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Police have formally charged Keithley Liburd, 47, of Lower Estate with assaulting a female employee of a bar in Purcell Estate. Liburd was charged on Tuesday, January 11th. Police say that the charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm stemmed from an altercation between two, captured on video, as the employee was being escorted outside […]
Host of Honestly Speaking Claude Skelton Cline has again sounded the warning of some children falling through the cracks with the online learning school system. The new school term opened on January 6th, and students have been placed back in online learning because of the latest spike in Covid-19 cases. During his programme on Tuesday, […]
As the territory’s active Covid-19 cases continue to increase daily, now 1,387, Government has called a critical stakeholders meeting to discuss the way forward. The Ministry of Health and Social Development and the Health Emergency Operations Center – Unified Command will be hosting a virtual stakeholders meeting today, Thursday, January 13 from 2:30 p.m. to […]
A former Principal at the Elmore Stoutt High School and an NDP candidate in the last General Elections Sandy Harrigan-Underhill has been appointed as the first Director of the HLSCC Institute of Education. President of the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, Dr. Richard Georges said he is delighted to welcome Harrigan-Underhill to HLSCC, noting that […]
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Erick Rabsatt, 21, of Pasea Estate, Tortola who is suspected in the shooting death of Jaimez Stoutt, 31 on December 11, 2021. The arrest warrant has been circulated within the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force and throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands. Officers of the Major Incident Team are […]
Two young men have been reported missing and police are asking for the public’s help in locating them. First Police in a bulletin said that Kelvin Turnbull Jr. of Little Dix Hill was last seen on 31st December 2021 in the Baughers Bay area. Police say no description of his clothing was available. Turnbull is […]
Police have slapped several additional charges on Jose Almestica, the prison escapee who was on the run since Hurricane Irma and recaptured a few weeks ago. Police yesterday formally charged Almestica with 16 weapons charges including four counts of keeping a prohibited firearm. Commissioner of Police Mark Collins shared this information at a press conference […]
Senior Pastor, Reverend Dr. Melvin Turnbull says that this year 2022, is expected to be a remarkable and ELEVATED one in the life of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church. Reverend Turnbull said this year marks 60 years of ministry to God and humanity and on 15th July 2022, the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church […]
Governor John Rankin has granted a further 3-month extension to the Commission of Inquiry, COI, which he says is to give the Commissioner and his team, time to prepare the report. According to Governor Rankin, the CoI has received a huge amount of documentation from the Inquiry Response Unit (IRU) on behalf of the Attorney […]
The Natural Resources Minister Vincent Wheatley has said that government would be passing legislation in this new year to protect the environment. Minister Wheatley during his contribution to the 2022 Budget Debate, said that persons cannot continue to do as they please and destroy the environment and don’t face consequences.