
June 12, 2025
March 13, 2025
Hopkinson hit with 35-year sentence
Nearly four years after Catherine Pickering was shot to death during the robbery of her daughter at their Paraquita Bay home, Akeem Hopkinson was sentenced to 35 years in prison …
October 31, 2024
Dame Janice honoured for a week
Last Thursday morning, attorneys, judges and Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley followed Dame Janice Pereira and a police honour guard to the Multi-purpose Sports Complex for a special sitting of …
June 6, 2024
Man charged for alleged machete attack
A Josiahs Bay man has been arrested and charged after wielding a machete and injuring another man during a fight over the weekend, police said. Shortly after midnight on Saturday, …
March 20, 2024
Virgin Gorda native named VG magistrate
A Virgin Gorda native has been appointed to serve as the island’s magistrate. Hakim Creque, who Governor Daniel Pruce appointed effective March 5, will sit full-time on the sister island …
October 12, 2023
Officer in stable condition after shots fired at prison van
A female prison officer is in stable condition after sustaining injuries when shots were fired at a prison van headed to court on the morning of Oct. 9, officials said …
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June 7, 2023
Four DR men accused of illegal entry
Four Dominican Republic nationals charged with illegally entering the territory pleaded not guilty on May 23 in Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Tamia Richards read the charges against Gerson Vidal Bonilla Nunez, …
February 2, 2023
College gets multi-purpose court
As part of efforts to improve the lives of students at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, a new multi-purpose court was built on the “slab” that has long stood …
December 13, 2022
Non-belongers to be added to jury list
Non-belongers with residency status should soon be able to serve as jurors after Governor John Rankin assented to the Jury Act, 2022 on Nov. 14. The law, which the House …
December 6, 2022
E-portal launches for Magistrates’ Court
The Virgin Islands is looking to the future with the launch of a new electronic portal to manage Magistrates’ Court documents. Legal professionals celebrated the launch during a press conference …
April 8, 2022
3 accused of Daway murder walk free
Three defendants couldn’t hold in their elation the morning of April 4, hugging and whispering excitedly as Justice Richard Floyd announced in High Court that four years after they were …
January 13, 2022
Dame Janice opens law year for last time
Dame Janice Pereira, who is starting her 10th and final year of serving as chief justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, virtually opened a new law year on Jan. …
January 28, 2021
Man pleads guilty in police station scooter theft
Gerelle Williams pleaded guilty on Jan. 20 in Magistrates’ Court to taking two motorbikes from in front of the police station on Virgin Gorda, though he maintained that he only …
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January 28, 2021
For fishing on curfew, woman fined $1,000
Jahkeema Maduro was fined $1,000 on Jan. 20 in Magistrates’ Court for breaching curfew in April. Ms. Maduro said she was employed in airport security at the time, and although …
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December 15, 2019
Premier: New court facilities coming soon
A new Magistrates’ Court is currently being designed and planned as part of the first phase of the “Halls of Justice” project, according to Government Information Services. Premier Andrew Fahie …
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June 26, 2019
Daycare worker gets prison for child cruelty
A woman was sentenced to two months in prison on Monday for allegedly harming a 4-month-old child she was supervising at a daycare centre in March 2017. Debra Jobe, who …
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June 12, 2018
Carrot Bay man found not guilty of rape
Carrot Bay resident Cuthbert Robinson was found not guilty of rape on Friday. Mr. Robinson was charged with rape and two counts of indecent assault in March 2017, but a …
March 8, 2018
Father found guilty of molesting his daughter
A 42-year-old man from St. Vincent was found guilty of indecent assault on Wednesday after he was accused of molesting his 14-year-old daughter repeatedly in 2015. The victim was touched …
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