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April 27th, 2024
VI Social Workers conclude tour on child abuse prevention & awareness

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Social Workers from the Social Development Department in the Virgin Islands (VI) have visited several schools on the sister islands in the Virgin Islands (VI) to deliver messages on child abuse prevention and awareness.

April 27th, 2024
Briana Blyden wins VI's 70th Emancipation Festival 2024 slogan contest

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - 20-year-old Briana Blyden who is currently in College in Miami has won the competition for the slogan of the Virgin Islands' 70th Emancipation Festival 2024.

April 27th, 2024
USVI: Ex CAHS coach sentenced to 35 years on child sexual exploitation

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI — United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy sentenced Alfredo Bruce Smith, 53, of St. Thomas, to 35 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Upon release from prison, Smith must register as a sex offender.

April 26th, 2024
Rosan believes Sr Magistrate Richards should be sent home 'under review'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Rosemary L. Rosan aka ‘Cindy’ has accused Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards of abusing power in the case with Wade N. Smith where Justice Sonia Young on April 24, 2024, found the actions of the Senior Magistrate unreasonable and lacked substance and not justified.

April 26th, 2024
Ebenezer Thomas Primary School to get new playground

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Many residents have called our news centre inquiring about what appears to be construction at the Ebenezer Thomas Primary School located in Sea Cows Bay.

April 25th, 2024
Wade N. Smith wins Judicial Review against Sr Magistrate, Top CoP

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Commissioner of Customs Wade N. Smith won a Judicial Review against the Senior Magistrate, Tamia N. Richards, and the Commissioner of Police, Mark Collins, in the High Court yesterday, April 24, 2024.

April 24th, 2024
‘Cindy’ blasts Governor Pruce as ‘not doing anything at all’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – New Governor H.E Daniel Pruce has received a vocal flogging from controversial radio talk show host Rosemary L. Rosan aka ‘Cindy’ who has accused the Governor of being far less proactive than his predecessor, Mr John J. Rankin CMG since taking office in January 2024.

April 24th, 2024
‘We are not where we used to be’ with Pockwood Pond dumpsite– Hon Wheatley

CAPPOON'S BAY, Tortola, VI - Described as a vexing issue that has been in existence for years, Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) says significant progress has still been made to the dumpsite at Pockwood Pond and how it was received by the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government.

April 23rd, 2024
Guyanese woman freed of gun & ammo charges

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Lynette Sommersall, a Guyana national living in the Virgin Islands for over 20 years, was today, April 23, 2024, acquitted of firearm and ammunition charges stemming from an incident that occurred in 2021.

April 23rd, 2024
Positive co-parenting requires ‘healthy communication’- Seminar emphasises

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Social Development Department recently hosted a conscious co-parenting seminar to highlight the correlation between positive co-parenting and child protection as part of activities to observe Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.

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