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May 26, 2025

EDITORIAL: Trade missions are a good idea

We applaud the premier’s ongoing push to reduce the Virgin Islands’ dependence on trade with the United States. He should keep it up, working to ensure that his efforts translate …

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by BVI Beacon
May 15, 2025

Nyron Erickson gunned down in West End

A West End man accused in 2023 of helping to run a major drug ring from His Majesty’s Prison was shot dead shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday, police said. …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
April 3, 2025

US mum as Maynards freed early

The mother and son convicted of conspiring with then-premier Andrew Fahie to import cocaine into the United States in 2022 have been released from US federal prison several years early. …

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by Allison Vaughn
March 20, 2025

Maynards to be free years early

The mother and son serving prison time for conspiring with then-premier Andrew Fahie to import cocaine into the United States in 2022 are now set to be released several years …

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by Allison Vaughn
March 3, 2025

Trump tariffs could hit VI wallets

Wide-ranging new tariffs set to take effect next week by order of United States President Donald Trump could drive up prices in the Virgin Islands, but the measures are unlikely …

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by Shaun Connolly
January 27, 2025

EDITORIAL: Community must say no to gangs

The recent rash of violence across Tortola should serve as a wake-up call to police, policymakers and other residents to work together to tackle gang activity and other crime in …

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by BVI Beacon
October 10, 2024

US storms could disrupt shipping here

Extreme weather hitting the United States on the back of a major port strike along the country’s eastern seaboard will likely disrupt shipping in the Virgin Islands in the coming …

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by Shaun Connolly
July 15, 2024

VI officials mum on US claim that Fahie aimed to bribe Wade Smith

After two years of public speculation about the identity of alleged co-conspirators in the cocaine-smuggling scheme that landed ex-premier Andrew Fahie in a Miami prison, United States prosecutors recently linked …

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by Jason Smith
June 6, 2024

Accused of rape, Jarecki says relationship was ‘consensual’

Ninety-one-year-old billionaire Dr. Henry Jarecki — the owner of Guana and Norman islands in the Virgin Islands — has been sued in United States court by a female model who …

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by Jason Smith
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May 3, 2024

A sea turtle named ‘Puzzle’

Sea turtles rarely survive wounds inflicted by a boat’s propeller, according to Association of Reef Keepers Managing Director Dr. Shannon Gore. So when she got a phone call in late …

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by Rushton Skinner
February 8, 2024

Ex-premier Andrew Fahie found guilty of cocaine scheme

MIAMI, Florida — Former Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie was found guilty on Thursday afternoon of conspiring to smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States while laundering …

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by Jason Smith
February 1, 2024

FAHIE TRIAL, DAY THREE: Cop recounts scheme linked to West End house project

MIAMI, Florida — Sometime after 7 p.m. on April 27, 2022, at a meeting at the Embassy Suites hotel in Miami, Jossue Dominguez allegedly handed a cell phone to then-Virgin …

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by Jason Smith
Andrew Fahie
January 31, 2024

Undercover cop testifies as Fahie trial gets under way in Miami

MIAMI, Florida — Jossue Dominguez told a United States jury Tuesday about the time in 2022 that he lied to then-Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie about his job — and …

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by Jason Smith
Fahie and Van Vliet
June 22, 2023

Fahie seeks trial delay, informant’s identity

Ex-Premier Andrew Fahie asked a Miami court on June 20 to delay his July trial date to November as his attorney seeks information about the confidential source who allegedly recorded …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Andrew Fahie in court
December 12, 2022

EDITORIAL: Finally, direct flights to the United States

At a time when access limitations are one of the territory’s most intractable problems, the National Unity Government has scored a major victory by securing direct flights between here and …

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by BVI Beacon
May 2, 2022

Fahie claims immunity, demands release

Premier Andrew Fahie is claiming immunity from arrest and detention in the United States by virtue of his position as Virgin Islands premier — and demanding his immediate release from …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 28, 2022

Premier Fahie detained in Miami in DEA operation, guv says

Premier Andrew Fahie was detained in Miami on Thursday morning on charges related to conspiracy to import a controlled substance and money laundering, Governor John Rankin announced Thursday afternoon. “As …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
October 30, 2020

VI wary as US heads to polls

An old adage proclaims, “When the United States sneezes, the world catches a cold.” As the country heads into a presidential election next Tuesday amid the Covid-19 pandemic, that wisdom …

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by Dana Kampa
April 23, 2020

United States releases Virgin Islands’ medical supplies

A shipment containing critical medical supplies for the fight against Covid-19 was released by United States Customs and Border Protection on Friday, and it arrived in the Virgin Islands on …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 16, 2020

United States seized and released medical supplies bound for Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands is now among a growing list of jurisdictions affected by United States President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to ban the export of certain medical equipment designed to …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
November 4, 2019

US moves toward registers of beneficial ownership

Echoing a push in the United Kingdom and its territories toward greater corporate transparency, the United States House of Representatives last week passed a bipartisan bill requiring companies to disclose …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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